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- This one-of-a-kind annual gala features an amazing four course meal and some incredible wine all while empowering kids to read.
- Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 6:30PM - 10:00PM
- St. Regis Hotel
- Live and silent auctions with incredible items, Golden Ticket Raffle, Paddles Up and Heads or Tails, for a chance to win a $1,000 VISA gift card
Honorary Chairs: Janet & Don Klein
Honoring: Rebecca & Dudley Ray
Underwriting Opportunities:
- Toward Venue Costs $15,000 - SOLD OUT
- Toward Wine Costs $10,000 - SOLD OUT
- Toward Auction Costs $7,500 - SOLD OUT
- Toward Meal Costs $5,000 - SOLD OUT
- Venue Decor. $4,000 - SOLD OUT
- Wine Pull $3,500 - SOLD OUT
- Puppy for Live Auction $3,000 - SOLD OUT
- Auctioneer $2,500 - SOLD OUT
- Audio Visual $2,000 - SOLD OUT
- Valet $1,400 - SOLD OUT
- Heads or Tails $1,000 - SOLD OUT
- Photographer $800
Literacy Now (originally known as Making It Better) was founded in 2006 with a vision to help children rise above their circumstances through tutoring, mentoring, and other services. Since its founding, our organization has grown from serving one school with 91 students to serving 2,400 children and their parents in Houston area Title I elementary campuses and in multiple low-income community sites during the 2023-2024 school year. Literacy Now has empowered more than 24,000 children and their parents, and our impact continues to grow.
Our mission is to empower children and families through literacy and life skills. Literacy Now provides reading readiness and reading intervention programs, parent engagement, and trained volunteer mentors for our Lunch Bunch program - all elements contributing to children's long-term success. We support children and their families throughout Houston with our overarching goal to empower students to read at grade level, thereby increasing the likelihood that children will graduate from high school and be ready to pursue postsecondary goals.