This document highlights some of the success stories resulting from the activities of the Houston READ Commission (HRC), a nonprofit urban literacy coalition created by the Mayor and City Council of the Greater Houston area. It relates the stories of "those who are the future," lists gifts which support HRC programs, and donors and volunteers on behalf of the Mayor and HRC. It also reports that Houston will coordinate the National Literacy AmeriCorps Program, describes HRC's new World Wide Web site, and tells about its innovative program for dropouts. A list of individual sponsors concludes the document. (NKA)