Photo: Woodbury Community Foundation
Sue McKeown has been running youth programs for Community Education in District 833 for over 25 years. Most likely, you have met her at the Skoolie bus events. The colorfully painted school bus goes out into the community bringing free food and fun to families, all summer long.
Skoolie is a mobile library for kids during summer at various District 833 schools and enables Community Education to offer convenient, affordable activities for kids on weeknights, nonschool days, summer vacations and weekends. “For many, it’s the only kids’ activities parents take their kids to in summer,” McKeown says.
McKeown drives Skoolie to events like Woodbury Days, fall events in Afton and to collect winter coats and boots for District 833 students in need. She is adept at face painting and applying tattoos when Skoolie goes to neighborhood events.
McKeown also runs youth enrichment programs like chess camps, art classes and coding in the summer and on nonschool days. “Our summers are very busy,” she says.
Learn more about the Skoolie program in our January 2025 issue.
Manali Shah is a board member of the Woodbury Community Foundation and has been volunteering in Woodbury and Washington County for over 20 years. Find more at woodburycommunity.org.
