Happy National Mentoring Month!
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January is National Mentoring Month and Everybody Wins DC (EWDC) is excited to honor and thank our extraordinary mentors. EWDC's mentors are the backbone of our programs and your enthusiasm and dedication make our work possible.
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Mentor Recruitment Challenge
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The 2nd Annual
Mentor Recruitment Challenge
is already underway. Thomas Sullard and Olga Berman currently tie for 1st place. Where do you place on the January 10th leader board? The top 10 mentors with the most points will be displayed every Friday throughout National Mentoring Month.
Missed out on week 1, but want to get in on the fun? No problem. Competing in the MRC is easy. Complete a challenge action, earn points. The top finishers win great prizes, but it really is the students who win.
MRC helps us find new mentors to serve the 251 students in our waitlist.
This week, consider putting a personal touch on your recruitment efforts. It's easy for potential applicants to make the commitment when they see and hear the passion you have for Power Lunch! Share a cute story about your student as a Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn post. Here's a story a mentor shared this week:
"Originally from Haiti, where literacy rates are extremely low, I’ve always felt fortunate to have had an excellent education in the US and to have really enjoyed reading as a child (and adult). I wanted to contribute to Everybody Wins DC for this reason, and 8 years later, I have mentored 4 different students from 2 different schools and have loved every minute of it.
I’ve seen my students show enthusiasm for books, improve their language skills, and show increased confidence when reading aloud. It’s truly been an enriching experience for the students and for me as a mentor."
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25th Annual Everybody Wins DC Gala
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The
25th Annual Everybody Wins DC Gala
is our largest fundraising event of the year.
Join EWDC for an unforgettable evening of auction bidding, awards, and live entertainment
to mark this milestone –
25 years of impact to more than 20,000 students across the District.
We hope you can join us in March, along with hundreds of others, in what is sure to be a special celebration. We also hope we can count on you to
participate as a
Gala sponsor
,
attendee
or
donor
.
Your support extends far beyond the evening of the celebration, helping kids thrive in and out the classroom for years to come.
Date:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Time:
6 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:
Capital Hilton
1250 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tickets to the gala are $150, purchase below.
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BlackRock Gives Big for the Holidays
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More than 450 regional employees of
BlackRock
convened on the nation’s capital as part of the organization’s annual U.S. Wealth Advisory National Sales Workshop (NSW) to compete in a large-scale holiday book drive competition that raised 8,000 books for shared reading organization,
Everybody Wins DC
.
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EWDC raised $10,000
, far surpassing our original Giving Tuesday
goal of $3,000
. The generosity shown for the students we serve was unbelievable. Special thank you to each and everyone of our supporters who donated and shared our campaign.
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StoryTime w/ Robert White
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We read, we laughed, we rapped, we even whipped and nae nae'd. At-Large Councilmember, Robert White delighted students at Garrison Elementary with a StoryTime reading of “A Little Girl in a Big, Big World” written by DC teen
authors.
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EWDC on Great Day Washington
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EWDC Executive Director talks the Power of Shared Reading for the 100th anniversary of National Children's Book Week on Great Day Washington.
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Ways to Support Everybody Wins DC
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Monthly Supporter Program
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Our supporters are at the heart of everything we do here at EWDC and by sharing your story, you help others see the value of shared reading, and encourage them to get involved.
Everyone has a story.
What's yours?
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The Book Project extends the power of shared reading from school to home by giving away
FREE
books to Power Lunch students to build their personal home libraries. Because access to books in the home is critical to successful reading development.
It also gives
FREE
books to other students and teachers to help support general shared reading activities. Last school year,
The Book Project distributed more than 4,000 books to students.
This year we want to do even more.
Help us fill our book depository at our new Power Lunch school, Walker-Jones and 11 other schools by hosting a book drive.
Anyone can host a book drive.
Book drives can be done through work, book clubs, fraternities,
sororities, church groups. You name it, it can be done! We provide all the materials you need, just send us an email.
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