Raise Your Pen 2026

Your donation will provide a seat for one of our amazing volunteer facilitators for whom the ticket price is financially unfeasible. "For the first time in my life, I feel like my volunteerism is connected: connected to personal talents and abilities, connected to the world in a real, gritty, passionate, unpredictable way. I have been looking for this my entire life and have not found it until now.” - Sara Guest, Facilitator and Board Member Write Around Portland’s volunteer facilitators help to build community and promote healing through writing. All Agency Program facilitators complete 27 hours of training before entering a partner agency or organization to lead creative writing groups for the adults and youth they serve. These agencies and organizations include hospitals, schools, prisons, treatment centers, assisted living communities, low-income housing buildings, homeless shelters, and other healthcare and social service agencies. Thank you for your support!

Your donation will provide a seat for one of our amazing volunteer facilitators for whom the ticket price is financially unfeasible. "For the first time in my life, I feel like my volunteerism is connected: connected to personal talents and abilities, connected to the world in a real, gritty, passionate, unpredictable way. I have been looking for this my entire life and have not found it until now.” - Sara Guest, Facilitator and Board Member Write Around Portland’s volunteer facilitators help to build community and promote healing through writing. All Agency Program facilitators complete 27 hours of training before entering a partner agency or organization to lead creative writing groups for the adults and youth they serve. These agencies and organizations include hospitals, schools, prisons, treatment centers, assisted living communities, low-income housing buildings, homeless shelters, and other healthcare and social service agencies. Thank you for your support!