Friends & Partners
The Young Writers Project is made possible by the support of a number of organizations and individuals. For the past two years, our primary sponsor has been the 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 in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. FairPoint also is funding an independent study of the efficacy of The YWP Schools Project ( http://ywpschools.net ) and the publication of YWP's Second Anthology which is to be published in the fall of 2010.
The Vermont Business Roundtable is a public policy think tank made up of the CEOs of higher education institutions and businesses. For a list of the members who have donated, click here.
The Bay and Paul Foundations
Admiral Nelson Foundation
Amy E. Tarrant Foundation
The Richard E. & Deborah L. Tarrant Foundations
The Oakland 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 summer and fall of 2010.
Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye, Boston, MA, which is providing 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. For information about becoming a sponsor of distribution of the paper into the schools or if you are a teacher or administrator who wants copies of the paper delivered at no cost to your school, contact Cheryl Thibeault at the Free Press by e-mail or phone: 802-651-4825.
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.
Also: The Addison Independent, Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun.
Vermont Public Radio, the most widely listened to radio station in the state.
Vermont Public Television, the state's premier public television station.
