Mission Statement
826DC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
With this in mind we provide drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications. All of our programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.
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Upcoming Events
09.15.2010 - September 2010 Volunteer Orientation
10.13.2010 - October 2010 Volunteer Orientation
11.04.2010 - November 2010 Volunteer Orientation
NOTE: Unfortunately, our September, October, and November orientations are FULL. Please check back for later dates.
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Sep
Get Used to the Seats, 826DC’s newest publication, is on sale now. The seniors of Wilson and Cardozo High Schools came together in this poetic, practical high school how-to for freshman about surviving love, bullies, the perils of cheating and much more. Purchase your copy of Get Used to the Seats now.
The Way We See It: Complete Coverage of the Nation's Capital From the Inside Out is on sale now! Fiction, poetry, essays, and journalism by students at Cardozo High School offer a unique take on one of the most famous but most misunderstood cities in the world.
Purchase your copy of The Way We See It today.
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Operating Status
826DC (formerly Capitol Letters Writing Center) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation based in the District of Columbia. Our tax ID
number is 26-2426166. Find out more about how you can help. Or see a list of things we need. Or see a list of our donors.
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Sep
Our summer interns Jen, Jane, and Erin invite you to stuff your face and feed your mind at the 826DC book and bake sale! Come hungry for homemade baked goods and gently used books at our table in
Eastern Market on Saturday, August 7th from 9 am to 3 pm. Download the flyer
here.
Your support is greatly appreciated as we make big moves this fall to open up our new center and storefront, The Museum of Unnatural History, and provide greater resources to feed DC’s young creative minds.
Baked goods will be individually priced provided by our volunteers (who also happen to be culinary geniuses). The books available at the swap will come straight from the shelves of our erudite volunteers, and will be all-you-can-carry for a donation of $20 to 826DC.
So save the date! We’ll see you at the market!
Posted on Thursday July 29, 2010 by Mike S
