What to Change the Life of a Child?
Become a Mentor!
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Power Read at Monroe Elementary
Power Read at Monroe Elementary is a program made possible through a partnership with United Way of Central Iowa. The program is aimed at kindergarten and first grade students at Monroe Elementary.
Our goal of the program is to utilize one on one time with mentors to increase students' literacy success. Mentors will be paired with the same student at a time that works best with their schedule for one hour at the same day and time each week. You may choose to mentor on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 9am-3pm and Wednesdays 9am-1pm. The Power Read program will begin the last week in September and run through May.
Books and activities will be provided to mentors and students to allow for structure in the program. Our goal is to have 40 students matched up with a mentor by next week for the 2012-2013 school year. Currently, we are 15 mentors away from reaching our goal, so we need your help!
Please click here to sign up today. Spread the word to friends, family, or co-workers!
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Power Lunch Programs start next week!
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Next week we will kick off our Power Lunch program for the 2012-2013 school year. Everybody Wins! Iowa is excited to have programs in 15 schools this year and 2 community organizations (Children and Family Urban Ministries and Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa). This year we have added 2 new program sites in Des Moines (King Elementary and the Downtown School) as well as the 4 elementary schools in Indianola (Emerson Elementary, Irving Elementary, Whittier Elementary, and Wilder Elementary).
We are still looking for mentors in a majority of these schools. Our greatest need is at Capitol View on Thursdays, Carver Elementary on Tuesday, Edmunds on Thursdays, South Union on Wednesdays, St. Theresa's on Tuesdays, Whittier Elementary on Thursdays, and Wilder Elementary on Wednesdays.
For map of school locations and reading times, click here.
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| New AmeriCorps Members for 2012-2013 |
Everybody Wins! Iowa is excited to announce the addition of Melanie Hopkins and Michelle Blair as new State of Iowa Promise Grant AmeriCorps members for the next year.
Melanie Hopkins will be serving as the Volunteer Coordinator. She is excited to spend the year recruiting new mentors for our program. Melanie is a 2012 graduate from Central College where she double majored in Sociology and Spanish, and minored in Not-For-Profit Management. Melanie's favorite childhood books include the Junie B. Jones and Magic Tree House series.
Michelle Blair will spend the year serving as the Program Coordinator, and she will spend the year focusing on growing and maintaining Everybody Wins! Iowa's current programs. Michelle is also a 2012 Central graduate where she double majored in Business Management and Sociology, and minored in Not-For-Profit Management. Michelle's favorite childhood books include anything written by Dr. Seuss, The Kissing Hand, and The Hungry Caterpillar.
Michelle Blair & Melanie Hopkins
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Beaverdale Books Hosts Literary Trivia Contest to Benefit Everybody Wins! Iowa
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Beaverdale Books will host a Trivia Contest on Friday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m. There will be a $5 entry fee to participate and all the proceeds from the event will go to Everybody Wins! Iowa so that we can purchase more new books for our program! The winner of the contest will also receive a $20 gift certificate to Beaverdale Books. You do not need to register in advance, instead you can just show up next Friday night and enjoy a night of trivia. If you have any questions about the event, please email Alice at info@beaverdalebooks.com.
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Recent Grants received by
Everybody Wins! Iowa
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Recently, Everybody Wins! Iowa received a $7,500 grant from Principal Financial Group Foundation which will be used to sponsor our program at Carver Elementary. We are grateful for Principal Financial Group's continued support of our Power Lunch program.
Everybody Wins! Iowa received $2,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation which will be used to purchase new books and volunteer reading materials for our Power Lunch program.
Everybody Wins! Iowa also received a $2,000 grant from Variety- The Children's Charity. This grant will be used to purchase new book carts for the new schools in our program this school year.
Everybody Wins! Iowa received $500 grant from the the West Bancorporation Foundation which will be used to cover general Power Lunch program costs.
We thank all of these organizations for their generous support and partnership to help us increase children's success in school through reading and mentoring experiences with caring volunteers.
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