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WCHL: Hometown Hero: Ginger Young

  • Writer: Benay Hicks
    Benay Hicks
  • Jul 13, 2018
  • 1 min read

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Ginger Young from Book Harvest!

Ginger is the executive director and founder of Book Harvest, a non-profit providing books to families who need them and working towards promoting literacy and educational success in children. Ginger spoke with WCHL’s Ron Stutts about her personal journey as an avid reader since childhood. Read more>>

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