826 Valencia Writing Programs

826 Valencia Writing Programs offers after-school tutoring, homework help, individualized tutoring, and in-classroom tutoring assistance with writing projects. Students take part in workshops, after-school workshops, storytelling and bookmaking field trips, podcasting field trips, magical field trip adventures, writing cohorts, camps, and special projects and events in the evenings and on weekends. Student work appears in books, podcasts, newspapers, magazines, and in the Message in a Bottle podcast series produced by students at the Tenderloin Center.

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Daily options between 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

826 Valencia Writing Programs is a nonprofit program that supports under-resourced students with their creative and expository writing skills and supports teachers in inspiring their students to write. The program offers writing and publishing programs for youth from underserved communities in San Francisco and is powered by donors, volunteers, and partners who provide free writing programs to thousands of students every year. The Mission Center supports schools including Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8, Everett Middle School, and Mission High School; the Tenderloin Center supports schools including De Marillac Academy and Tenderloin Community School; and the Mission Bay Center supports schools including Starr King Elementary, Bret Harte Elementary, Malcolm X Academy, Downtown High School, and San Francisco International High School. A student named Chelsea R. shares, “I write about the world I wish to see, where I am powerful and where my writing can give voice to people who are like me.”

Last updated June 19, 2026.