Help Girls Write Forever

STEPHANIE NOLASCO'S STORY
GIRLS WRITE NOW MENTEE, 2001-04

(Right, Stephanie at the Girls Write Now 2003 Annual Spring Reading)

I was 16 years old when my Girls Write Now mentor Sarah accompanied me to my first college interview. My mother was on public assistance and couldn't afford to take me on the trip. The idea of traveling beyond my home in Washington Heights frightened me, so I was happy to have Sarah by my side for one of the most important days of my life.

I am now 23 and a graduate of The New School, where I studied creative non-fiction writing and journalism. As other journalists struggle for jobs, I found work as an editor for an online Latin entertainment site less than a year after graduation. I couldn't have advanced my writing skills and accomplished my dream of working in publishing without Girls Write Now and my mentor Sarah's help.

My experiences at Girls Write Now are why I'm so grateful to donors like you, whose generous contributions made possible my success as a student, writer, and professional.

Girls Write Now needs to raise $20,000 this summer to fund their programs in the fall. That's why I will be making a tax-deductible donation this spring and hope you will join me—by just clicking on the icon below, you can ensure that future girls have all the opportunities I had.
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HOW YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE
 
Your gift to Girls Write Now builds the writing skills of girls like me, so that they can go on to college, secure good jobs, and continue developing their creative voices as authors, journalists, poets, playwrights, and more. I'm proud to have been sponsored by donors like you. Any contribution you make—no matter what size—directly benefits girls at Girls Write Now.
  • $10 per month covers the cost of a student's genre-based writing guide
  • $25 allows us to screen a volunteer mentor with the help of the national alliance for mentoring
  • $50 sponsors a girl to attend one Girls College Bound essay writing clinic
  • $100 supports a craft-talk with a prominent published author for our girls
  • $250 provides a healthy lunch for all students and mentors at a monthly writing workshop
  • $500 funds a public reading at a prestigious venue such as the New York Society for Ethical Culture
  • $1,000 sponsors one student to attend seven monthly writing workshops (memoir, poetry, fiction, editing, playwriting, journalism, and songwriting) for an entire Girls Write Now season
  • $5,000 underwrites more than half the printing costs of 500 copies of our annual anthology of student writing

Girls Write Now's continued success—and our sustainability—depends entirely on the commitment and generosity of our growing base of donors and volunteers. In this difficult economic climate, we have a large waiting list, which is why now more than ever, we're depending on our community to help us stay healthy and strong.

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