‘Wild Things’ Benefit Gives Eggers’ Writing Center a Big Boost

The sold-out pre-screening of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ took place last week at Cinerama to benefit 826 Seattle - the local chapter of Dave Eggers’ national chain of non-profit writing and tutoring centers - and raised approximately $47,000 in the process. The money will go towards operating expenses for the center, which served approximately 2,000 youth last year with its variety of free programs, including after-school tutoring, writing workshops and field trips. And with the writing center operating in Greenwood’s finest Space Travel Supply Company, the money raised is equivalent to about ten months of rent.

Other 826 home cities of San Francisco, LA, Boston, Ann Arbor and Chicago each hosted their own fiercely successful film fundraisers, and the seventh and final pre-screening will take place tonight in New York to benefit 826 NYC before the film’s official premiere later this week.