826LA would like to thank Focus Features, Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida, Sam Mendes, Maya Rudolph, Jon Krasinski, Catherine O'Hara, and the 400 guests who attended the screening of Away We Go on Thursday, May 7. Thanks to your generous support we were able to raise just over $22,000 in funds that will help us continue providing our free writing services to youth all over Los Angeles. We are also very grateful to the Vista Theatre and Malo for being so helpful and accommodating. 826LA is lucky to have such a great community of supporters.

We would also like to thank the organizers and the 850 attendees of the first LA CABAL Beer Festival on Saturday, May 9! We are continually grateful to the Echoplex and Spaceland staff, and we look forward to next year. Click here to read a review from the LA Times.