The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas (formerly 826 Seattle) is a
nonprofit
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organization located in
Seattle
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,
Washington
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dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Services are structured around the belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
![826 Seattle (Seattle, Washington)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/826_Seattle_%28Seattle%2C_Washington%29.jpg)
Bureau of Fearless Ideas headquarters is located in the
Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. The organization manages a retail store at the location called the "Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company", which sells space-themed novelties and toys; the store's revenues benefit the organization. The organization was previously a part of
826 National
826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6–18, improve their expository and creative writing skills at eight locations across the United States. The chapters include 826 Valencia in San Francisco, 826NYC ...
prior to 2014.
In 2011 First Lady
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...
presented the organization with one of 12 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, part of the
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) was an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues. It worked directly with the Administration and the three primary cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Art ...
.
[
As of 2015, the Bureau employs ]David Schmader
David Schmader is an American writer known for his solo plays, his writing for the Seattle newsweekly '' The Stranger'', and his annotated screenings of Paul Verhoeven's ''Showgirls''. He is the author of the 2016 book '' Weed: The User's Guide'' a ...
formerly of Seattle's '' The Stranger'' alt-weekly.[
]
References
External links
The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas
Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.
Education in Seattle
Non-profit organizations based in Seattle
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