Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our mentors and mentees, and read loud buddies will come together for a fun day at the park to celebrate the end of the school year…join us for a fun-filled afternoon, filled with outdoor games and pizza!

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Debrief meeting with our volunteers to reflect on this past school year, and to discuss next steps for next year.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Through a partnership with Brightwood Education Campus in Washington DC, we are serving 20 students who live in high poverty, food insecure households by collecting healthy, nutritious, and organic food and filling backpacks with both perishable and non-perishable foods for children to take home.

With backpacks full of healthy and nutritious foods, like fruits, vegetables, and granola bars, children will have the option to eat when they feel hungry, even when there is no guarantee of food at home.

These monthly deliveries provide 16 healthy meals per month to each child, making it a grand total of 320 meals every month.

Our monthly read aloud night is held between our 2 campuses- Randolph ES and Drew ES. The HOPE Read Aloud program exists to aid in closing the literacy achievement gap with struggling readers. On a monthly basis, students and volunteers meet at the child’s respective school in the library (this year virtually via Microsoft Teams), and the group is led in a whole group read aloud, followed by questions that focus on reading comprehension. Following the whole group read aloud, students sit one on one or two on one with a volunteer, and practice reading- this one on one setting allows students to practice their fluency and  phonemic awareness skills (this year, students are matched with reading buddies who read with them online outside of the monthly meeting). The goal of this program is to plant a love of reading in the students and to establish a foundation for future reading success.

Our monthly mentor group night is held across our 3 campuses- Randolph ES, Drew ES, and Gunston MS. During these events, our 4th-8th graders, along with their mentors, gather together (this year we are meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams), and are led in an engaging activity by a guest speaker. Outside of these monthly events, the mentor checks in on his/her mentee on a weekly basis through phone calls, and is encouraged to hang out with his/her mentee once a month on their own. The goal of this program is to help children reach their full potential through meaningful and positive relationships.

Join us as we celebrate our volunteers across our 3 children’s programs, through a socially-distanced coffee and corn-hole hangout…where we will enjoy some coffee and donuts while playing corn-hole and catching up in an outdoor park.

Our monthly Read Aloud program where volunteers work with kids struggling at reading.