The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute carries unicorn tears, t-shirts, and books of student writing. Stop by the GBBRI Monday through Friday, 1-6 pm, Saturdays from 1-5:30pm, or click here to shop online.
Wednesday /
April 25, 2012
Join 826 Boston and renowned authors
Richard Russo and
Lois Lowry for our second annual Night of 1,000 Stories! Enjoy an evening of wine, whimsy, and wordsmithery, and help 826 Boston tell 1,000 stories in a single night. Proceeds from the evening will support 826 Boston’s free youth writing programs for Boston Public School students.
Click here to save your seat today!
When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6:00 PM
Where: Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, 100 West 2nd Street, Boston, MA 02127
Why: Raise a glass, raise your voice, and raise your paddle to support 826 Boston’s community of writers.
How: Table sponsorships start at $3,000, and single tickets are $200.
RSVP today by clicking here or by calling 617.442.5400, and check out a sneak peak of our items to be auctioned off on May 22nd! If you're not able to attend, call us to arrange a bid by proxy!
A special thanks to our corporate sponsors for supporting 826 Boston's Night of 1,000 Stories:
Tuesday /
April 24, 2012
This year, the 826 Boston Summer Science and Writing Camp will run from Monday-Thursday, 1:30pm-5:30pm, July 9th-August 2nd (note: students must attend all four weeks). Due to overwhelming demand, enrollment will again by chosen by lottery.
You may download and print a
registration form. and
registration guidelines here, or visit our center at 3035 Washington Street.
Registration forms are due by 5:00pm on Friday, May 11th - please drop them off at the center, or email to
info@826boston.org. Families will be notified if their children are admitted to camp by Wednesday, May 16th. Questions? Please email info@826boston.org or call 617.442.5400.
Para registrarse al Programa de Verano de Sciencia y Escritura de 826 Boston, favor descargar e imprimir
el formulario de inscripción y
las reglas de inscripción aquí, o visite el centro en 3035 Washington St. Para más información, enviar un email a info@826boston.org, o llame al 617.442.5400.
Friday /
April 20, 2012
All hands on deck! 826 Boston is looking for tutors!
As we near the end of the school year, many of our dedicated tutors are taking exams, heading home, or zipping off to other locales for the summer. But Angel, Samsam, and the other after-school students still have two more months of homework!
To keep our after-school tutoring program going strong, we need more volunteers to step forward! If you know someone who would like to join the ranks as an 826 Boston tutor, please encourage them to attend our next volunteer orientation session: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 30th. Direct them to our orientation registration page to sign up.
For each tutor you recruit that attend the orientation, you will both be entered in a raffle to win a gift card to Bella Luna Restaurant in Jamaica Plain.
Why be a tutor with 826 Boston? We asked some of our all-stars share their answers:
It's nice to have a few hours every week where my primary concern is long division. And I do believe that one-on-one tutoring helps encourage kids to continue learning.
- Jeremy, Thursdays. Pictured here with Jennifer.
I had an English professor who advocated the social responsibility, as college literature students, to share with children our knowledge of English. So in each new city I live, I make an attempt to tutor children for whom English is a second language. I can easily waste a few hours a day on the Internet and feel irksomely unproductive, but my time is simply more valued here. Yum.
- Jon, Thursdays.
Want to meet some of our amazing after-schoolers? Watch this video & meet some of our stars!
Monday /
April 9, 2012
We are proud to announce that 826 Boston's March volunteer of the month is
Emily Eisenhauer. Emily moved to Boston from Fort Wayne, IN to earn a Master's degree in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. When she graduates in May she looks forward to doing fun things like knitting, learning letterpress printing, and getting married. Congratulations Emily!
She says,
"Volunteering at 826 Boston has been one of my favorite parts of moving to the city. I mean, not many people get to tell all their friends that they helped edit a 7th grader's interview with the drummer of Blue Oyster Cult. But I can."
Thank you, Emily, for all that you do! Thank you,
Harvard Book Store, for sponsoring our Volunteer of the Month program!
Monday /
April 9, 2012
To date, our spectacular growers' fundraising and crumb catcher-stylings have brought in
$16,183 to support 826 Boston's free youth writing programs! Check out our photos from the Moustache-a-Thon finale:
The Dead Authors Ball at The Burren!
We can't thank our growers enough for their philanthropic moustache-farming, and our sponsors' for their generous contributions! 'Stache benefactors can still donate through
April 30th on the
Moustache-a-Thon page to help us reach our goal of $25,000!
Check out our growers' soup strainers glistening in the local press!
The Boston Globe,
Boston.com's The Next Great Generation
and
The Boston Phoenix have featured the Moustache-a-Thon!
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