Get Involved
WritersCorps is committed to providing opportunities for young people to use language as a positive tool for making meaning in their lives. Here are ways you can help us reach more young people:
Teach
Since 1994, over 100 teaching artists have served in WritersCorps. Our long-term, in-depth model gives teaching artists what they need to inspire youth to improve their writing skills and grow as individuals. Our teachers are chosen through a competitive application process, paid an hourly rate and given allowances for supplies. Applications for the 08-09 school year are due May 30, 2008 and will be available in early spring 2008. Click here for more information.
Read our Books
WritersCorps publishes anthologies of student work as well as guides with lesson plans developed by our teachers. Our books will be available for purchase on this site soon. In the meantime, you can also order some of our books from Small Press Distribution. If you need a book right away, please contact us.
Donate
Help WritersCorps provide vital literary services in the Bay Area — in the communities that need them most. Your donation will go directly toward supporting our teachers and their students’ projects. Donations are tax-deductible.
Clicking on the donate link will take you to the website of Intersection For The Arts, WriterCorps’ fiscal sponsor. When filling out the form, please make sure to type WritersCorps under “name of recipient project”
To make a donation, click here.
We are also happy to take donations of items:
- composition notebooks
- pens, pencils and markers
- art supplies
- gift certificates to bookstores and music stores
- office supply gift certificates
- food and beverage donations or gift certificates to grocery stores and restaurants to provide snacks at our events
- printing services
Volunteer
Sometimes we need help with coordinating events or stuffing envelopes. Want to find out more? Contact us here.
