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826 News
03.27.2024

Meet Kenny Kruse – Our March Volunteer of the Month!

Share a favorite moment or experience from your time volunteering with 826 Valencia. I love supporting the 826 Valencia staff! They are…

826 News
03.19.2024

SF Standard’s Article on 826 Valencia’s Yield Giving Award

Julie Zigoris of The San Francisco Standard wrote this article on our recent award from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call! “The staff of literary nonprofit…

826 News
03.19.2024

Announcing a $1M Gift from Yield Giving’s Open Call

March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced 826 Valencia as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s…

826 News
03.06.2024

Announcing 2024 Scholarships

826 Valencia is pleased to offer multiple $20,000 scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in SFUSD! To be eligible, students must:…

826 News
03.01.2024

Meet Felice Ordaz – Our February Teacher of the Month!

We are delighted to announce our February 2024 Teacher of the Month! Ms. Felice Ordaz is an eighth-grade English Language Arts, Social…

826 News
02.23.2024

An Interview with our February Volunteer of the Month!

We are delighted to announce that Hilary Power is our January Volunteer of the Month! Hilary has been tutoring at our GLIDE After School Workshop since…

826 News
02.06.2024

Meet Ame Szasz – Our January Teacher of the Month!

We are delighted to announce our January 2024 Teacher of the Month! Ms. Ame Szasz is a 3rd grade teacher at Longfellow Elementary…

826 News
02.01.2024

The 2024 Bookeaters’ Bash

You’re invited to 826 Valencia’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Bookeaters’ Bash! This inspiring benefit event supports our free writing, tutoring,…

826 News
01.19.2024

An Interview with our January Volunteer of the Month!

  We are delighted to announce that Regina Ramirez (or, better known as Naji) is our January Volunteer of the Month! Naji is a SFSU…