Dear Friends, As we near the end of our 10th year of service, we want to honor the many foundations who have helped sustain us

We’re so excited to announce that Making It Better’s new Ready, Set, Read bus is here! Now we’re on a mission to transform this bus

  Dr. Joseph Gugenheim is a recently retired orthopedic surgeon who spends much of his time giving back to the community for organizations such as

Twenty-eight young professionals attended the Making It Better Young Professionals 1st Annual Mixers with Magnums held in concert with Magnums Makes a Difference.  This next

Two hundred and forty-one people joined Emcee and KTRKs Gina Gaston at the Ballroom at Bayou Place on Saturday, November 4th to enjoy fine dining

Programs are in full swing and we are excited!! Thanks to your support, we are serving 332 students in our Reading Intervention program in 9

By: Jacque Daughtry In the Houston area, much of our normal life such as work, school, traffic patterns, church, a place to come home to…

On Wednesday, September 20, 2017, AnnaLee and Andy Waite made a very generous donation of $25,000 to Making It Better. This is the first major

Every Thursday, Beth McGee visits Walnut Bend Elementary to spend 30 minutes during lunch period guiding four elementary students through decision making and developing healthy

This past Friday, Making It Better attended Bruce Elementary’s “Back to School Bash” to help prepare students for the new school year. With a portion

First and foremost, we hope that you and yours are safe and dry, have electricity and are being lifted up by the amazing acts of

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Dear Friends, It is with incredible gratitude mixed with sadness that I announce a major change in our staff.  June 1st will be Kelly Bukolt’s

I am often asked what makes Making It Better successful and different from all the rest.  Without hesitation I reply, “Our employees are absolutely the

Throughout the month of March we celebrated Read Aloud Month at 9 HISD schools with 774 1st and 2nd grade students. Read Aloud Month is a

Thanks to the 300+ attendees who joined us at our 4th Annual Guild Luncheon and had the pleasure of hearing from Key Note Speaker, Juliet

We are so grateful to our dedicated young professionals, a diverse group of individuals heeding the call to make a difference. This group serves together

We are so grateful to the 2,200 dedicated donors who over the last 10 years have donated almost $5,000,000, allowing us to serve over 10,000 kids

Executive Director, Jacque Daughtry, had the privilege of kicking off our 10 Year Anniversary on KPRC Channel 2 with reporter, Anoushah Rasta. Click here or

We are excited to unveil our 10 Year Anniversary Expansion Campaign – an attempt to raise $100,000 over and above our annual budget in order

2017 is here and we are  off to an exciting start! This year marks our 10 year anniversary and we will be celebrating our birthday all year

We are incredibly grateful for the commitment that Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies has made to Making It Better! Please click on the picture below

Making It Better celebrated 9 years of providing quality support services to at-risk children in Houston with its  9th annual signature fundraising event, Magnums Make a Difference, on Saturday, October 15th, raising

In early October, fifty employees of Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies volunteered their time to help create a better working and learning space for our

Did you know that kids can lose two months or more of skills if they stop reading over the summer? It’s called the “Summer Slide”.

In April we completed our 23 week program with great results and smiling faces, serving almost 300 K-2 students in 8 HISD elementary schools. All students

  Our Steps 2 Success program students had a very busy and exciting semester! Not only did they do a lot of reading and related

Trained volunteers continued to give their time each week to support the social and emotional well-being of students in the Lunch Bunch program. Through the

Children and parents residing at Belmont Place Apartments continued to attend our weekly Ready, Set, Read! program with enthusiasm. Parents, as well as our volunteer

Our Parent Partnership programs continued through April to engage and connect parents and children in the communities of the schools we serve. We hosted two

Our Executive Director, Jacque Daughtry, had the privilege of speaking with FOX 26 The Black Voice host, Jose Ginnan,

COMCAST NEWSMAKERS is running an interview/PSA during the month of May,

“Making It Better: A Charity with Its Heart in the

  Students in our Steps 2 Success program have been doing a lot of reading while learning many important life skills. But that’s not all! Students

  Parents have stepped it up this school year!

  Since our programs began in October, we have had the privilege of partnering with several local groups

  Thanks to your support and our dedicated staff members, our

Another BIG “Thank You!” to the Young Guns from Jones Lang LaSalle, who partnered with us

Our Executive Director, Jacque Daughtry, had the privilege of speaking with FOX 26 hola houston news anchor, Rita Garcia,

Our Reading Intervention program was showcased on Fox 26 News!

A BIG “Thank You!” to the Professionals from Xerox, who came out to volunteer

A BIG “Thank You!” to the Professionals from Ernst & Young, who came out to volunteer

Our Executive Director, Jacque Daughtry, had the privilege of speaking with FOX 26 News Anchor, Sally MacDonald,

Our Executive Director, Jacque Daughtry, had the privilege of speaking with KPRC’s Courtney Gilmore

A HUGE “Thank You!” to the Young Guns from Jones Lang LaSalle, who came out to volunteer

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