Keeping books in their hands and on their minds since 1986.

Read Aloud West Virginia’s mission is to motivate children to WANT to read, because motivation is the critical first step in developing any skill. We work to change the literacy culture of West Virginia by keeping reading material in the hands and on the minds of our state’s children…

Our volunteer readers are bringing Read Aloud to your home with these videos!

Give the love of reading to a child in your community.

Readers Are Leaders

Our volunteers reach students and families all over the state by reading in elementary classrooms, coordinating events for education and outreach, preparing books to be distributed to kids, and so much more! Join the movement for a more literate WV and volunteer today! Follow the prompts below to get started reading in a classroom or visit the "Our Counties" tab to get involved with your local chapter.

Volunteer Readers

Our trained volunteer readers serve as a commercial for reading and send a powerful message that reading is an enjoyable lifetime activity.

Book Distribution

We provide students with books through a variety of programs because access to books is essential to raising a generation of readers.

Reader-Friendly Classrooms

We help teachers create text-rich, reader friendly schools through free events, resources, book distributions, and volunteer readers.

Community Engagement

We educate on the importance of reading to children from infancy into adolescence, the value of a print-rich environment, and more!

Keep in ToucH

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January

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8	9 Raleigh County Chapter Board Meeting 11:30 am-1:00 pm January 9, 2017 Raleigh County Public Library, 221 North Kanawha Street, Beckley, WV, United States Meeting of the local chapter board for Raleigh County.	10 Fayette County School Coordinator Meeting 12:30 pm-1:30 pm January 10, 2017 26 Ankrom St, Fayetteville, WV 25840, USA Meeting of the Fayette County School Coordinators. Upstairs conference room of the Fayette County Board of Education.	11 Upshur County Chapter Board/School Coordinator Meeting 4:00 pm-5:00 pm January 11, 2017 Buckhannon Academy Elementary School, College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV, United States Meeting of the Upshur County Read Aloud Chapter Board and Read Aloud school coordinators.	12 Hardy County Volunteer Reader Orientation 3:30 pm-5:00 pm January 12, 2017 238 Cougar Dr, Baker, WV 26801, USA Orientation session for new volunteer readers. Please Contact Michelle Holstein (mholstei@k12.wv.us) to register Location: In the school library	13 Hampshire County Chapter Board Meeting 10:00 am-11:00 am January 13, 2017 153 W Main St, Romney, WV 26757, USA Meeting in the upstairs conference room of the Hampshire County Public Library. Snow date will be 2/10/17. Hampshire County Volunteer Orientation 10:00 am-12:00 pm January 13, 2017 153 W Main St, Romney, WV 26757, USA Orientation for new volunteer readers. Location: Hampshire County Library, upstairs conference room. To register, email dhartsoc@k12.wv.us or call 304-822-3528, ext. 140 or 141.	14
15	16	17	18 Berkeley County School Coordinator Meeting 4:00 pm-5:00 pm January 18, 2017 2000 Tavern Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25401, USA Meeting of the Berkeley County School Coordinators. Hardy County School Coordinator/Chapter Board Meeting 5:00 pm-6:00 pm January 18, 2017 614 N Main St, Moorefield, WV 26836, USA Meeting of the Hardy County School Coordinators and the local Chapter Board of Directors Held at O’Neills in Moorefield. Berkeley County Chapter Board Meeting 5:00 pm-6:00 pm January 18, 2017 2000 Tavern Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25401, USA	19	20 Snuggle and Read 1:00 pm-2:00 pm January 20, 2017 451 1st Avenue, Hinton, WV 25951, USA A Snuggle and Read for Hinton Area Elementary Pre-K children will be held in the Memorial building. Contact the school (304-466-6024) for more details and to register. Registration deadline is Thursday, January 12, 2017.	21
22	23	24 Monongalia County School Coordinator Meeting 10:30 am-11:30 am January 24, 2017 357 Patteson Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA Meeting of school coordinators in Monongalia County. Held in the meeting room of Panera Bread on Patterson Drive in Morgantown. Kanawha County School Coordinator Meeting 4:00 pm-5:00 pm January 24, 2017 16189 Northwestern Pike, Augusta, WV 26704 Meeting of the Kanawha County School Coordinators. Room 1178 of the Columbia Pipeline Group building.	25	26 Wood County Chapter Board Meeting 5:00 pm-6:00 pm January 26, 2017 1210 13th St, Parkersburg, WV 26101, USA Meeting of the Wood County Read Aloud Board of Directors. Held in the Bailey Board Room of the Wood County Schools building.	27	28
29	30 Marion County School Coordinator /Chapter Board Meeting 6:30 pm-7:30 pm January 30, 2017 301 3rd St, Fairmont, WV 26554, USA Meeting of School Coordinators and the Read Aloud Chapter Board of Directors in Marion County. Held at the Central United Methodist Church in Fairmont.	31 Mercer County School Coordinator Meeting 3:00 pm-4:00 pm January 31, 2017 920 Mercer St, Princeton, WV 24740, USA Mercer County School Coordinator meeting held at the Princeton Public Library. Snow date will be February 3, at 3:00 Greenbrier County School Coordinator and Chapter Board Meeting 4:30 pm-5:30 pm January 31, 2017 152 W Washington St, Lewisburg, WV 24901, USA Greenbrier County School Coordinators and local chapter Board of Directors will meet in the Greenbrier Public Library’s meeting room.