August 18, 2025 3:05 a.m. 

SMART Reading, a statewide program that helps Oregon’s youngest readers build confidence and literary skills. is currently seeking site coordinators to help its work in Douglas County.

Site coordinators lead the program at each school site, organizing volunteers, building relationships with school staff, putting together reading sessions, and helping ensure that local students receive reading support and books to keep. The time commitment averages three to six hours per week during school hours, from October through mid-May.

Site coordinators are needed at Head Start locations in Green, Glide and Roseburg. They are also needed at:

*East Primary in Sutherlin

*Fir Grove Elementary in Roseburg

*Sunnyslope Elementary in Green

*Brockway Elementary in Winston

For more information or to apply, visit www.smartteading.org/volunteer or contact SMART Douglas County Senior Program Manager Kris Dellsite at: kdellsite@smartreading.org. The phone number for the Roseburg SMART Reading office is 672-6477.