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PALS Piggy Bank Project: Celebrating Dia del Nino and Financial Literacy Month
The Literacy Coalition is delighted to share that our PALS Piggy Bank Project was a success! Sponsored by Comerica Bank, the Piggy Bank Project was a fun-filled event dedicated to celebrating Dia del Niño and Financial Literacy Month! We promoted financial literacy...
A Heartfelt Farewell to Jessica Jones!
The Literacy Coalition is wishing Jessica a heartfelt farewell and the best of luck on her journey forward! Jessica joined our team in 2016 as an AmeriCorps member serving in the Texas Family Literacy AmeriCorps program. She served in our Learning Center, supporting...
Congratulations to our Graduating IET Class!
The Literacy Coalition is thrilled to announce the graduation of 13 students from its Integrated Education and Training (IET) program! Over the past nine months, these graduates completed over 700 hours of Commercial HVAC training along with upwards of 80 hours of ESL...
Learn About Lindsey – Team Highlight
Today we're highlighting team member Lindsey Arasanagi! Lindsey is a music lover, people lover, mom of one human child and two fur babies, and our Service Programs Senior Manager. Lindsey believes "Enhancing literacy and knowledge within our community is one of the...
Happy Social Work Month!
For Social Work Month, we're celebrating our amazing social services team here at the Literacy Coalition! The social work team is made up of four wonderful members: Veronica Alfalla, LMSW, who is our social services caseworker II; MariElena Herrera, our social...
Celebrating AmeriCorps Week
Happy AmeriCorps Week! Each year, AmeriCorps Week is celebrated in order to raise awareness about the program and the important work that AmeriCorps members do in communities across the country. It is a time to recognize the incredible impact that AmeriCorps members...
Congratulations PALS ESL Graduates!
Congratulations to our PALS ESL graduates! The Literacy Coalition had a touching virtual graduation on the morning of February 16th to celebrate this milestone in our students' lives. When asked why she was enrolled in the PALS course, graduate Alejandra said "To...
Thank you for your VISTA service, Bianca!
"Serving with AmeriCorps taught me that anyone, no matter who you are, can make a difference in their communities and that empathy and support goes a long way and can mean the world to someone else. It taught me that service is incredibly important and because of...
Join Our Read-A-Thon!
Join us for a Read-A-Thon with Literacy Coalition of Central Texas! Do you remember reading challenges from when you were a kid, do you have a personal goal to read a certain amount before the end of the year, or are you setting a New Year resolution to read...
Lupe’s Letter – To My Soul Teachers
Hi, I am Guadalupe Alvarado and I would like to talk about my experience studying at the Literacy Coalition Of Central Texas. First of all I want to say that I didn’t know that there were people volunteering to help students in homework and in classes. I was not used...