The network of Everybody Wins! USA
affiliates and partners mourned the passing
of Senator Edward M. Kennedy this past week.
Senator Kennedy's work impacted millions of
lives, but none greater than the children he
read to one-on-one each week for nearly a decade
at Brent Elementary School in Washington, D.C.
through
Everybody Wins! DC.
As one individual so aptly wrote on their
blog, "Every Tuesday at
lunch, he volunteered to read with a
Washington DC public school student through the
Everybody Wins program. To many, no doubt,
this was small in comparison to the major
accomplishments in his life, but to me,
it revealed the heart of a man who not
only saw the big picture, but realized that it
is the small everyday ways we each give of
ourselves that can make the most tangible
difference in the lives of others."
The article ends with the profound
statement, "If a United States Senator has one
hour a week, I think I can find the
time."
We know the Power Lunch experience meant a
lot to Senator Kennedy also. Of reading for five
years with former student,
Jasmine
Harrison, he said, "I get more out of
reading with Jasmine than she does. I am here
every Tuesday. It's a must." We're sure
Senator Kennedy must have been pleased to learn
last year that
Jasmine
is now a freshman in college studying
education!
Senator Kennedy embodied the Everybody
Wins! mantra of "one mentor, one child, one
book at a time." His presence will be missed but
his legacy of service will live with us forever.
If you'd like to read more about Senator
Kennedy, please visit
tedkennedy.org 
