Community Corner
826 LA Helps Inspires Local Youth to Develop Creative Writing Skills
The non profit serves Echo Park and Mar Vista and is a Los Angeles subset of a national organization.
Last weekend, 32 Echo Park and Mar Vista students were honored for their completion of a pilot program that combined the creative writing of 826 LA and the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics goals of Time Warner Cable’s philanthropic initiative, “Connect a Million Minds.”
But what is 826 LA?
Patch sat with Sam Randazzo, 826 LA Ambassador to find out what the organization does.
826LA is a non-profit organization who supports students grades K-12 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
The organization provides after-school tutoring, evening and weekend workshops, in-school tutoring,help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.
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They have an office at 714 W. Sunset Blvd. inside the Time Travel Mart. The Travel Mart sells time travel paraphernalia including a Ray Gun and can of mammoth chunks. All proceeds from the store go to 826LA.
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