We were honored to attend the grand opening of Miss Ruby’s Corner Market on Charleston’s West Side just before Thanksgiving break. Former Read Aloud WV state board member Dural Miller and his community organization opened a grocery store and deli in their neighborhood to fight food insecurity.
As childhood literacy is one of Dural’s strongest passions, he invited us to set up a small free library in the market for kids to take a book home whenever they visit.
| “More than a grocery store” is the mantra Dural and his team at Keep Your Faith Corporation have adopted. Beyond serving fresh, locally grown food to their neighborhood, Miss Ruby’s hopes to hold story times and foster other kinds of community engagement. |