826 DC ‘s mission statement is:

“826DC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.”

To do this they offer free workshops for students! Their workshops for each month can be found here. Below is a description of their workshops:

“Our free workshops foster creativity, strengthen writing skills, and provide students ages 6-18 with a forum to execute projects they otherwise might not have the support to undertake. 826DC Workshops are led by talented volunteers (including published authors, educators, playwrights, and other artists) during evenings, on weekends, and throughout the summer. Workshops cover a wide range of literary topics including music writing (“Music to My Ears”) ode writing (“Ode to My Underpants”), writing personal essays (“My Boring Life”), and tons more.”