One child at a time. One volunteer at a time. One book at a time.

Since 1992, SMART has been pairing caring adult volunteers with children to provide reading support and books to take home and keep. SMART volunteers read one-on-one with students weekly during the school year, modeling a love of reading and building children’s reading skills and self-confidence in a positive, child-guided environment.

This year in Douglas County we aim to serve 700 local children and provide nearly 10,000 new books to children in the program.