itotd.com/articles/628/826-national/

www.826national.org/

"...826 Valencia is really a nonprofit organization devoted to helping children aged 8–18 learn how to write, and the store is just the front portion of a large area that’s mainly classroom space. The organization offers free, volunteer-led workshops and tutoring in creative writing, expository writing, and English as a second language. The pirate store helps raise money, as well as being a very effective gimmick for drawing the attention of children and adults alike to the writing center."