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​East Nashville Hope Exchange (ENHE) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening children's literacy through the exchange of knowledge and support among families and the East Nashville community to affirm the right to read for all. ENHE provides a supportive, structured and safe environment where children can learn and have fun. We work with children from schools in the Stratford and Maplewood clusters.

With a vision of reading for life, we are passionately committed to:
  • Building relationships with children, caregivers, teachers and the community.
  • Delivering high-quality programming.
  • ​Championing a life of success for each child.

East Nashville Hope Exchange is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and began as a community outreach program of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. In 2010, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.
"​I care about ENHE because it focuses on the whole family. It is supportive and inclusive no matter how great the need."
​-  Former ENHE Board Member Gracie Porter (former chair of Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education) on why she supports ENHE.
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While East Nashville Hope Exchange exists to serve families and students of all races, ethnicities, and countries of origin, 93% of the families and students that take part in our literacy program each year are Black.

​We affirm wholeheartedly that Black lives matter, and that the work of literacy goes beyond teaching children to read and extends to teaching them to comprehend the world around them and empower them to make it better. This is why we have always had an organizational commitment to the truth that literacy is justice—that literacy is a justice issue that affects all other areas of life. Learn more about our position here.