Friends & Partners
The Young Writers Project is made possible by the support of a number of organizations and individuals.
From 2006-2008, YWP's primary and founding sponsor was Vermont Business Roundtable; click here for more about the VBR and a list of all VBR donors.
Here is a list of the major donors and partners who have given so generously to Young Writers Project:
Financial Supporters:
FairPoint Communications has been extremely generous in supporting several of the Digital Writing Classrooms in schools for two years. FairPoint also funded an independent study of the efficacy of The YWP Schools Project ( http://ywpschools.net ) and the publication of YWP's Second Anthology.
The Metz Family Foundation
The Richard E. & Deborah L. Tarrant Foundations
Susan Cross Foundation
The Windham Foundation
Other partners: The Vermont chapter of the National Writing Project, a national non-profit that trains teachers to instruct writing. The Vermont NWP leaders were instrumental in getting this project started and remain strong contributors and consultants. YWP is partnering with NWP leadership to offer training courses to teachers in the fall of 2010 and summer of 2011.
Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye, Boston, MA, which provides pro-bono legal work. This firm is one of the nation's leading experts in media and insurance law.
Physician's Computer Company. This company, which provides software and software support to leading pediatricians around the country, has long been a strong supporter of the Young Writers Project, has funded improvements to YWP's headquarters at Champlain Mill in Winooski and is sponsoring one of our Digital Writing Classrooms.
Advance Music. Based in Burlington, Advance Music provided the YWP a generous discount on sound equipment purchased for The China Project and for use during the year by classrooms for podcasting.
Media partners:
The Burlington Free Press is the birthplace of the Young Writers Project. The paper publishes YWP in its Hometown Section.
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, a 10,500 daily circulation newspaper serving the capital area.
The Rutland Herald, a 22,000 daily circulation newspaper serving central Vermont.
The Brattleboro Reformer, a 10,000+ daily circulation newspaper serving southeastern Vermont.
The Valley News, a 17,000 daily circulation newspaper serving the Upper Connecticut River Valley in the greater Lebanon, N.H., area and White River Junction.
St. Albans Messenger, Vermont's oldest afternoon newspaper, has a circulation of almost 6,000 and serves residents of Franklin county and northwestern Vermont.
Vermont Public Radio, the most widely listened to radio station in the state.
Vermont Public Television, the state's premier public television station.
Arts and Education Partners:
Flynn Center -- A summer slam camp planned for July 18-22 2011
Burlington City Arts
Snelling Institute
Vita-Learn
Vermont Principals Association
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival
Vermont Youth Orchestra
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Vermont Midi Project
Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference
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