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. The U.S. Senate helped launch the Power Lunch program at Brent Elementary School in Washington, DC on March 7, 1995. During the 2014-2015 school year, EW!DC operated programs in 37 low-income public elementary schools, enriching the lives of more than 5,000 children in underserved communities throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.
 

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. EW!DC implements three programs:

• Power Lunch
• StoryTime