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The title of each nonprofit links to its Donation Page when possible. The website at the end of the description links to the nonprofit’s Home Page.
Partner Organizations A Community for Education (ACE) A Community for Education (ACE) is a national service, early literacy intervention program that works to ensure all children build a strong foundation in literacy during their first years in school. ACE tutors work intensively with 2000 children each year. www.utdanacenter.org/acee
Austin Partners in Education Austin Partners in Education creates and fosters effective community and school partnerships that provide all AISD students preparation for college and career. Our programs employ a collaborative learning community, placing volunteers in the classroom, during class time, to work with small groups. Students feel more engaged and more success results. www.austinpartners.org
BookSpring partners with schools, healthcare clinics, and social service providers to make a systemic change in literacy; we reinforce the importance of reading. Our objective – make book sharing and reading aloud an integral part of daily family activities so that children grow up with books and a love of reading. www.bookspring.org
The purpose of the group is to increase the number of Austin citizens who take a profound interest in the Library's activities, to promote reading and literacy in the community, and to raise awareness of the Library's digital resources. The Friends is a group of volunteers dedicated to supporting the Austin Public Library. www.austinlibrary.org
Badgerdog was created to publish and to teach. Accordingly, our mission is two-fold: to publish work that furthers our cultures' collective vision and to equip at-risk children with the language skills necessary to create literary art from their joy and their jeopardy. www.badgerdog.org
Provides reading, writing and English as a Second Language classes free of charge to adults 17 years and older. www.literacyaustin.org
Mobilizes providers, learners, employers, educators, policy makers and others to create a central Texas community that is 100% literate, employable, and engaged. The Coalition plays a central role in coordinating and supporting high-quality literacy services throughout Central Texas including services for speakers of other languages, adult basic education, family literacy, workplace literacy, and health literacy. www.willread.org
A summer camp for children with dyslexia and related disorders. Friendships are grown, self-confidence fostered, and talents developed. Promotes both uniqueness of each child and develops their social interactions. Reading and writing are critical components and are provided in an environment where children feel safe, nurtured, and appreciated. www.magicmirrorinc.org
We give books to children from low-income families to motivate them to become lifelong readers, and teach their parents how to effectively encourage their children's literacy acquisition. www.rifaustin.org
The mission of the Texas Association of Partners in Education is to provide leadership and expertise for schools, families, businesses and communities to build partnerships that enhance student success. www.tape.org
The Texas Book Festival celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas and the imagination. We work to instill a life long love of reading for Children in Title I schools. We also provide grants to Texas public libraries to help enhance book collections and develop literacy and technology programs. www.texasbookfestival.org
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1 in 6 Austin adults cannot read warning signs or medicine labels. Of the people living in Travis County aged 25 or older, 23% have not attended any college, and 16% have not graduated from high school. 170,000 adults in the Austin area cannot qualify for GED or job training programs because they cannot read. Low literacy skills increase annual health care costs by an estimated $73 billion. 24% of Texans read below the 5th grade level. |
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