Our high-school students — the River Watchers — lead Austin’s efforts to understand water quality in the Colorado River and the streams that feed into it. Twenty years ago, with initial funding and long-term support from the City of Austin and LCRA, Austin Youth River Watch began teaching students to collect and track water-quality data. The River Watchers also learn leadership skills, mentor each other, and work toward high-school graduation and beyond. Through our after-school and summer programs, Austin Youth River Watch now intensively serves about 120 students per year from 10+ high schools in the Austin area. Our success rate speaks for itself: The graduation rate of our River Watch Seniors is nearly 100%. Donation requests:

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About United Way for Greater Austin: United Way for Greater Austin helps the working poor overcome barriers to economic opportunity to ensure Austin thrives. For almost 90 years, we’ve run employee giving campaigns and built public/private partnerships to address the greatest needs in our community. Today, we also run strategic programs, give grants, connect the community through our Navigation Center and manage Austin’s largest volunteer network. By doing this, we create opportunities for anyone to be a philanthropist and unite our community. About Success By 6: By age 6, 90 percent of brain development has occurred - which sets the stage for a child’s lifetime learning. Success By 6 focuses on three strategies- family support, quality child...
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