Ways To Help

New SunTrust My Cause Promotion!

 

SunTrust Bank recently launched their My Cause promotion to help raise funds for charitable organizations like DC WritersCorps . From August 6 through October 12, clients who open a new SunTrust Personal or Business Checking account, accept a new SunTrust Visa® Check Card, and make any purchase with it by November 15, 2007, will be empowered to make a choice: Choose for SunTrust to either donate $100 to DC WritersCorps, or choose to receive a $50 gift card to keep for their own cause.

If you open a checking account between August 6 and October 12, 2007, we encourage you to consider becoming eligible for SunTrust’s My Cause promotion and request that they donate $100 in your name to DC WritersCorps . SunTrust has made this process very easy for us as a nonprofit organization, and for you as a supporter. Here are some quick and easy tips to help you through this process:

1. Go to your nearest SunTrust branch and open any type of checking account (personal or business) during the promotion period, request a SunTrust Visa® Check Card, and use it to make any purchase by November 15, 2007.

 2. After opening the checking account, please visit suntrust.com/mycause. This Web site will provide you with a redemption form and a chance to designate our organization as the recipient of the $100 donation. You can also call 866.266.2802 to complete your form via phone. You must submit the completed redemption form by November 15, 2007.

 3. All donations will be mailed by December 31, 2007.

 4. If you have any questions about the promotion or would like more information, you can visit

www.suntrust.com/mycause.

      We encourage you to help us spread the word about this promotion to your friends, family, and personal and business contacts. The more people are aware of the promotion, the greater the opportunity for us to receive donations. Much like the name “My Cause” implies, contributing to a charity is a personal decision. For this reason we appreciate your continued support and are thankful you would consider a donation to DC WritersCorps.

 

Your generous gift to the DC WritersCorps supports the programs and resources for students in the District of Columbia. Help us continue to transform young lives through the power of the written word.

What Your Giving Supports

$5,000 supports a year-long WritersCorps residency by our accomplished writing professionals at a DC public middle school. We serve on average 50 students per school and we provide them with journals, transportation, and a writing mentor for the school year.

$1,000 supports our After-School writing clubs and Youth Poetry Slam League programs. Our writing instructors help students find positive outlets for their creative and intellectual talents through monthly poetry readings which culminate in the Youth Poetry Slam League Championship at the Kennedy Center.

$500 supports older students in our Youth Apprentice Program who accompany our adult writers into the middle school to teach peer writing workshops and to give back to their community as they learn.

$250 supports our 2kNation radio journalism project where students get hands on experience in journalism, production, and mass communications by producing public affair shows that focus on youth and families. In its 3rd year, 2kNation has graduated over a dozen students who have gone on to major in mass communications at colleges and universities across America.

$100 supports publication of anthologies that feature the poetry of students from every DC public middle school. The powerful writing and expressions of our students are highlighted in these poignant and powerful anthologies, which are provided free of charge to parents, students and school personnel.

You can be a partner with DC WritersCorps by sending a check to us directly or by clicking on the Network for Good button below.

 

Donate Now Through Network for Good

Thank you for your generous support!

 

*All photos by Clifford L Russell Jr.

 

DC WritersCorps
Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street, NW
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-332-2848
Fax: 202-332-5455

E-mail Us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
©2004 DCWritersCorps.org. All Rights Reserved. For comments and suggestions email webmaster