- 826 National
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formation = 2002
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type =Non-profit organization
purpose = Education
headquarters = 826 Valencia StreetSan Francisco, CA 94110
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leader_title = CEO
leader_name =Nínive Clements Calegari
main_organ = Advisory board
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website = http://www.826national.org/
remarks =826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing at six locations across
USA . The chapters include826 Valencia inSan Francisco ,826NYC inBrooklyn, New York ,826LA inLos Angeles, CA ,826CHI inChicago ,826 Seattle ,826 Michigan inAnn Arbor and826 Boston inBoston . the 826 National mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs – all free of charge – for children, classes, and schools with particular interest or particular need. 826 is especially committed to supporting teachers, offering services and resources for English language learners, and publishing student work. Several locations offer unique retail experiences as well.Volunteer Network826 National is supported by a large volunteer network, which includes authors, journalists, poets, teachers, and documentary filmmakers. Authors
Dave Eggers andVendela Vida , along with veteran educatorNínive Clements Calegari , founded the first center in San Francisco,826 Valencia in April, 2002.826 Valencia has attracted teachers and supporters such asMichael Chabon ,Isabel Allende ,Keith Knight ,Daniel Handler ,Amy Tan ,Robin Williams , andErika Lopez . Other chapters have been equally successful in harnessing support from local literary and cultural superstars, such as writersSarah Vowell ,Sherman Alexie ,David Sedaris ,Zadie Smith ,Melissa Mathison , andDavy Rothbart , as well as other notable public figures includingPhil Jackson ,Ira Glass ,Jon Stewart , andSpike Jonze . 826 National provides urban public school students with valuable apprenticeship-style opportunities from these and other local literary arts professionals through personalized interactions and mentorship. All 826 National programs and services are free.826 National Stores
The seven chapters that make up 826 National include unique retail stores.
826 Valencia runs San Francisco's "only independentpirate supply store ." Located in the heart of San Francisco'sMission District , the store is the front entrance of the tutoring center and has the look and feel of an authenticpirate shop. The store sells pirate clothing, eyepatches, compasses, spyglasses, piratedice , skull flags, and secret treasures. It features handmade signs, scattered around the store, offering tongue-in-cheek wisdom, such as "Uses for Lard" (#5: "Lard Fights") and "Guidelines for New Shipmates" (#4: "No forgetting to swab"). Unsuspecting visitors are sometimes treated to surprise "moppings." Shoppers can also find back issues of "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern", books published by McSweeney's, and essay and story compilations written by 826 Valencia students. The books of student writing published by 826 Valencia so far are "I Might Get Somewhere," "Waiting to Be Heard," "Talking Back," and their newest book, "Home Wasn't Built in a Day," which includes a foreword byRobin Williams .A second writing center,
826NYC inBrooklyn ,New York , features asuperhero -themed supply store, and another at826 Michigan inAnn Arbor, Michigan is home to arobot store. The826 Seattle writing center in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood is host to the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company.826CHI , in the Wicker Park neighborhood ofChicago , is also the location of The Boring Store, which sells spy supplies.826LA has opened The Ecco Park Time Travel Mart, featuring products such as Mammoth Chunks and Anti-Robot Fluid (bottled water).826 Boston opened their doors in Fall 2007 with an institute ofcryptozoology .ee also
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External links
* [http://www.826national.org/ 826 National]
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