Volunteer Network
826 National is supported by a network of 5,000 volunteers, which includes authors, journalists, poets, teachers, and documentary filmmakers. Authors Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, along with veteran educator NÃnive Clements Calegari, founded the first center in San Francisco, 826 Valencia in April, 2002. 826 Valencia has attracted teachers and supporters such as Michael Chabon, Isabel Allende, Keith Knight, Daniel Handler, Amy Tan, Robin Williams, and Erika Lopez. Other chapters have been equally successful in harnessing support from local literary and cultural superstars, such as writers Sarah Vowell, Sherman Alexie, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Melissa Mathison, and Davy Rothbart, as well as other notable public figures including Phil Jackson, Ira Glass, Jon Stewart, and Spike Jonze. 826 National provides urban public school students with valuable apprenticeship-style opportunities from these and other local literary arts professionals through personalized interactions and mentorship.
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