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SMART Stories

Meet Book Bank Partner Innovative Services NW

Teacher at Innovative Services NW reading with kids in a classroom.

Meet Innovative Services NW, one of the Children’s Book Bank’s community partners! Innovative Services NW’s early learning and childcare program serves children ages 1 – 5 years, many… Read More ›

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Little Free Libraries Open in SW Portland!

Four new Little Free Libraries opened near Robert Gray Middle School and Bridlemile Elementary School in 2022! The Children’s Book Bank partnered with Positive Charge! PDX, the Timbers,… Read More ›

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Sue’s SMART Reading Volunteer Story

An over-the-shoulder image of a SMART volunteer and student reading a picture book.

SMART Volunteer Sue has been reading with kids for over a decade! Here’s what she has to say about her experience, including going remote in 2020 and getting… Read More ›

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Chapter 3: Randall Reflects On How SMART Changed His Life

SMART Alumni Randall headshot.

To read the the first installment of Randall’s story, click here. For the second installment, click here.  Today, reflecting on his experience in SMART Reading, Randall credits the… Read More ›

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Chapter 2: Randall Gets Positive Attention in SMART Reading

A volunteer reading with a child

To read the first installment in Randall’s story, click here.  After his volunteer would retrieve Randall from class, they’d walk together down the long hallway to the SMART… Read More ›

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Chapter 1: Meet Randall

A black and white photo of a volunteer reading with Randall as an elementary school student

For Springfield second-grader, Randall, the classroom wasn’t a friendly place to be. His classmates teased and bullied him for being gay, and he looked for any opportunity to… Read More ›

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Meet SMART Reading Alumna Annie Teav

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“I own this,” Annie Teav remembers thinking the first time she got to choose a book to keep from SMART Reading. It was one of the first books… Read More ›

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Meet Principal Creighton Helms

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By Bija Gutoff, Writer & Editor Creighton Helms brings a sailor’s perspective, steady-eyed and focused on the horizon, to his post as principal of Gervais Elementary. Though he’s… Read More ›

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Three SMART Generations

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Three generations of SMART volunteers, Peggy, Rose, and Catherine, posing together

  As many who volunteer know, volunteering feeds the soul of the volunteer as much as those who are on the receiving end. At SMART, we hear time… Read More ›

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