Shop online at the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute!
826 Boston's fantastical retail storefront now has an online store.
All proceeds help support our free writing and tutoring programs.
The GBBRI has been nominated for the "Best Nerd Store"
by The Boston Phoenix.
Vote for us now!
Thursday /
March 4, 2010
Total: $9,722
Goal: $15,000
Our Moustache-A-Thon is under way and over 80 finely groomed participants have already raised $9,722 towards our goal of $15,000 in support of 826 Boston’s free writing & tutoring programs. Our growers include Ayad, Ian and Jeff from electronic band Passion Pit, local comedian Rob Crean, our editor Mr. Klobbersteen, and Northeastern Professor of Arabic Shakir Mustafa.
Find your favorite grower and donate on the Moustache-A-Thon Blog.
Are your whiskers itching with jealousy?
Our growers unite each Wednesday at 7 PM at the OtherSide Cafe to have their pictures taken and enjoy OtherSide's fantastic offering of food & drink.
Tuesday /
February 23, 2010
826 Boston has been nominated for "Best Local Non-Profit" by The Boston Phoenix for the second year in a row. We're truly proud and ask for you to vote for us before the end of March. Here's how: select 826 Boston, submit your vote, click "skip to finish," fill out required fields, and click "submit." Thanks for the love!
Vote now by using the link below.
Wednesday /
February 10, 2010
We are proud to announce George Gomes (pictured at right working with Marvin) as our February Volunteer of the Month! George is a Northeastern Civic Engagement Scholar who has dedicated more than 75 hours as an after-school and in-school tutor. He's also filled the role of typist during numerous Storytelling & Bookmaking field trips.
“The thing I really like about volunteering at 826 is that I'm not just helping kids slog through their day-to-day chores of doing homework and assignments for school, but I'm also encouraging them to unleash their creativity and write something really original,” says George.
George is a freshman Political Science major at Northeastern University and has been volunteering at 826 Boston since September. George aspires to go into a career in public service and sees volunteering at 826 as a great preparation for that role. Thank you, George, for your continued dedication and enthusiasm to 826 Boston.
Tuesday /
January 5, 2010
Rent a nationally-acclaimed author for a private evening with your book club by raising $1,000 to benefit 826 Boston’s free youth writing programs. Schedule your event with
Julia Glass, National Book Award winner,
Tom Perrotta, Oscar-nominated novelist and screenwriter,
Donald Hall, former United States Poet Laureate, or
Jim Shepard, National Book Award Story Prize-winner.
Not part of a book club? Enlist your bookish neighbors, friends and family to help support Boston’s young writers. Register your book club with program co-sponsor Harvard Book Store and receive discounts and special benefits.
For more information, click
here
Wednesday /
November 18, 2009
826 Boston’s Art Auction
Friday, December 11th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Robert Klein Gallery, 38 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Join us for an evening celebrating art, writing, and the mingling of the two. The event will feature a silent auction of 20 visual works by leading artists including
Julie Blackmon, Dawn Clements, Dave Cole, Hildur Asgeirsdottir Jonsson and Jon Racek.
In addition, over 50 local artists are producing original broadsides inspired by fantastical bedtime stories written by 826 Boston students and published in our most recent publication,
2% of 2% of All The World’s Stories.
Learn more and preview featured artwork
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