Read Aloud West Virginia fundraiser set for Thursday evening
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ELKINS -- Read Aloud West Virginia's Randolph County chapter will hold a fundraising event at the Alexandria on Main bookstore on Thursday evening.
Randolph County Read Aloud volunteers and supporters will take part as Alexandria on Main, located on 119 3rd Street, offers an open house celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m Thursday. The event is free to attend. Mocktails and light refreshments will be served.
The event is being held in conjunction with Read Aloud West Virginia's annual spring fundraiser, Read-A-Palooza in Charleston. Four Seasons Books, an independent bookstore in Shepherdstown, will be throwing a similar celebration at their location.
Randolph County Read Aloud chapter's signature annual project features volunteers filling resource packs, which include brand new books each month, for low-income students who qualify in all Randolph County public schools each spring.
"For a number of years, the backpack program out of First United Methodist Church has provided food to the poorest school kids in Randolph County," Randolph County Read Aloud president Dr. Mary Boyd said in a recent press release.
"Our county Read Aloud chapter decided to put brand new books in with the food packs once a month from January through April every year. Thanks goes out to the church, and Cathy Duffield and her husband for taking the books out to the schools, and to the state Read Aloud for providing beautiful books at no cost for the project."
Read Aloud West Virginia is a 501(c)(3) literacy non-profit dedicated to motivating children to want to read. The organization is known for its Volunteer Reader program, which has placed more than 900 volunteer readers this school year in 26 counties to model the joy of reading for students. The group also has local volunteer activity in more than 30 counties.
Proceeds from Read-A-Palooza help fund this and other programs designed to keep books in the hands and on the minds of West Virginia's children.
For more information, please call or text 304-421-3400. For updates, visit Alexandria on Main on Instagram and Facebook, or at alexandriaonmain.com.
For more information on Read Aloud West Virginia, please visit readaloudwv.org.