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Celebrate National Park Week with SML Good Neighbors! Discover how our students in Bedford and Franklin Counties connect with nature at Booker T. Washington National Monument.

At SML Good Neighbors Inc., our mission centers on empowering local youth through essential educational enrichment and year-round nutritional support. Fulfilling this commitment requires a dedicated community, and for years, one of our primary partners has been the annual Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour. We are thrilled and deeply honored to announce that SML Good Neighbors has once again been selected as one of the eight local participating nonprofits for the 2026 SML

How Simple Routines, Visual Tools and Books Set Kids Up for Back to School Success with Smith Mountain Lake Good Neighbors.

SML Battle of the Bands at Mango's Bar & Grill! Join us on August 23, 2026, for the ultimate music showdown supporting SML Good Neighbors. Enjoy 8 local bands, vote for your favorites, and rock out!

Please enjoy this photo from our recent New Year Party this past weekend! (Special thanks to Lisa for sharing this moment with us).

Yesterday morning, SML Good Neighbors met with Tim Reith and Jason Hodnett, representing the SML Songwriters Festival and SML Wine Festival. Local nonprofit organizations, including Good Neighbors, benefit from various SML Songwriters Festival musical events throughout the summer season.

SML Good Neighbors, Inc. is honored to have been selected again as one of the participating charities for the SML Charity Home Tour in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia.

SML Good Neighbors Intern to Employee. Intern follow up story.

SML Good Neighbors Internship team 2025. That's a wrap!

SML Good Neighbors Spirit Week Continues. Today is Storybook Character Day.

Happy Monday Good Neighbors Family. We are kicking Spirit Week and the last week of Summer Camp.

The SML Good Neighbors board team, community friends, staff and our awesome Reading Buddy volunteers have been hard at work this week.