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Everybody Wins! DC (EW!DC) is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting children's literacy and a love of learning through shared reading experiences with caring individuals. These experiences enhance children's self-esteem, expand their possibilities for success in school and life and enable adult volunteers and communities to experience the rewards of enriching young lives.
The U.S. Senate helped launch the Power Lunch program at Robert Brent Elementary School in Washington, DC on March 7, 1995. Currently, EW!DC operates programs in 32 Title I public elementary schools, impacting nearly 4,000 children in underserved communities throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Mission Statement
The mission of EW!DC is to pair students with Reading Mentors to instill a love of reading and learning and foster a sense of self-esteem. The ideas behind our mission remain simple and straightforward, yet can bring about profound change in the lives of young students: expose children to literature, give them a positive role model, inspire them to read and you will make a difference in their lives. The EW!DC model targets underserved children through three programs: - The Power Lunch program, which operates in 11 Title I Public Elementary schools, links eager young minds with caring adults, who give an hour of their time each week to read and talk with children over lunch. Power Lunch is based on the belief that the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.
- Modeled after the Power Lunch program, Readers Are Leaders matches older students with younger students to read aloud together, one-on-one, during the lunch hour. By pairing older students with younger students, the Readers Are Leaders program creates a unique peer mentoring relationship that benefits both readers. This program operates in 9 Title 1 Public Elementary school currently.
- StoryTime brings storytellers to 17 Title I public elementary schools. Once a month, storytellers, local authors and other performers visit the schools to share the joy and magic of storytelling with children in first through third grades.
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