826NYC 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 belief 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 free 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.
(Eugene Mirman, John Hodgman, and Leo Allen at the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Fashion Show, Spring 2006 Collection)We benefit enormously from the generosity of hundreds of writers, musicians, artists, comedians and performers who donate their time to perform and participate in our extensive series of fundraising events. All proceeds from the events directly fund student programs. The amazingly talented and generous people who have performed in past events include David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Todd Barry, Eric Bogosian, Stephen Colbert, David Cross, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, Dave Eggers, John Hodgman, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Franzen, Demetri Martin, Ira Glass, Nick Hornby, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, Cynthia Nixon, Sam Rockwell, Jonathan Safran Foer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, Sarah Vowell, John Oliver, Eugene Mirman, Yo La Tengo, and many more. You can check out www.826NYC.org for more details on free programs for children, literary and music benefit events, and to learn how to volunteer. 826NYC and The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. are located at 372 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, near the 4th Ave./9th St. stops of the M, R, and F trains.
