Reading for pleasure just one hour a week with a student is all it takes to develop a passion for reading. Power Lunch program. Power Lunch program. More adult volunteers are needed. StoryTime program .
Students learn lessons from fiction and non-fiction stories.
Books Project teaches students how to write, illustrate and bind their own books. This summer, the books were on display at the Capital Children's Museum. Several members of Congress read in the Power Lunch program regularly including Senators James Jeffords, Ted Kennedy, and Mary Landrieu and Representatives Ray LaHood and Richard Burr. Over 450 Congressional staff volunteer in the Power Lunch program. Many CEOs spend an hour each week reading with students.