Our Heroes of the Week: Melissa, Chris, and Anuka from #826valencia are thankful for the beautiful books they got at our #BookBank to share the love of reading with their students!

Thank you, #826Valencia team, for your amazing work with the children in our community, and for helping us give free books to kids who need them!

Learn more about our mission at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF #NorCalNonProfit #GiveBooks #KidsBooks #BooksForKeeps #Literacy #GreatNonProfit #Donate #BookReview #LovetoRead #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BooksSaveLives #DiverseBks4All #NationalBookAccessAssociation

Deep Devastating #DOGE / #Drumpf Admin Cuts to #AmeriCorps Grants Threaten Struggling Student Access To Many #NonProfit #Literacy And #AfterSchool Program Grants ...

#California Gov #Newsom Vows To #Sue To Stop Musky Cuts To Thirty Plus Year Legacy That Will Affect Many #CommunityOrgs From Senior Centers To Author Dave Eggers' Acclaimed #826Valencia With 3 Locations Serving #SanFrancisco Kids

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/26/bay-area-nonprofits-americorps-cuts/?share=oyuernsymesronuwcuyi #giftLink #SharedLink #education #Drumpf

Bay Area nonprofits are ‘holding their breath’ following national AmeriCorps cuts

“Everybody’s just kind of holding their breath, honestly, to see what happens” to the national-service organization, one director says.

The Mercury News

Oh - I forgot the first of these: Was a delight to make the cover for @viennateng 's new single #TheRiverSitter - based on a #DaveEggers book "Museum of Rain". Was such fun to do this. Get the single and support #826Valencia here: https://viennateng.bandcamp.com/track/the-riversitter-after-dave-eggers

#music #writers #writingcommunity #multimediaart

The Riversitter (after Dave Eggers), by Vienna Teng

track by Vienna Teng

Vienna Teng

^^^ NEW EPISODE! ^^^

Part 2 w/Kavitha and Byron from 826 VALENCIA!

* in-depth talk about the nonprofit's work with public school kids
* children's book publishing and podcast producing
* 826's expansion, first in SF, then around the US
* the future of the organization

Up now at the link in our bio and all the podcast spots.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

#826Valencia #nonprofits #education #writing #creativewriting #pirates #storytelling #SanFrancisco #SoundsofTheCity

@storiedSF one more photo; Our local artist meetup, the San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy, also volunteered for many of these workshops over the years. Here are a few more #826Valencia books with art by @ekimtiki, @BrianKolm, Meredith Scheff, Jeff Plotkin, and myself. Pulling these out today was a fun trip down memory lane, thanks for getting me thinking about that.
@storiedSF I used to volunteer as an artist for #826Valencia’s fiction writing classes for kids. Here are a few of the books I got to illustrate for the workshops.
Kids write sketch comedy and grownups perform it live

Kids write sketch comedy and grownups perform it live

Boing Boing