Everybody Wins! Vermont: Reading together for success that lasts a lifetime

It’s Not Too Late!

You can still support children around Vermont this winter with a gift to Everybody Wins!

Give here.

When Penny Ly applied to mentor this year and was asked why she wanted to mentor, she wrote:

I remember attending the program myself as a mentee when I was in elementary school. I remember every detail about reading with my mentor, Peggy. I can vividly recall what it felt like to learn new words with her, to critique books together, and share in our love of reading. The joy she encouraged me to feel in reading was so incredible that I have not stopped reading since then.

Here is Penny in 2013 with her little sister Ruby and their mentors. I can’t wait to see this year’s photo of Penny with her mentee as this cycle of joy, books, and community goes round again.

You can help keep the chain going. Thank you for supporting Penny, her mentee, and children with their mentors across the state!

Click here to support kids and reading.

Thank you!

Do you have one hour a week to make a difference for a child? Come to your local school to read one-on-one with the same child every week. Make a friend, read a (lot of) book(s), brighten your week!

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In Everybody Wins! sites around Vermont, adult volunteer mentors are carefully matched with students at their local elementary schools to read together, have conversations, and make enduring connections weekly over lunch. Our Power Lunch program sets children up to love reading and succeed in life. It supports local schools and communities by connecting community members to their schools. Mentors tell us that reading day is their favorite day of the week!

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Everybody Wins! Vermont is committed to fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion for all. We embrace differences among people, celebrate our common humanity, and commit to equity in our practices and programs. We believe that varied perspectives, identities, experiences, and opinions are central assets in our vision of every child in Vermont being able to grow and thrive, through the transformative power of supportive relationships for young people.

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