Bay Area Impact Challenge #Vote826

Posted on Oct 8, 2015
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INTERSTICE is extremely proud to be working with the incredible team at 826 Valencia on a new tutoring center in the Tenderloin at 180 Golden Gate Avenue.  826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 
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                                                                                Rendering of the new 826 Valencia Center in the Tenderloin      
826 Valencia have the opportunity to win $500,000 through the Google Impact Challenge, but they need your vote.Voting begins today and lasts through October 19. 826 Valencia were one of 10 nonprofits in the Bay Area chosen, and now they are competing to raise funds to support the opening of their second center in the Tenderloin neighborhood. This is their biggest endeavor yet, and they still need the resources to make it all happen.

Today we’re asking for you to invest in this exciting project by voting and helping us spread the word to  as many voters as possible in this short time frame. Voting is global, so please engage your networks in every corner of the world!

FIRST:
Vote: https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2015/charity/826valencia. You can also visit and share vote826.wordpress.com for the latest news about the campaign.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT! NOW YOU CAN DO THIS:
Share your reason for supporting us on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram with the hashtag #vote826. You can also spread the word to friends, family & colleagues via email, other social networks, word-of-mouth, texts, carrier pigeons, any and everything to get more votes for 826 Valencia. Here’s a post you can copy, paste, and customize:

I #vote826 because (insert reasons why you think writing skills and our Tenderloin expansion are important here) g.co/bayareachallenge

WHY YOUR VOTE MATTERS
After 13 years of successful programs in the Mission, the doors of our second writing and tutoring center at 180 Golden Gate Avenue are set to open in January 2016. We intend to serve 2,000 students, grow our volunteer force by the hundreds, and provide a safe and magical space for under-resourced kids in the Tenderloin and throughout San Francisco. The Google Impact Challenge grant will help us to:

  • engage students in essential writing programming that builds skills and creative self-expression
  • positively leverage the resources of the larger community to improve young people’s lives
  • outfit our center with technology that supports learning and amplifies students’ voices
  • work collaboratively with neighborhood partners to transform a crime-ridden corner into a haven for creativity and wonder.

Sounds good, right? Any questions? Feel free to ask.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
We couldn’t do it without you. Consider this your chance to advocate for the student voices we have yet to hear in the Tenderloin!Quick links:
vote826valencia.wordpress.com
g.co/bayareachallenge
https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2015/charity/826valencia