Our Partners

Education Connection could not be where it is today without the following key partnerships.

We thank each one of you wholeheartedly with our most sincere appreciation! Your generosity, whether financially and/or by providing volunteers, helps Education Connection be positioned to focus on addressing the systemic problem of 3rd grade illiteracy in the greater Austin Texas area. Thank you for helping us toward our mission of seeing "...every child reading by the end of 3rd grade."

Church Partnerships

Churches that are partnering with a school and are providing a Literacy Partner Coordinator for that school:

A - E F - J K - O P - T U - Z

A - E

Acts Church Leander
Agape Christian Ministries
Andice Baptist Church
Austin Baptist Church
Austin Christian Fellowship
Bee Creek UMC
Belton Church of Christ
Central Baptist Church
Christ Our Savior Lutheran
Christ Redeemer Fellowship
CityView
Connect Church
Cottonwood Baptist Church
Cross Tracks UMC
Crossroads Church Austin

F - J

Family House Fellowship
Fellowship Church Liberty Hill
First Baptist Church - Belton
First Baptist Church - Burnet
First Baptist Church - GT
First Baptist Church - Pflugerville
First Baptist Church - Temple
First Christian Church
First UMC - Georgetown
First UMC - Round Rock
Glad Tidings
Good News UMC
Good News Church - GT
Grace Bible Church
Greater Mt. Zion
Hill Country Bible Church - Austin
Hill Country Fellowship
Hillcrest Church
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Hope Bible Fellowship
Hope Lutheran Church
Hope Presbyterian
Hyde Park Baptist Church
Jarrell Community Church
Journey Bible Fellowship
Journey Fellowship Llano

K - O

P - T

Packsaddle Fellowship
Palm Valley Lutheran
Parkway Bible Church
Redeemer Church
Restoration Covenant
Resurrection South Austin
Riverbend
Rockbridge
RockPile Church
Round Rock Christian Church
Round Rock Presbyterian
Selah Hills - Liberty Hill
Shoreline Church
Spirit in the Hills Lutheran
St. James’ Episcopal Church
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
St. Thomas More
Temple Bible Church
Trinity Church Temple

U - Z

Business/Community Organization Partnerships

Organizations that have volunteers reading in our partnering schools:

A - E F - J K - O P - T U - Z

A - E

3M Company
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center
AirBorn
AlertMedia
All Care Therspies
Allfluent Wealth Management, LLC
Allied-Orion Group
Alpha and Omega Insurance Agency
American Constructors
Apple Inc.
Apple Leasing
Arlington convention & visitors bureau
Ascension Seton
Astellas
Austin Bridge Builders Alliance
Austin Community College
Bank of America
Baylor Scott & White
Baylor Scott and White - Marble Falls Hospital
Belton ISD
Blackbaud
Blue Cross Blue Shield (HCSC)
Cadence Bank
Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Park Local
Celadon Properties, Inc.
Central Austin Transport
Charles Schwab
Childcare Careers
CISCO
City of Round Rock
Cognia
Cru
Declutter Bee
Dell
Dimensional Fund Advisors
E78 Partners, LLC
Eastside Flats
East-West Ministries, International
Embree Construction Group
Emerson
Enhabit Home Health
ERCOT
Eviden

F - J

Family Wealth Counseling
Farmers Insurance
Favor
First Texas Bank - Belton
Flex Your Word
Floor Store and More - Belton
Focus Realty
Foresight Planning & Engineering
Fortis Academy
Frost Bank
Fuccello Consulting Services
Gone to Texas Real Estate
Google
Great Minds, PBC
Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa
Happy Bays Car Wash
Hart InterCivic
Hill Country Community Ministries
Hill Country Surgery
Huntington Learning Center
IBM
Impressive Digital
In Step Enterprises, Inc
Indeed.com
iPipeline
Itron
JB Goodwin REALTORS
Joe Bland Construction, L.P.
JPMorgan Chase Bank

K - O

P - T

Pax Sun Engineering, Inc.
Procter & Gamble
Regeneron
Ringstaff Twisted Diesel
Riverkids Pediatric Home Health
Robert J Fischer, Team of Realtors
Round Rock ISD
Sage
Salesforce
Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Save A Lot
Silkroad Technologies
Snowflake Inc.
Soluta
Sonicwall
Specialty Comp Insurance
State Farm Insurance
Steptoe and Johnson, LLP
Stillwaters Land Co., LLC
Stitch Fix, Inc.
Stitched and Lasered
Stratus Properties, Inc.
Stump & Stump Law Firm
Subway
Taulia
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Team Price Real Estate
Ten House Strategies
Tender Loving Lawn Care
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Burnet County
Texas Army National Guard
Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Texas Gas Service
Texas Recoil
The Holdsworth Center
The Panacea Collective
Trident Restoration Services

U - Z

Our Generous Financial Supporters

Recognizing and Honoring the Impact of Individual Donors, Churches, Businesses, and Foundation Grants in Advancing Our Literacy Mission:

Ehrikka Hodge-Messer

Suzanne Logsdon

Del & Terri Waters

Joe & Barbara Bland

Ronnie & Kerrie Miksch

Gregg & Lynette Dahmer

2024-25 Grant Awards:

Business Partners

Businesses that are partnering with a school and are providing a Literacy Partner Coordinator for that school:

Chamber of Commerce Memberships

Education Connection Core Teams

Austin ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Jim Harrington, St. James’ Episcopal Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Belton ISD:
District Director – Traci Holland
District Pastor – Thurmond Metters, Belton Church of Christ
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Burnet CISD:
co-District Director – Kendall Collier & Beth Geiser
District Pastor – Michael Barnard, Hill Country Fellowship
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Del Valle & Hays ISDs:
District Director – Tommy Mouton
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Georgetown & Jarrell ISDs:
District Director – Traci Holland
District Pastor – Dave Roberts, Grace Bible Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Lago Vista ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Lake Travis ISD:
District Director – Joan Mims
District Pastor – Craig Paczkowski, Lakeway Church
District Admin & Coach – Margie Neuenschwander
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Leander ISD:
co-District Director – Jason Gordon & John Stapleton
District Pastor – Doug James, Hill County Bible Church Austin
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Liberty Hill ISD:
District Director – Charissa Pituch
District Pastor – Leighton Forshee, Connect Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Llano ISD:
District Director – Kerrie Miksch
District Pastor – Justin Davis, Llano Journey Fellowship
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Manor ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Marble Falls ISD:
District Director – Jessica Cornelison
District Pastor – Jackie English, Christ Redeemer Fellowship
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Pflugerville ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Mark Canada, Parkway Bible Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Round Rock ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Nancy Brieger, Restoration Covenant Church
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Salado ISD:
District Director – Traci Holland
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz