APSO Volunteers Help Alabama Students Discover the Magic of Reading

By Anna Catherine Roberson

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax. All you need is a book.” – Dr. Seuss

For Valencia Chaney, taking part in Read Across America last week at Craighead Elementary School in Mobile was an opportunity to give back to the community and neighborhood where she grew up.

“I love any project that involves kids and I believe reading is their foundation for everything,” said Chaney, a business practices specialist at Alabama Power and an Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) volunteer. “I want them to know that we care about them first, but they have to be able to read in order to do anything else in life.”

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