[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             EVERYBODY WINS

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, this month on Capitol Hill an 
exciting literacy program began with the help of Senators and Senate 
staff. The children of the Brent Elementary School are now being read 
to once a week during their lunch hour by volunteers in the Everybody 
Wins Program. Everybody Wins is a successful literacy program started 
in New York City, which matches up professionals with at-risk, inner-
city school children as reading partners.
  During each power lunch session, the reading partners select a book 
and read aloud together--an activity that the Commission on Reading 
calls the single most important activity for building a child's 
eventual success in reading.
  Everybody Wins, started by businessman Arthur Tannenbaum in New York 
City, is for the first time branching out to Washington, DC, and 
enlisted the help of the Senate to reach out to their neighbors on 
Capitol Hill. The bipartisan support in the Senate began when I joined 
Senator Jeffords' efforts to implement the program. All of the Senators 
on the Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and 
Humanities have since become involved.
  Already 7 Senators and over 100 Senate staff members are reading to 
children during their lunch hours. Many of the Senators who are working 
with the program are so impressed that they are moving to implement 
Everybody Wins in cities in their own States. Mr. Tannenbaum's ultimate 
goal is to have every child in the country read to either by a parent 
or relative or a volunteer.
  I want to commend Mr. Arthur Tannenbaum on his hard work, his 
leadership in this area, and his strong commitment to improving the 
lives of children.


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