Dear Friend, Just 16 hours left until 2016. 16 hours to change a girl’s life. We are just $6,000 away from our $100,000 goal. Make your tax-deductible gift today. Watch mentee alum Tiffani’s “Love Letter to Girls Write Now” to see what you can be a part of. Happy 2016 and thank you again! Warmly,…
Your Gift Matched, until Monday at midnight
Dear Friend, Between now and Monday, December 21, our Board of Directors will match every dollar you donate to Girls Write Now, up to $10,000. This is your chance to double your impact as Girls Write Now works to help twice as many girls write their way to a better future. Now is the time to give. …
Countdown to $100K: How you are helping us meet our goals to serve more girls
So many people, especially women, shy away from fundraising because they feel uncomfortable. At Girls Write Now, we’ve boldly set a goal of $100,000 as we gear up to double our numbers served. And we’ve empowered our entire community to take part. With just days left, we’re 75% of the way. Help take us home before…
Profiling Mentor and Mentee Alum: Rachel and Lashanda
“I’m forever grateful to Girls Write Now. The transition from my home in the Bronx to Ithaca College was difficult, but I looked to Girls Write Now and could always count on my mentor, Rachel.” – Lashanda Anakwah, Mentee Alum and Writing Major, Ithaca College Dear Friend, With Rachel, her dedicated mentor, by her side,…
2015 Girls Write Now Holiday Appeal
Dear Friend, “Forget likability.” This is the advice renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave at the 2015 Girls Write Now Awards about finding the guts to tell your story honestly. This is exactly what young writers learn at Girls Write Now. Through one-to-one mentoring, performances, and publications, we have been cultivating girls’ voices for nearly…
Raise Money with Just a Few Clicks!
Here’s the familiar dilemma: you love the cause, but you just can’t give right now. Don’t fret! There’s a way for you support your passion without breaking the bank. Girls Write Now is thrilled to invite you to join us online for our 2013 Holiday Appeal! It’s incredibly easy (and safe) to raise money online…
Go steady with GWN: join our monthly sustainers!
At Girls Write Now, our secret weapon is our corps of recurring donors who have committed to supporting us with a donation every month. This growing group of Monthly Sustainers makes our lives easier by giving us a set amount that we can count on day in and day out. For example, a $15 monthly…
Our Holiday Goal: $100K. You Did It–And More!
Back in November, we kicked off the Girls Write Now Holiday Appeal to support our girls and our programs in this, our 15th Anniversary Year. We set an ambitious goal of $100,000 and reached out far and wide for support. Your response was overwhelming! And I am proud to announce that we collectively raised a…
15 Reasons for 15 Years: Day 1
As we count down the last 15 days of our Holiday Appeal, we’re giving you 15 reasons — one per day — why we’ve been the premier writing organization for New York City’s underserved teen girls for 15 years. With the close of the year just hours away, we have just under $6,000 to go…
15 Reasons for 15 Years: Day 2
As we count down the last 15 days of our Holiday Appeal, we’re giving you 15 reasons — one per day — why we’ve been the premier writing organization for New York City’s underserved teen girls for 15 years. Mentoring the next generation of writers means mentoring them to write in the digital age. “If…