A grant from The Education Alliance enabled Read Aloud WV to host two fall kick-off events designed to engage new community volunteers in the 
organization’s Roane County program.
The funding was provided through the Education Powers Tomorrow campaign, an initiative of the Alliance supported by funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The campaign encourages community members to mentor, read to students or to become involved in local education in various ways.
“We all know the proverb, ‘It takes a village to raise a child,’ and what an essential role each member of a community has to play in the growth and development of its young people,” said Roane County Read Aloud Chair Margaret Goffreda. “The grants provided organizations like ours the connections to promote a greater understanding and support within our community for a stronger education system.”
The Education Alliance is a statewide nonprofit organization which operates programs and advances policies to improve achievement by public school students in West Virginia. For more information, visit www.powereducationwv.com, or contact the Alliance at 1-866-314-KIDS or powereducationwv@educationalliance.org.