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Read Aloud WV

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

Read Aloud West Virginia motivates children to read for fun.

We involve families, schools, businesses, health care professionals, civic groups, and all of society to motivate children to WANT to read.  

Interested in becoming a volunteer reader?


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.

Is your county signed up for Read Aloud?

 Currently, Read Aloud WV is active in 30 of 55 counties.

 Click the button below to find your county’s Chapter President and which of your local schools are enrolled with us.

 

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!

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

Fairplain Elementary — Jackson County

Gerrardstown Elementary — Berkeley County

Valley PK-8  — Fayette County

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February
  • 06

    Raleigh County School Coordinators' Meeting

    1:00 pm-2:00 pm
    February 6, 2017
    Raleigh County Board of Education, Adair Street, Beckley, WV, United States

    Mandatory meeting for all enrolled schools’ Read Aloud coordinators. Please send a substitute if you are unable to attend.

    Raleigh County Board of Education, Venarie Center.

  • 08

    Kanawha County Chapter Board Meeting

    11:30 am-12:30 pm
    February 8, 2017
    1700 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV 25314, USA

    Meeting  will be held in Room 1170 of the Columbia Pipeline Building, 1700 MacCorkle Avenue SE, Charleston.

  • 08

    Upshur County Chapter Board Meeting

    4:00 pm-5:00 pm
    February 8, 2017
    Buckhannon Academy Elementary School, College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV, United States

    Meeting of the Upshur County Read Aloud Chapter Board.

  • 13

    Raleigh County Chapter Board Meeting

    1:00 pm-2:30 pm
    February 13, 2017
    16189 Northwestern Pike, Augusta, WV 26704

    Meeting of the local chapter board for Raleigh County.

    Held in the Venerri Room of the Raleigh County Board of Education.

  • 15

    Berkeley County Chapter Board Meeting

    5:00 pm-6:00 pm
    February 15, 2017
    2000 Tavern Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25401, USA
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