Martinsburg Food Pantry is 'Mission' for Founder Smith

Linda Smith, the manager of the Martinsburg Food Pantry, said she never thought retirement would look like this.

Smith retired from the Spring Cove School District after 29 years of service.

She started teaching in the elementary to eighth-grade levels. She then discovered her love of reading instruction. At the time, a reading certification was necessary to teach reading, so it was back to school for Smith.

Smith took the necessary classes at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received her Title One Reading certification.

Her final years of teaching were spent at Martinsburg Elementary.

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