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This year, we're celebrating Read Aloud West Virginia's 40th anniversary!

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

Keep in ToucH

< 2019 >

January 13 - January 19

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Fayette County: School Coordinator and Chapter Board meetings
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
January 14, 2019
Fayette County Board of Education, Fayette Avenue, Fayetteville, WV, United States
Fayette County’s Read Aloud school coordinators will meet at 1 p.m. The Chapter Board meeting will follow at 2 p.m.
Summers County: School Coordinators meeting - POSTPONED
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
January 14, 2019
Talcott Elementary School, Rt. 3 and 12 - School House Road, Talcott, WV, United States
Regular meeting of Summers County Read Aloud’s school coordinators.
This meeting has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon
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Ritchie County: Volunteer Reader Orientation
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
January 15, 2019
134 S. Penn Ave. Harrisville, WV 26363
One-time orientation for new volunteers to review the Read Aloud West Virginia mission, learn about literacy issues, and hear the do’s and dont’s for a great classroom read aloud experience.
Fayette County School Coordinators meeting
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
January 15, 2019
111 Fayette Ave, Fayetteville, WV 25840
School coordinators for the Fayette County Read Aloud chapter will meet.
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Nicholas County Chapter Board meeting
8:30 am-9:30 am
January 16, 2019
110 Merchants Walk, Summersville, WV 26651
Jefferson County: School Coordinator meeting
4:00 pm-4:30 pm
January 16, 2019
200 E. Washington Street, Charles Town, WV
Mandatory meeting for all enrolled schools’ Read Aloud coordinators. If unable to attend, please send a substitute to the meeting so each school is represented.
Snow date will be January 30, 2019
Berkeley County School Coordinators meeting
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
January 16, 2019
2000 Tavern Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25401
Jefferson County Volunteer Reader Appreciation Reception
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
January 16, 2019
200 E. Washington Street, Charles Town, WV
A reception to recognize Jefferson County’s volunteer classroom readers and the contributions they make.
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