Awards

“826 helps young people learn that language can be play, that work can be joyful, and that they themselves can be the inventors and caretakers of their world. I have seen it with my own eyes. 826 is a good thing in a world of bad things, and a good place in a world of hard ones.”
-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

826 National has been recognized with a number of awards and honors. Here is a selection:

California’s 2003 Excellence in Education Award from Senator Barbara Boxer
National Council of Teachers of English 2004 Literacy Award
San Francisco Bay Guardian: “Best Breeding Ground for Preteen Intellectuals”
San Francisco Magazine: “Best Youth Writing Center”
2006 Business Arts Council’s award for “New and Emerging Cultural Organization”
For his work in founding the centers, Dave Eggers was named one of Time magazine’s 2004 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Founders Nínive Calegari and Dave Eggers were featured in a San Francisco Public Library exhibit entitled “Bay Area Portraits: Everyday Acts of Courage” that recognized “ordinary individuals doing extraordinary things.”
Nínive Calegari and Dave Eggers were awarded Mission Learning Center's Second Annual Wilma Espinoza Milagro Community Service Award, 2006.
The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company was a finalist in the NWSource People's Picks Survey as their favorite Gift/Novelty Shop in Seattle.
826LA received a Proclamation of Recognition from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in March 2006.
826 Valencia's Programs Director, Erin Neeley, was awarded the Cesar Chavez Peace Award in 2007 for her work in the Everett Writers’ Room.
Calegari was featured in the summer ‘07 issue of Edutopia magazine as one of 2007’s “Daring Dozen: Twelve Who Are Reshaping the Future of Education.”
The Brooklyn Public Library granted 826NYC the 2007 Volunteer of the Year award.
Dave Eggers received the 2007 Heinz Award for Arts & Humanities.

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