MEDFORD, ORE. –The SMART Reading Program is hosting a virtual read-a-thon on Friday.
It’s all part of “Oregon Reads Aloud,” a fundraiser to provide one book for each student the non-profit serves.
There’s will be hundreds of readers including Dateline’s Keith Morrison, NFL quarterback and former Duck Marcus Mariota…
And NBC5’s Kyle Aevermann, Blakely McHugh and Matt Jordan.
The event kicks off this at 9 am.
The NBC5 talent will be reading between 2:30 and 3:30.
You can tune in for free at https://www.avcast.me/smartreading.
Kyle Aevermann originally joined NBC5 News in 2012 as a morning producer and reporter. Kyle left NBC5 to report in Milwaukee, WI. He then spent months backpacking across Asia. He returned to NBC5 to co-anchor NBC5 News at Sunrise.
Portland nonprofit SMART Reading goes virtual to keep kids engaged in reading
Before the pandemic, SMART was operating at nearly 300 schools across Oregon and pairing almost 12,000 students with reading volunteers. Author: Christine Pitawanich Updated: 9:11 PM PST February 24, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The pandemic hasn t stopped the important work of a well-known nonprofit that s been helping kids read for decades.
SMART Reading has been around for almost 30 years in Oregon. Before the pandemic, it was operating at nearly 300 sites across the state, pairing almost 12,000 students with volunteers to read at school.
The pandemic changed that. But SMART has still been able to find ways to keep kids excited about and engaged in reading.