The Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy

The 2003 recipients of Barbara Bush Texas Fund grants were announced in April.

Project Impact, Pasadena
Project Impact, a program of Tegeler Career Center, is committed to providing teen and adult mothers with the skills and resources necessary to ensure their own academic achievement, as well as those necessary for the healthy early development of their babies and young children.

Project LIFT (Literacy in Families Together), Big Spring
Project LIFT will create a new intergenerational literacy program that will include all members of the family. Project LIFT will be a structured, intensive whole-family literacy program for special-needs students and parents. Senior adult volunteers from the local chapter of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program will also be recruited, adding another generation of support to families enrolled in this innovative program.

Barbara Bush Literacy Corps, College Station
The Barbara Bush Literacy Corps (BBLC) at Texas A&M University is a partnership of groups interested in promoting literacy and working to improve the quality of life in the local community by increasing literacy awareness and improving the literacy levels of of all ages. The majority of the literacy volunteers are enthusiastic Texas A&M students. The BBLC is an outreach effort of The Museum Education Department at the George Bush Presidential Library.

For additional information please visit their website
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/sli.html#FLF

The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas
5 Post Oak Park
4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77027