Announcements

Please help us welcome our new Volunteer Coordinator, Aspen Hayes. Aspen received her bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Memphis. After interning

We are excited about the upcoming school year and working hard to prepare for the kids and families we serve! One thing we are focusing

We are thrilled to welcome Dale Lockett to the Literacy Now Board of Directors. Dale is the Director of Local Programming and Community Marketing at

Now your child can take Houston’s Champion for Literacy, Page Turner, with them anywhere! Beginning April 1st until April 30, 2021, we will be hosting

Special thanks to the Junior League of Houston for their generous donation to support The Reading Express and help our youngest kids (2 months – 4 years) get on track to

We are pleased to welcome Jasmine Castleberry to our Board of Directors. Jasmine is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Afterschool Professional and

We are pleased to welcome Giselle Rodriguez Greenwood to our Board of Directors. Giselle is editor-in-chief of the Houston Business Journal and comes to us

Social distancing didn’t keep us from making a positive social impact as we completed three LIVE virtual Mini Magnums! Special thanks to our Chairs, Rebecca and

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue of childhood poverty to the forefront: fewer years of education, lower earnings, higher crime, and lower quality of health

While we are more determined than ever to bring our transformational programs to schools and students who need us most, we face significant challenges due

As each day seems to bring a new challenge and change, we wanted to share in the video below how we are navigating the current

In light of the recent horrific events in our country, we wanted YOU, our community of supporters, to know where we stand. Please take a few moments

Dear friends, The past 2 ½ months have been strange at best, and COVID-19 is affecting each one of us in multiple ways. As we continue

We would like to extend our gratitude to the following individuals and companies who continue to support us even after the cancellation of our 7th

In the immediate aftermath of school closures, Literacy Now’s first thought was, “How can we help our families?” We knew that many have barriers preventing them

We hope this post finds you and your family safe and well. As everyone is making adjustments to their daily lives during this time, we are

Dear Friends, As things continue to unfold in the Houston area related to concerns about the spread of the Coronavirus, it seems prudent to cancel

Run, Run As Fast As You Can! Community partner Allegiance Bank hosted a winter-themed literacy event with the 48 2nd and 3rd-grade students at Pat

Help us get little ones on track to reading! All aboard The Reading Express as we hit the streets of Houston in collaboration with the Harris County

Literacy Now recently hosted its first Family Literacy Night of the year at Belmont Place Apartments.  This mystery-themed event had sleuths of all ages looking

We love mentors like Gabe Baker who pour their hearts into the children we serve!

Thank you, Richard Schmidt and Freudenberg Oil and Gas Technologies, for your partnership, generosity and overall support!

Thank you to Frost Bank and Trisha Bradley for all of your support!

Did you know that research indicates the road to incarceration begins as early as kindergarten, linking reading difficulties with serious behavior problems most commonly seen

Our Parent Partnership programs continued through April to engage and connect parents and children in the communities of the schools we serve. We hosted four Family Literacy Nights this

We join our fellow non-profit literacy friends in Houston in celebrating our amazing former First Lady for a life incredibly well-lived. What a blessing it

Thank you so much for having our kids’ backs and supporting our Harvey relief efforts! One week post-Harvey, we began to communicate with administrators at the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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