SMART, Start Making A Reader Today is gearing up for the 4thannual SMART Art: Show, Sale, Social on October 22 at 5:15pm at Kendall Toyota in Bend. Each year SMART invites young artists to participate in the art contest connected with SMART Art. This year they are inviting the community to take part in the fun by joining SMART at the Library events held in Bend, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, Redmond, Sisters and Sunriver.
Deschutes Public Libraries:
La Pine August 14 from 10:30 to 11:30am
Sisters August 21 from 1:30 to 2:30pm
Bend August 27 from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Redmond August 28 from 10:30 to 11:30am
Crook County Library:
Prineville August 20 from 10:30 to 11:30 am
Jefferson County Library:
Madras August 25 from 11:30am to 12:30pm
SMART at the Library is also an opportunity for to recruit volunteers for the 2015-2016 program year. Come to your local Library and find out more about what it takes to be a volunteer for SMART in your local schools. It only requires one hour a week, it’s fun and it’s of great benefit to the kids.
Bring your friends, bring your children, bring your grandchildren for an entertaining afternoon of volunteer recruitment and artistic fun. The goal for this event is to:
- Enlist more SMART volunteers to read with children in local schools (It only takes one hour a week!)
- Create some book-inspired art that can be entered into our SMART Art contest and displayed at our fall fundraiser.
- We will provide all the materials. All you need is a love of reading and some time to relax and channel your inner artist. Art pieces submitted by children ages 3-18will be eligible for prizes at our fundraiser in the fall.
- Can’t make it to SMART at the Library? No problem. Log onto www.getSMARToregon.org and click on the “Call for Submissions” link to find out about submitting your book-inspired art pieces for SMART Art, 2015. Or if you are interested in volunteering log onto www.getSMARToregon.org and click the “Volunteer Now!” button on the homepage.
SMART at the Library promises to be a fun event for all! And the best part about it? It’s FREE!
About SMART® (Start Making A Reader Today)SMART, Start Making A Reader Today, is a statewide nonprofit organization that envisions an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed. We partner with schools around the state and engage community volunteers to read one-on-one with PreK-Third grade children, helping to strengthen literacy skills and encourage a love of reading.
Over the past two decades, SMART has steadily grown to become Oregon’s largest volunteer literacy program. Children in the program receive 14 new books throughout the school year to keep and read with their families. Together, with support from communities and schools around the state, SMART is improving the reading capacity of Oregon’s children. Visit www.getSMARToregon.org or call 541-355-5600 to learn more about SMART.