826 National

826 National helps underserved students aged 6 to 18 in developing their creative and expository writing skills. It provides strategic leadership, administration, and other resources to ensure the success of its network of seven writing and tutoring centers. The chapters include 826 Valencia in San Francisco; 826NYC in Brooklyn, New York; 826LA in Los Angeles, CA; 826CHI in Chicago; 826michigan in Ann Arbor; 826 Boston in Boston; and 826DC in Washington, DC. Each 826 chapter provides drop-in tutoring, class field trips, writing workshops, and in-schools programs—all free of charge. Together, the seven chapters serve about 30,000 students a year. The organization’s 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.

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