Richmond Christmas Mother Maya Smart Imparts Love of Reading
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Ask Maya Smart when she started reading, and she has a hard time finding an answer.
“I don’t remember not reading,” the 2014 Richmond Christmas Mother said Thursday at Chimborazo Elementary School, where she gave a book to each of the students to encourage them to become readers too.
It’s a step on the way to her personal goal of donating 1,000 books to children while serving as Richmond Christmas Mother, the figurehead for the annual holiday fund sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
So far, Smart has given out 855 books as part of her own donation to the community.
