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We Made It! Thank You!
Everybody Wins! staff members Marci Lutsky, Caitlin Dreschler, and Mia Moore on their way to the top!
Thanks to you, we exceeded our goal for the 2026 Race to the Top.
Despite the rain and the cold, a stalwart team of walkers and runners made their way up the mountain. Another team of Everybody Wins! volunteers staffed the aid station in the mist and rain at the summit. More volunteers helped with registration & in between showers, gave books away to children in the Fun Run. And through the day YOUR support kept us committed and added to the total.
Thanks to Anne Graham & Beth Wright for getting fundraising started with a generous sponsorship! And thanks to The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation for a matching grant of $5000 for the Upper Valley. And thanks to Northfield Savings Bank and Fidium Fiber for sponsoring the Race once more for this year. We couldn't do it without these friends of children. Because of them, we started halfway to our goal!
A generous donor offered a challenge grant of $5000 if we could raise $30,000—and we have now raised over $35,000 thanks to you.
THANK YOU for making things better for kids!
Abe said he's not really a reader.
But Abe loved reading with his mentor Greg. He preferred scary stories that Greg calls "interesting"! Abe and Greg read together for 3 years until Abe graduated from 5th grade. One year they spent most of the year on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
"As I read, I could tell that Abe was reading ahead, eager to know what was happening next!" said Greg. Not bad for a kid who didn't consider himself a reader. Everybody Wins! mentors help children feel the excitement of reading a good story.
Penny applied to mentor this year.
Answering "Why do you want to be a mentor?" Penny said,
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's Penny with her little sister Ruby and their mentors.
This year, Penny read with a child at Burlington's Sustainability Academy. The cycle of connection and joy and reading goes on, and we take part in the Race to the Top to make sure it keeps on turning.
Thank you so much for supporting us in our mission to keep offering mentors to children like Penny and Abe. We are so grateful!