Together, We Make Literacy Happen
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A Toast to Community: Why Your Ticket Matters
A Toast to Community is more than an evening of great wine, music, and connection — it’s a celebration of the collective impact we can make for children and families across Nashville. Each ticket purchased directly supports East Nashville Hope Exchange’s literacy programs, helping us provide high-quality reading instruction, enrichment experiences, and family engagement opportunities to students who need them most. For over two decades, our community has come together to invest in brighter futures. This year, your presence helps us continue that legacy by supporting more than 100 students through our summer literacy camp and year-round programming. From books and learning materials to meals, field trips, and dedicated educators, every detail is made possible through the generosity of supporters like you. When you attend A Toast to Community, you’re not just joining a celebration — you’re helping a child discover confidence in reading, strengthening families, and building a stronger Nashville. Your ticket is an investment in access, opportunity, and the power of literacy to change lives. Raise a glass. Build community. Create impact. |
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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:
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. |
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"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.
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.
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.
