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Susan Potts

I have two stories:

The first story is from my first week back with SMART. Meeting my kindergarden boy, we picked a book to read and while I was reading, he would make the sound to the beginning letter of the word I was saying. I was thinking “wow, this kid is really into this, loving the alphabet…” Then when I closed the book in his “outside voice” he said, “that was boring” and every adult in the room was laughing, it was awesome!

My other story is two years ago; I had a little girl I was reading to. Then one day I came in and she wasn’t in SMART anymore because she needed more than SMART could offer. I was bummed we were never told and able to say goodbye. Fast forward to last year – I was at SMART at the beginning of the year and guess who comes in the room? She runs across the room and gives me a huge hug – it was wonderful. She wasn’t who I was reading to but it still touched my heart!

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Joe Galati, Principal at Chief Joseph Elementary, Multnomah County

SMART has been invaluable at Chief Joseph Elementary in North Portland for the past 15 years. In that time, the SMART Volunteers have provided a service that has… Read More ›

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