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You’re invited to an evening of inspiration, imagination, and storytelling!

February 5, 2016 at 7:00pm, 945 Portola Road, Portola Valley CA

Get your tickets here!

nora_2016_poster_purpleWe are putting on a special benefit production and silent auction, and we want you to join us! All proceeds from the benefit will support an exciting new partnership with The Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula

 

The Boys and Girls Club Partnership:

Learning to write a story does much more than teach literacy skills. First, a writer learns this important truth: The choices my character makes affect the story. Next, the writer realizes: The choices I make affect my real-life story. The impact of this realization can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.

 One of the reasons we’re thrilled to partner with Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula is that we’re fully behind their mission “to inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring adults.” We know that while improvising together and working on storytelling skills, we’re not only having fun, but also developing essential muscles—confidence, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, empathy, self-awareness. These skills add up to create a resilience vital to all young people facing significant challenges. 

 

Our Goal:

class with stories copy 3To kick off our partnership, we aim to serve about 500 Boys and Girls Club children quarterly by Spring 2016. In order to do so, we need to raise $100,000 per quarter. It’s a big goal, the kind of goal that makes our team excited to roll up our sleeves and get to work! We have already seen the impact after just a few sessions this winter. Many students who thought they couldn’t write a story they’d be proud to share are now bouncing in their seats, hands raised at the end of each class, volunteering to read their stories aloud. 

It’s a privilege for us to partner with the Boys And Girls Club, and learn from the stories that come from these students’ hearts and experiences. We can’t wait to see how these children—and many more this spring—will grow creatively, academically, and personally.

Will you help us reach our goal? You can purchase tickets for our benefit production as well as donate here.