Everybody Wins! Atlanta

Volunteer for Power Lunch

Power Lunch is a lunchtime literacy and mentoring program in which elementary school students are matched one-to-one with caring volunteers. Volunteer mentors promote reading for pleasure by reading aloud with the students and providing positive support and encouragement as an informal mentor.

Student Participant

How Power Lunch works

Once a week (or every other week if two people volunteer as a team), volunteers travel to a nearby elementary school, are welcomed by an EW! staff School Coordinator, and meet their students in a designated area.
Students and Reading Mentors then choose a book from the EW! book cart and go to specified reading areas.
Volunteers commit to Power Lunch for one school year with a student, with program starting at the end of September and ending the first week of May.
Students are chosen by their teachers based on academic performance, English spoken as a second language or someone who could benefit from a positive, consistent mentoring experience.

How do I get started?

Check our list of participating companies to see if your organization is already a partner. If it is, complete a Reading Partner Application and send it in. We will match you quickly with a student.
If your organization is not listed, let us know! You can help introduce your organization to Everybody Wins! We will respond quickly to help make Power Lunch a part of your week.
Power Lunch volunteers attend an Orientation Session, usually held at the beginning of the new school year in the fall. These orientations supply you with the training and information that you will need to get started as a Reading Mentor. From there, you will be matched with a student and your Power Lunch experience will begin.