- Purchased audio-visual Equipment for public schools
- Formed Horizon Clubs in high schools
- Presented bird exhibits at schools
- Began teacher recruitment program and scholarship fund
- Gave recognition awards at Regional Science Fair
- Sponsored a symposium on Learning Disabilities
- Sponsored Essay Contest for senior high school students
- Funded the Mock Trial Competition sponsored by Region XII Education Center
- Produced a Public Education Brochure
- Initiated the Junior Great Books Program in Waco
- Initiated the Learning Disabilities Task Force
- Provided funds to the Learning Club of Waco
- Provided funds for educational signs for the Cameron Park Zoo
- Provided funds for “A Special Library” – a project of Dripping Springs Special School
- Funded Young Writers Camp – A project of the Central Texas Writing Project
- Provided funds to the Learning Resource Center, project of LaRue’s Learning Center
- Provided funds to Expanding Your Horizons in Math/Science, a project of the American Association of University Women
- Provided funds to S.M.A.R.T. – “Share a Moment and Read Together”, a project of Viking Hills Elementary School
- Provided funds to Lake Air Middle School for the Read to Succeed: Accelerated Reader program
- Provided funds for Language Development Program in WISD
- Provided funds to the Learning Disabilities Association for a 1998 Workshop
- Provided funds to WISD Tutoring Program to aid students from the closed Harrison Charter School
- Provided funds to Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy to develop a library program
- Provided funds to La Vega ISD Family Resource Center to provide bilingual resources
- Provided funds to the Moody Community Library for materials
- Provided funds to Building a Nation of Readers, Artists and Dreamers
- Approved a signature project – LEAPS (Lead Empower And Promote Self-esteem) a partnership with Waco ISD
- Provided funds to Waco- McLennan County Library for Early Childhood Literacy Kits
- Provided funds to Midway ISD – Midway Reads – A district wide reading event held at Cameron Park Zoo
- Provided funds to Talitha Koum Institute/Nurture Center for therapeutic materials