outreach

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Our community outreach programs are geared toward helping underserved youth and adults develop the writing and communication skills needed to achieve academic/professional success, resilience, and personal growth.

Our programs include one-time and ongoing reflective creative writing workshops for local schools and mission-based organizations, college essay support, and summer workshops.

These programs are supported by donations from individuals and businesses.

For a full list of community outreach programs, click here.

2020-2021 community outreach programs

Weekly writing workshops for 50 7th & 8th grade AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) students at Red Bank Middle School, culminating in the publication of two anthologies of student writing and an end-of-year writers celebration.
A two-session writing program for all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students at Red Bank Middle School during their AVID elective.
Guest speakers for our students at Red Bank Middle School
Six six-week creative writing programs for 90 3rd graders in the after-school 21st Century Community Learning Center in Long Branch.
College essay support at local schools, including Red Bank Regional High School, Long Branch High School, and Poseidon Early College High School (Neptune)
Weekly writing workshops at Shore House, a clubhouse for adults living with mental illness, in Long Branch
Monthly writing workshops for members of Senior Space (Red Bank)
Monthly writing workshops for the Womyn’s Worth mentoring program at Lunch Break
One-time writing workshops at various middle and high schools in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County’s Truancy Prevention program
One-time writing workshops at various middle and high schools in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County’s Teen Achievers program
Summer camps for students from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (Asbury Park & Red Bank(
A summer writing program for teens from Family Based Services Association of NJ
A Teacher Ambassador Program to inspire and support local teachers of writing
The Teen Internship Program (a summer community-service program for teens at our studio)
Bridge Ink, our young adult online literary magazine
Public open mic readings for teens and adults throughout the year at various venues
Full and partial scholarship seats that offer financial assistance for studio classes and summer camps

donate today

You may also mail a check to:
Project Write Now
25 Bridge Ave., Suite 130
Red Bank, NJ 07701

Please contact us with any questions:
(908) 675-0467
info@projectwritenow.org

community outreach partners

We are grateful to have provided programming to the following schools and organizations:

21st Century Community Learning Center (Keansburg)
21st Century Community Learning Center (Long Branch)
Amanda’s Easel
Asbury Park High School
Atlantic Highlands Library
Barnes & Noble
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (Asbury Park & Red Bank Branches)
Catsbury Park
Catholic Charities
Communications High School
Count Basie Theatre
Embrella (formerly Foster and Adoptive Family Services)
Family Based Services Association of NJ
Friendship Train (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Henry Hudson Regional High School
Holmdel Girl Scouts
Indie Street Film Festival
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative
Little Silver Girl Scouts
Long Branch High School
Lunch Break
Mental Health Association of Monmouth County
Monmouth Arts
NJ Makers Day at Monmouth County Library
Red Bank Middle School
Red Bank Public Library
Red Bank Regional High School
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
Second Chance Red Bank Cancer Support Group
Second Life Bikes
Senior Space (Red Bank)
Shore House (Long Branch)
St. Leo the Great (Lincroft) Girl Scouts
Teen Arts Festival with Monmouth Arts
The SOURCE at Red Bank Regional High School
Voyagers’ Community School (Eatontown)
Women ROCK
YMCA of Greater Monmouth County (formerly The Community YMCA of Red Bank and The Freehold Borough YMCA)

Please contact us at info@projectwritenow.org if you are interested in having us work with your school or organization.

Project Write Now is a registered 501(c)(3). Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. Federal tax ID: 46-3534268

testimonials

You can’t measure these experiences and put them in a data sheet. [Our students] are becoming better, kinder people through your writing workshops.

Amy Campbell, AVID 21st century teacher, Red Bank Middle School
Project Write Now thoughtfully and elegantly gives Womyn’s Worth the opportunity to express exactly what’s on their hearts and minds. Each writing prompt and exercise has been so well presented and received. The women often didn’t even realize that they could and would share on this level.

Sharda Jetwani-Love, Program Director, Lunch Break
Project Write Now has inspired me to journal, and this has helped me relieve stress and anxiety. Also, how to forgive myself. Thank you.

Lunch Break
I leave our Womyn’s Worth sessions feeling serine and complete. There is always a sense of welcomeness and an opportunity for self expression.

Lunch Break
The Teacher Writing Collaborative has been a powerful opportunity to connect with other teachers who believe that to teach writing, we must be willing to write. The writing prompts and discussions encourage us to use writing as a way to express our identity, which is closely linked to the work of educating for a just society. The strategies shared and conversations we have inform the teaching I do. This has been one of the most authentic teaching networks that I have been involved with.

A. K.
The Teen Ambassador program has allowed me to connect with fellow writers and channel my creativity in a place where I feel heard and appreciated. It has provided me with so much support in an extremely confusing time.

M. F.
That was a truly amazing experience. We cannot thank you enough for your time and great coaching. These few weeks have not been easy … This meeting lifted my spirit and energized me.

Second Chance Red Bank Cancer Support Group
Working with Project Write is refreshing. They provide the space to breathe … releasing the strings that do not serve us anymore through creativity, allowing each one of us to ‘innerstand’ the importance of self-love. Thank you for all the work and healing you do.

Lunch Break