At its 2013 Escape Silent Auction, Slalom Bay Area raised $4,500 for 826 Valencia. Slalom Consulting is a national business and technology consulting firm. Because Slalom consultants have volunteered …
Slalom donates to 826
Get ready for Personal Statement Weekend 2013
826 Valencia is proud to announce our fifth weekend-long personal statement tutoring event, The Great San Francisco Personal Statement Weekend, will be held on October 26 an…
826 wins the first-ever Library of Congress American Literacy Award
On Sunday, September 22, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington awarded 826 National the 2013 Library of Congress American Literacy Award, a …
September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day
As Shakespeare once said, and as Pasha often quotes to the Fish Theater Players, “Mind your speech a little, lest you should m-Arrr your fortunes.” While many on board appreciate a well-plac…
Fresh off the press: My Underwater Hiding Spot
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp is a five-week program for second through sixth graders who have been working with us throughout the school year in our afte…
Chronicle Curates gives to 826!
This Thursday, September 19, Turntable Kitchen and Chronicle Books are giving you an opportunity to purchase some delightful cookbooks at 25% off and support 826 Valencia. Come enjoy a drink with us, …
826 is back in schools with narrative writing
826 Valencia’s In-Schools program is back in full swing! In our inaugural project for the 2013-2014 school year, we supported nearly one hundred eighth-graders from J…
E. Eastman is our September Volunteer of the Month
E. Eastman is a stylish man, but look deeper and you’ll also find an amazing tutor who wears many hats at 826 Valencia. In just the last year, E. has worked on the You…
Teens spend a week in our Young Authors’ Workshop
From August 5 through 9, an amazing group of twenty-two high school students joined us at Mission High School for our annual Young Authors’ Workshop. This year the wo…
Check out our new program at Buena Vista Horace Mann
At 826 Valencia, we get students excited to write, and we know the power of developing good habits around writing. This year, we’ve brought our model of after-school w…
8/26 Day and a brand new quarterly
On Monday, August 26, we celebrated 826′s Youth Literacy Day with the release of a special edition of the 826 Quarterly that features our best student writing from 2002 to 2012. A mix of students, pas…