SMART
Run by SMART
Program Details
Recruitment Status
- Accepting Male Mentors: Yes
- Accepting Female Mentors: Yes
- Accepting Male Mentees: No
- Accepting Female Mentees: No
Program Description
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) is a nonprofit that envisions an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed. We engage community volunteers to read one-on one with K-3 children who need literacy support. Participating children also receive new books each month to keep and read with their families. Since 1992, thousands of SMART volunteers have been inspiring little readers through storytelling. Together with support from the community, we are building brighter futures for Oregonians big and small.
Ages of Youth in the Program
4 to 8
Description of Youth in the Program
SMART is committed to reaching children in public elementary schools serving Oregon's lowest-income populations. Teachers in these schools select students based on who can most benefit from the one-on-one attention SMART volunteers provide.
Quality Standards of Program
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Youth Goals and Outcomes
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Mentor Profile
Volunteers are the heart of SMART. You need only know how to read and to commit to reading one-on-one with children for an hour a week and you can give children in your community the support they need to learn to read.
Types of Mentoring
- Volunteer with one youth (one-to-one mentoring)
Place Where Mentoring Occurs
- Site-based (limited to one location: school, activity center, workplace, etc.)
Hours Needed
- Weekday Mornings: 8 am to Noon
- Weekday Afternoon: Noon to 3 pm
Contact Information
Contact: Get SMART
Phone: (877) 598-4633
Email: smart@getsmartoregon.org
Locations Served
- Baker County
- Benton County
- Clackamas County
- Clatsop County
- Coos County
- Crook County
- Curry County
- Deschutes County
- Douglas County
- Grant County
- Hood River County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Josephine County
- Klamath County
- Lake County
- Lane County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Multnomah County
- Polk County
- Tillamook County
- Umatilla County
- Wasco County
- Washington County
- Yamhill County
