Volunteer Spotlights

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Meet Nok Jones

Volunteer Spotlights
How long have you been a Literacy Now / Making It Better volunteer? Six Months. Which program or activity have you volunteered for? Lunch Bunch
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Meet Barbara Lamport image

Meet Barbara Lamport

Volunteer Spotlights
We are so excited to share our first Literacy Now Volunteer Spotlight of 2020!  As a retired kindergarten teacher with over 40 years in the
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Read Aloud Month 2020

Volunteer Spotlights
Research indicates that a child’s reading level by the third grade has a direct impact on future success (i.e., academics, dropout rates, incarceration, poverty). In
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Gabe Baker Making It Better

Volunteer Spotlights
We love mentors like Gabe Baker who pour their hearts into the children we serve!
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Meet Cathy McDonnell

Volunteer Spotlights
Cathy spent many years as a volunteer and leader in the HISD schools attended by her sons. Thanks to her years of PTO and community
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Meet Kathy Kim image

Meet Kathy Kim

Volunteer Spotlights
When did you get involved with Making It Better? I originally got involved with Making It Better in 2016 during Read Aloud Month and jumped on
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Meet Michelle Cordier

Volunteer Spotlights
When did you get involved with Making It Better? I got involved with Making It Better in the Fall of 2017 as a Lunch Bunch
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Meet Ann Green image

Meet Ann Green

Volunteer Spotlights
When and how did you get involved with Making It Better? In 2016, I was sitting with a friend watching our boys play baseball, and she
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Meet Spencer Hills image

Meet Spencer Hills

Volunteer Spotlights
  When did you get involved with Making It Better? I was lucky enough to have been introduced to Making It Better over 10 years
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Meet Janet Menefee

Volunteer Spotlights
When did you get involved with Making It Better? I began volunteering at Making It Better during the 2017-18 school year.  How did you get involved? I
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