The program works with schools in need to help students in kindergarten through second grade with literacy.
"Our volunteers consistently come back to us and tell us that this is the best part of their week," said Lisa O'Meara, Reading Seed Program Director."A volunteer position that I never thought could be this much fun," said Smith who volunteers as a reading coach for the Reading Seed Program.
"Literacy is just the keystone. If you want to be a scientist, it starts with literacy,"said O'Meara. "So, the children get to choose the subjects they read about the books they read the characters that they're really interested in if they love dinosaurs we get to read about dinosaurs. we get to follow their lead," said Smith.
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