Welcome to SMART Family Literacy
Education Reinvented, Creating Healthy Inspired Resilient Learners
To deliver active, innovative, and inclusive educational programs, integrating science, math, art, reading, and technology (SMART), so that learners of all ages can achieve and thrive.
SMART'S MISSION STATEMENT
Event Photography (Gallery & Award Winners) by @itsjuanlazo
SMART Family Literacy's Board of Directors President, Dr. Suzanne La Forte (right), presented Dr. Barbara Thompson (left) with the Family Literacy Champion Award.
Dr. Joan Richardson (left) received the 2025 Children's Literacy Champion Award from SMART Family Literacy's Board of Directors President, Dr. Suzanne La Forte (right).
Dr. Maria Franco-Fuenmayor (left) and the UTMB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit received the 2025 Children's Literacy Program Award from SMART Family Literacy's Board of Directors President, Dr. Suzanne La Forte (right) for the NICU Read-a-thon.
Thank You to our 2025 Spellbound Sponsors
Hero's Journey Sponsors
Dr. Suzanne & Russell La Forte
High Tide Foundation
The Magic Makers Sponsors
Marty & Jackie Fluke
UTMB Health Pediatrics
Anonymous Friends of SMART
Fairy Godparent Sponsors
H-E-B Helping Here
M.J. Ippolito Alvarado & the Mary Moody Northen Endowment
Dawn McCarty & J. Rick Altemose
Ginger L. Turner
Moody Bank
SSA Marine
Storytellers' Circle Sponsors
Honorees Drs. Joan Richrdson & Barbara Thompson
SMART Program Award Recipient Dr. Maria Franco-Fuenmayor
Abe DeAnda, Classic Auto Group Galveston
The Daily News, Deanna Grissom & Georgianna Mullins,
Edward Jones (Kelley Delesandri, Lauren Millo, Sam Malchar), Mary Horwitch, Dr. Samuel E. Mathis, E.J. Pederson, Glennda Rassin, Texas First Bank & Insurance, Hurricane Headdress
Charming Duo Sponsors
Andrea Conti, D Anne Henderson, HomeTown Bank, Gerry & Gene Hornstein, Peaches & Shrub Kempner, Island Pride Property Management, Vicki & Stretch Lewis, Moody Methodist Church, Helen Stroud, Meg Walker, Betsy By Design, LLC, The San Luis Resort
Impact In The Community 2024
More than 10,000 people reached!
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Hunter Family Charitable Foundation