Can you help kids in DC just by growing facial hair?

Answer: Yes! This weekend, Capitol Letters Writing Center kicks off our first-ever Moustache-a-thon! During the month of March, we're challenging volunteers and friends of CLWC to grow moustaches (or participate in moustache-related challenges) to raise money for our center.

Twenty-one organic and prosthetic moustache growers are ready to start on their journeys of follicular art this Saturday! (It's not too late to join--just email us and we'll set you up!) We'll give them a straight-razor clean shave at the kick off party, and then chart their progress at moustache check-ins each Tuesday in March at 7 p.m. at Asylum (2416 18th Street NW).

Come out to Asylum for the first check-in at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3rd, to cheer on the growers, celebrate all things moustache-related, and learn more about CLWC's programming and volunteer opportunities! Can't wait till then? Track the moustache lengthening (or lack thereof?) on the Moustache-a-thon blog: www.capitolletters.org/moustacheathon.

What: Moustache-a-thon Check-ins
Where: Asylum (2416 18th Street NW)
When: 7 p.m. every Tuesday in March
Who: You!

Capitol Letters Writing Center is seeking a full-time executive director (ED).

Read the full position description and find out how to apply.

Capitol Letters Writing Center is seeking part-time interns to help us grow our center's start-up operations, expand our programs and make creative writing and tutoring more accessible to students in Washington, DC.

Read the full position description and find out how to apply.

Please fill out this quick form if you're planning to come.

When: Thursday, March 26, 6:30pm
Where: Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library (945 Rhode Island NW, 2.5 blocks from the Shaw/Howard Metro stop on the green line)
Why: Learn more about us and how you can get involved as a tutor, workshop leader, or behind the scenes
What's required: For you to let us know you're coming by filling out this quick form.

Join us after the orientation around 8 p.m. for drinks at Veranda (1100 P St NW, verandaonp.com) and get to know the CLWC crew and volunteers!

Questions? Let us know!

The Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (OLA) has awarded CLWC a grant in the amount of $30,000 to partially fund the hiring of an executive director. OLA was impressed with our work thus far, pleased that we're actively working to ensure we reach the Latino students of DC and supportive of our plan to open our center in Columbia Heights, home to a large percentage of the District's Latino community.

For this month's Teen Fiction Workshop, students joined volunteers Erin J, Micael B, and Kelly N. for a lively collaborative story writing session. They took turns reading a story called "David's Haircut" by Ken Elkes and then launched into a discussion which segued into the first writing exercise.

Inspiration for the stories in the first exercise came from a bag of sundry objects, including a key, candle, rock, bobble-head turtle, sunglasses, hard boiled egg cutter (not sharp, don't worry!), and a scarf for inspiration. Laughter quickly ensued as illustrations were included with the story writing.

The final exercise was a story rotation, which is when one person starts the story with a sentence and then passes it on down the line. Everyone wound up roaring with laughter, with the store's patrons staring at us.

It was a great Sunday afternoon.

-Erin J.

> More photos and an excerpt from one of the rotation stories.