Everybody Wins! Campaign in Final Round of Ideas for Change in America

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Everybody Wins! Read to Kids Campaign Advances to Final
Round of Change.org's Ideas for Change in America

BOSTON, March 2, 2010 -- Everybody Wins! USA, a nationally
recognized literacy and mentoring organization, finished
second in Education Ideas for Change with its Read to Kids
campaign on Change.org's Idea for Change in America. The
Read to Kids campaign now advances to the final round of
voting that begins Monday, March 1st at 1pm ET and ends on
Friday, March 12th at 5pm ET. The top 10 ideas will be
presented to the Obama administration and be part of a
national grassroots campaign to promote the idea.

Everybody Wins! USA is working in collaboration with
literacy organizations, children's book authors, publishers,
reading associations, educators, libraries and businesses to
make reading to children a national priority. Voting for the
Read to Kids campaign can be done at:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/launch_a_national_read_to_kids_campaign

The Read to Kids campaign is one of 60 finalists in the
final round of voting. The campaign would emphasize the
importance of reading aloud to children of all ages and
would engage literacy organizations, schools, teachers,
parents, libraries, authors, publishers and nearly every
sector of business and society that understands that our
nation's future depends on our children's literacy skills.

About Everybody Wins! USA

Everybody Wins! USA strives to build the skills for and a
love of reading among low-income elementary students and was
recently cited by the White House as an "innovative and
successful community solution." Through its signature
program, Power Lunch, Everybody Wins! brings volunteer
mentors into schools for weekly one-on-one, read-aloud
sessions, increasing children's opportunities for academic
and real-world success. Everybody Wins! currently serves
nearly 20,000 children and adults through affiliates and
partners in 16 states and Washington, DC. For more
information, please visit http://www.everybodywins.org.

Contact:
Rich Greif, Everybody Wins! USA
(781) 424-8539
rgreif@everybodywins.org

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