EVERYBODY WINS-IOWA INC

What a fantastic organization! I am a lover of reading and literacy. This non-profit organization’s goal is to promote reading and getting books into the hands of children in the Des Moines Area. What a wonderful goal. This is definitely a meaningful group to donate your time or money. What a great way to make a long-reaching impact.
Way to go, Everybody Wins-Iowa!

Everybody Wins is a fantastic non-profit. They promote children's literary by connecting children with books, which helps them discover the power of reading!

Fabulous organization!! Power Read program pairs mentors with students (1-on-1) and the children are read to 30 minutes each week. Phenomenal way to promote the love of reading!

I’m in my third year of mentoring with Everybody Wins! Iowa. It’s a great organization with an outstanding mission. They allow for a lot of flexibility in volunteering with various opportunities. I have found my experience to be extremely rewarding and I can tell it’s making a difference with my student.

Mission focused on literacy for youth in Des Moines metropolitan area.

I volunteer with this organization and they are doing such wonderful work in our community. The PowerRead program has a measurable impact on kids' confidence and reading ability. It is so rewarding to be a part of helping young people find the fun in reading!

Everybody Wins! Iowa provides an important service, matching mentors with students in central Iowa. We promote literacy to ensure all students excel in school and grow into confident adults. The organization is led by passionate volunteers.

Everybody Wins! Iowa is an outstanding organization dedicated to fostering a love of reading and learning among young students. As both a mentor and a board member, I have seen firsthand the incredible impact they have on children's lives through one-on-one reading programs. Their mission to improve literacy skills while building meaningful mentor-mentee relationships truly makes a difference. It's a rewarding organization to be part of!

I've had an amazing experience with Everybody Wins! Iowa, both as a former program participant and now as a current board member. The program transformed my perspective on reading from a young age, igniting a lifelong love for books.

I am a reading mentor, at Findley Elementary, because of Everybody Wins Iowa. This is a great nonprofit that gives you the chance to not only be a reading mentor, but to also make an impact in a young persons life. Literacy is a very important life skill and I have the opportunity to enhance those literacy skills and build a strong relationship. The impact you have can last a lifetime.

Everybody Wins! Iowa is such a vital program for central Iowa. I've been involved as a board member and a reading mentor for several years, and it's been such a rewarding experience. I cannot recommend being involved with this program enough, and encourage everyone to donate their time or funds, to this organization.

I first volunteered with EWI as a power read mentor. Once a week I'd spend an hour with my student at lunch and we'd chat and read together. Now I have joined the marketing committee and enjoy telling the organization's story -- especially the power read info. Here's that program in a nutshell: "Our signature program is Power Read, where volunteer reading mentors are matched one-to-one with a student for about an hour each week and together they read and engage in conversation. Programs may take place during breakfast, lunch, after-school, or evening dinner sessions primarily at elementary schools or through community organizations. Students are suggested for our program by teachers based on three areas: students are struggling with reading, are English language learners, or they might benefit from having a positive ongoing mentoring experience. These consistent, positive interactions aim to provide students with a dependable role model who works to strengthen their confidence with regard to reading."

I have been reading with EWI since it’s beginning here and have enjoyed reading to each of the students I have had over the years. The staff always make it a very easy and rewarding experience each week and well worth my time.

I love, love, love EverybodyWins Iowa! My reading buddy is so sweet and gets so excited about the books we read! He definitely makes my job easier and oh, so rewarding. Also, my site coordinator is great. She always communicates so well with the volunteers, and she makes us feel important. I am looking forward to a really great year with EWI.

Everybody Wins Iowa! holds true to their name! Volunteer mentors come and read to a child in a school each week and form a bond with that student. The mentor wins by giving back and making a difference in the life of a child The child wins by building their self-esteem, literacy, love for books and so much more!

I started with Everybody Wins when it first began at Monroe in 2003. I came back after retiring in 2022. It is
a wonderful way to help a child with reading and to be a positive mentor in their life. Their faces light up
when they see you, the stories they share with you, and the thanks you get from them make it all worthwhile. The student I first read with in 2003 told me it was the best memory he had from grade school.
While I am happy to hear that, I was also saddened. This is why this program is so important and your time
would mean so much to a child.

This is an Amazing program. It brings positive role models into children's lives with an emphasis on literature. It's so important for the youth of today to see various types of individuals volunteering their time and to see positive adults in their life. School is a safe place for many children and many children just need a little extra help and attention to be the best humans they can be. This nonprofit's programs provide so much of that.

Love volunteering with EWI! Mentoring with a student each week is so fulfilling. Building that relationship each week is so impactful and it's wonderful to see students progress throughout the year.

I have been volunteering as a reading mentor for Everybody Wins! Iowa for the past year, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I have had the opportunity to work with a wonderful student who has made great strides in his reading skills. We read together every week, and I have enjoyed getting to know him and helping him to develop a love of reading. I have also seen him grow in confidence and self-esteem.

I believe that Everybody Wins! Iowa is an amazing organization that is making a real difference in the lives of children. The program provides consistent and positive interactions with caring adults, which is essential for children's development. I am proud to be a part of this organization, and I encourage others to get involved.

Everybody Wins! Iowa plays a great role in the community and I look forward to my experience as a mentor each week!

The staff, volunteers and board members of this organization are passionate and dedicated and it shows every day in the services provided to children. Connecting adults in the community with elementary school age children to read over lunch hour provides enormous value to the kids in improving their reading skills. The adults find it incredibly rewarding as well. This organization is one of the best.

Mentoring with EWI's Power Read program is a heartening experience. It's wonderful to connect with a student, get to know them, and share with them the pleasure of reading. It requires only a weekly 45 minute commitment but makes a huge impact. The Board is a dedicated group of people committed to making the experience accessible and purposeful for mentors, students and schools and to providing mentors to as many students as possible.

I've been on the Everybody Wins Iowa! (EWI) Board since 2015 and have read at Findley elementary during the same time period.

My experience has been greatly rewarding as the organization has had a great impact on students learning and also love for reading.

Everybody Wins! Iowa has been a joy to volunteer for. Cultivating a love of reading is an important and worthwhile endeavor and I would encourage anyone with the time and ability to volunteer with this organization.

Reading one on one with a student week after week is highly rewarding as you see their confidence, reading skills and your relationship grow.

Everybody Wins! Iowa is an amazing organization! Serving as a Power Read mentor is one of my favorite parts of my week! I love getting to know the student I'm paired with over lunch and see them become a more confident reader and develop a love of reading. This organization is changing lives!

I've been a reading mentor with Everybody Wins! Iowa for about 13 years. I love meeting weekly with my student to catch up on what's going on in their life as well as exploring new and different books together. I've always felt literacy is a foundational skill and feel great knowing I'm helping a student along on their reading journey by sharing my love of reading. I've also had the opportunity to serve on the board for several years and love how the community really comes out to support this awesome organization.

I have volunteered for EWI for over 15 years. It has been a rewarding experience watching the students grow in not only their reading, but also their confidence.

They get so excited to see their mentor who comes to see just them. The smiles are so special when the see them in the room when they enter. I'm not sure who gets more out of the program.

By providing reading mentors to students, Everybody Wins! Iowa does not only increase reading skills in the students but also aids in improving the students' self confidence and social skills. I love seeing the positive growth that occurs every year.

This group has offered mentoring for children that attend our Tuesday PowerRead program at Central Presbyterian Church. Thank you Everybody Wins! Iowa for your dedication and support.

I have been volunteering with Everybody Wins for 4 years and I love reading with my paired student! I have now now had the opportunity see behind the scenes as a member of a committee supporting the organization. Great people and great organization committed to the students it serves!

I was blessed to work as a site coordinator with Everybody Wins! Iowa for two or three years. Being someone who got through school because of the strong reader I became through having great reading mentors, this program was a great experience, working with mentors and mentees as we built relationships and read aloud to one another. I loved the reading, I loved the relationships. Now that I teach full time I have taken my EWI experiences with me into the classroom and become the biggest cheerleader of every struggling reader at my school. I hope to get actively involved with EWI again soon!

Reading with a child is such a rewarding experience, particularly getting to watch them grow in their confidence and in their enjoyment reading. It's also rewarding to form a relationship with your mentee and get to know them better. The best part is it's only 45 minutes per week during lunch, so I don't have to commit time after work and can use my lunch break to make a big difference in someone's life!

I am so happy to be a part of this organizations which is working to increase a child's success through reading. Having the one-on-one interaction with a student is so rewarding for all involved.

Wonderful organization providing service toward a great cause, our youth. I have been a mentor going on four years and I have seen the value of this organization for children who struggle with reading and/or need a mentor/role model in their lives. I definitely see the value in helping children with reading.

I've mentored with Everybody Wins for about 5-6 years. It is such an easy organization to work with. Despite the minimal time commitments required, you can still see how impactful the time spent with the students can be. It is an enjoyable experience for both mentor and student.

I've been a reading mentor with EWI for close to 9 years. I've been paired with several students over the years and get so much joy in seeing their reading improvement throughout the school year. Having the one-on-one interaction is so valuable for many of these students who aren't getting that level of personal attention anywhere else. Reading is so important for overall success in school and life, and I'm more than happy to share my time helping these students succeed as well as understand that reading can be such a fun pastime.

I have been volunteering for 10 years with the organization. Reading with a student one hour a week is such a rewarding and effective use of time. Building a one-one relationship with a student and seeing them improve their reading skills over the year is so wonderful!.

I first discovered Everybody Wins! Iowa while working at an event that helps non-profits tackle technology problems in a 48 hour hackathon. Their mission really resonated with me as I greatly enjoyed reading growing up and I was blessed to have my mom as my mentor and being able to read voraciously greatly expanded the possibilities for my future. I've continued to work with them after the event and I'm always impressed with how hard they are working to raise funds to be able to give the kids an opportunity to have a mentor as well as supplying them with a variety of books to read to accommodate all levels of skill from kindergarten through 4th or 5th grade.

When I retired I needed a little more to do than what I was doing. I looked on line for volunteer opportunities and came across Everybody Wins - Iowa! I have been a reading mentor for three years. It is fun to try to find just the right book for my reading friend. He eats lunch. I read. And, we both have a great time enjoying a good book and a good friendship!

I have been a Mentor with Everybody Wins! Iowa for many years. It is so rewarding to see students blossom during their time in the Power Read Program. As a volunteer, the staff makes it easy for me to focus on reading and building a long-term relationship with my student. The materials and support provided help me to be the best mentor I can be. I love being a Mentor with Everybody Wins! Iowa. It's a highlight of my week.

This is an excellent organization. There is a high need for programs like this. I truly enjoy reading with students and helping them improve reading. There are so many dedicated volunteers but could still use more, specifically male mentors. I recommend volunteering to be a reading mentor.

Great program that allows the volunteers to make a real difference in a child's life. Reading at grade level at 3rd grade is a crucial element of educational success.

This Organization makes a huge difference in the Des Moines community by pairing volunteer mentors with children to help increase their reading ability and their overall love of reading.

I have been lucky enough to have been part of this worthwhile organization for 10+ years. It is a win/win - reading to a child every week makes such an impact - to both the child and the mentor!