Jory John, our Programs Director, has been working fiendishly hard to pull together a compilation of letters to Obama from 826 students around the country. The book, Thanks And Have Fun Running The Country, will be published in time for Obama's historic inauguration. In the meantime, if you're fed up with pundits telling you what they think Obama should do, you might want to check out what some of our students want him to do instead. From ending the war in Iraq to buying them a Nintendo PS—their hopes are pinned to the next President.

You can listen to some of the letters read aloud by 826 students here, and you can hear about many other aspects of 826 life on our podcast page—and it's easy to subscribe to our episodes through iTunes too.