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.

Sep

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.

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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.

Sep

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.

Sep

Mailing List

Sep

Trivia Night Success!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Capitol Letters Writing Center-hosted Trivia Night! We hope you enjoyed our trivia rounds of Olympics, Microbiology/Disease Control, Sesame Street/One of these things is not like the other, Literature Characters, and California. If you're new and heard about us through this event, please take a look around and feel free to email us if you have any questions.

Thanks also to the fantastic Looking Glass Lounge for letting us take over the downstairs bar area with the fabulous Mary Helen as bartender! And, of course, congratulations to group "Terrorist Fist Jab" for winning first place!

If you weren't able to join us this time, have no fear -- we will definitely have more events in the near future. Join our mailing list, facebook page, twitter, etc. to keep updated on our activities!

Click here for more photos of the event!

Posted on Thursday July 17, 2008 by Grace W