Thank you to all who contributed to our 2019 #AlwaysThere campaign. It was our most successful campaign to date. During the month of December, we raised over...

Before the ball drops, we want to share ten incredible moments from the last twelve months. Our most sincere thanks to all who have made this work possible. ...

Ms. Deborah was running behind schedule. The Program Instructor for our Anacostia/Boone cohort, she usually arrived early to set up the classroom and greet h...

$160,309 of $200,000 raised. Brianna, a 10th grader at Ballou High School, wanted to find a fun and meaningful activity to do after school. Helping kids with...

$143,543 of $200,000 raised. We didn’t know that Raynia and Keara could sing. Maybe OnRaé didn’t know, either. But, she wanted to hear their voices anyway. A...

$142,512 of $200,000 raised. Dustin met Reach's Executive Director, Mark, in college, where they sang in the same a cappella group. After graduation, they st...

$101,333 of $200,000 raised. Sian emerged early on as one of our most dependable Beacon House tutors. She always arrived on time, always offered to walk the ...

$100,553 of $200,000 raised. As told by Patrick Howard, Reach's next Board Chair. I know a little something about following in the footsteps of impressive pe...

$97,846 of $200,000 raised. Two years ago, we featured Kamila (whose name we apparently spelled wrong, see photo), a student from Payne Elementary, during ou...

$74,565 out of $200,000 raised. The year was off to a rocky start. Despite our best efforts, we hadn’t found an elementary school partner for our cohort at D...

As told by Reach’s executive director, Mark Hecker. $53,740 of $200,000 raised. Steve. Steve. Bill. Madeline. George. Hank. Tom. Any financial support is sig...

Progress: $53,514 of $200,000 raised. Her student was struggling to understand the words. A native Spanish speaker, the student sometimes had trouble with co...

$52,014 of $200,000 raised. As told by Graham McLaughlin, a member of Reach’s board of directors. Over five years ago, when I first asked Mark to speak at an...

$39,014 of $200,000 raised. Schools exist in communities. And, sometimes, those communities face crises. That was true when there was a shooting near H.D. Wo...

$15,482 of $200,000 raised. As told by Rico, a Reach alum who graduated from Eastern in 2016. Liz has a lot of energy. And Niki, she’s certainly not calmer. ...

$12,443 of $200,000 raised. Things hadn’t quite clicked at Coolidge. We know that culture gets built when a core group of tutors buys into our programs. And,...

2019 #AlwaysThere Campaign Update: $6,100 of $200,000 raised. As told by Riley, an 11th grader at Ballou High School. I’m in the hospitality academy at Ballo...

Today, we're proud to announce our 2019 Book Grants. For the fifth year, Reach has chosen to give 2,500 books to schools and organizations across our city. O...

Ten years ago, I sat in Gutman Library at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. I got an email from some pro bono lawyers saying Reach had officially been ...

Shawma is a Ballou senior, a member of Reach's Leadership Council, and a recipient of The Hoodie, Reach's highest honor. She has taken advantage of every Rea...