City School Stories

Notes From the Field

September 14 2011

From The Philadelphia Writing Project

Teri Hines        Diane Waff          Tyrone V Edwards

Director             Director               Advisory Board Chair

For 25 years, the Philadelphia Writing Project (PhilWP) has been Philadelphia’s most prominent teacher network serving over 1,000 teachers each year and impacting over 93,000 students. Further, we provide teachers and schools all over the city with proven knowledge about how to integrate writing into all subjects.  In the current educational climate, our work is more important than ever.  We need your help in continuing our mission over the next 25 years.

Many non-profit organizations, like the Philadelphia Writing Project have been hard hit by the current fiscal crisis.  Local schools have fewer resources available to purchase professional development and thereby support our organization.  If we are to continue our mission we need additional funds.  So we are turning to our PhilWP family, Advisory Board members, corporate partners and friends to support our 25^th Anniversary Fundraising Drive.

Your gift will help us acquire much needed funds for program development, writing camp scholarships, family literacy resources to engage parents in their children’s writing, and technology that will allow us to expand professional development offerings and local outreach efforts.  Teachers and students will receive the greatest benefit from your gift.

We will host a celebratory dinner on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the Inn at Penn honoring the founding directors, Judy Buchanan and Susan Lytle. Your tax-deductible gift will help us put the Philadelphia Writing Project on a solid fiscal foundation so that we can continue our essential work for many years to come and also commemorate the accomplishments of our past.