Our partner PNC Bank is celebrating the 20th anniversary of #PNCGrowUpGreat in April. We had the joy of hosting them for a book-cleaning session and we're excited to redistribute the books they cleaned to local kids.

Learn more about Grow Up Great here: buff.ly/2WIxip2

Congratulations, Literary Arts! We're so excited for your new space! 📚

We're excited to announce that we're searching for a Development Officer to join our Portland-Metro team! If you or someone you know is interested, click here to learn more: buff.ly/3Olobb7

To be considered for first-round interviews, please apply by May 3, 2024.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to our friends at SELCO Community Credit Union! We worked with multiple branches in our Central and South Valley areas to host book drives. The donated books were then cleaned by SELCO employees and will redistributed to local kids in the area!

Our upcoming benefit game with the Eugene Emeralds is almost here! Join us on April 28th, to celebrate Dia de los Libros/Book Day with the Eugene Emeralds where 50% of all tickets purchased will be donated to SMART!

Click here to buy your tickets today: buff.ly/441wBen

Looking for a new read? 📖 Check out this year's Oregon Book Award winners!: buff.ly/3xpOEP9

Join us for a book-cleaning session on April 13th at the Albany Public Library! From 1-4 pm, volunteers will learn strategies for cleaning and restoring gently used books and the cleaned books will be given away to kids locally!

To sign up, click here: buff.ly/3VRqQ0Q

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Oregon Book Awards ceremony last night— we couldn't cherish this community more! The love, laughter, and support in this venue was off the charts ❤️🏆 c. Andie Petkus Photography

What's better than a box of books? How about HUGE boxes of books! Thank you to everyone who donated and the Ridwell team at for choosing us as one of the non-profit recipients of Ridwell book donations. Thanks to you these books will be cleaned and will be redistributed!

Don’t we all wished we looked this cool while reading? 😎📖

Check out some photos from our reading session at Fir Grove Elementary School in Beaverton!

Volunteering at our Book Bank warehouse is a great and meaningful way to promote access to books in the Portland-Metro community. Recently volunteer, Melissa Hart, shared her experience as a Book Bank volunteer!

50% of all ticket sales go to SMART Reading! Click here to buy your ticket today: rb.gy/8rpznx

Reading is always fun, especially with a friend! Huge thank you to our junior readers who brought the fun to this reading session at Roosevelt Elementary in Klamath Falls!

[id: Three photos of junior readers reading with young students at Roosevelt Elementary.]

Last week we had the joy of hosting the Umpqua Bank team for a cleaning session at the Book Bank. The Umpqua team helps us clean books every month and we truly appreciate their help in providing refurbished books to kids in our community!