What is Everybody Wins!?
Everybody Wins! is a national literacy and mentoring organization dedicated to increasing children’s prospects for success in school and life through one-on-one reading experiences with caring mentors. EW! was founded in New York City in 1991 by Arthur Tannenbaum, a retired businessman. In the spring of 1995, U.S. Senators James Jeffords (R-VT), chairman of the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, and Paul Simon (D-IL), along with a bipartisan coalition of 130 Senators and staff, helped launch Everybody Wins! DC (EW!DC), reading with 100 District of Columbia students at Brent Elementary School on Capitol Hill. In the fall of 1995, led by Representative Ray LaHood (R-IL), the House of Representatives joined this fight against illiteracy. EW!DC currently runs three programs: Power Lunch, Readers Are Leaders and StoryTime.
