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WV Read Aloud Book Fair Slated for Sept. 30 at BAM

Photo Provided Madison Elementary School reading intervention specialist Melanie Riddle reads to students, from left, CaVohn Demello, Aaron Plecenik and Kaleigh Backus. Riddle is the chairperson of the Ohio County chapter of Read Aloud West Virginia.

Ten Books-A-Million stores across West Virginia, including one at the Highlands in Triadelphia, will host a book fair to benefit Read Aloud West Virginia on Sept. 30.

Customers visiting BAM stores that day can donate 10 percent of their total purchase to benefit reading programs across the state. Individual stores also will host story times, and Read Aloud volunteers will visit with customers throughout the day.

Representatives from the Ohio County chapter of Read Aloud will be on hand at the Books-A-Million store from 10 a.m. through 8 p.m.

“The Read Aloud organization, through their various programs, combined with their reach into almost every West Virginia county, presents the perfect partnership,” said BAM district manager Ed Reidy.

“This event is truly a win-win for Read Aloud,” said Mary Kay Bond, executive director of Read Aloud West Virginia. “It offers us a wonderful opportunity to raise funds for our programs and it does so in a way that is consistent with our mission of putting books in the hands and on the minds of West Virginians.”

Read Aloud is a nonprofit organization dedicated to motivating children to want to read. Its goal is to inspire a lifelong love of reading that will enrich children’s lives and serve as a foundation for learning. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the program will be placing trained volunteer readers in eight schools in Ohio County.

For more information, email Riddle at mriddle@k12.wv.us or call 304-243-0366, or email Heidi Hohman at hhohman@k12.wv.us or call 304-243-0356. For more information about Read Aloud, visit www.readaloudwest virginia.org.

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