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Category Archives: Volunteering

826 Valencia: Storytellers’ Showcase

Tonight’s 826 Valencia Storytellers’ Showcase at San Francisco’s The Strand Theater was a high-energy and inspired evening of students sharing their stories, poems, and journalism. Young writers, their parents and family, and staff and supporters of 826 Valencia transformed The Strand’s normally cool, chic theater crowd into a joyous and jubilant gathering. In the lobby […]

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving: 826 Valencia and the Tenderloin community

THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING For my birthday in January, I requested that any gifts take the form of donations to Bay Area organizations that benefit not only writing but also their communities. San Francisco Center for the Book (my party venue), NaNoWriMo (my inspiration), Litquake (my writing community writ large), and 826 Valencia (my […]

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