Donate

Want to make a big difference in a child’s life with the press of a button? Give that child the gift of literacy by making a donation to Spells Writing Lab.

Your contributions allow us to offer our programs free of charge, including daily drop-in tutoring for inner-city kids, in-school support for student publications, and out-of-school workshops that improve young people’s written communication skills. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

Donate Online

To make an online donation with a credit card or PayPal account, please click below:

$50

$100

$250

$500

Or, make up your own number (it doesn’t have to be round!), and make a secure, online donation through PayPal by clicking the button below and following the simple instructions provided:

Donate Via Snail Mail

If you prefer to patronize the U.S. Postal Service, you can mail a personal check or money order to us at

Spells Writing Lab
2526 N. Alder Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133

You can expect to receive a letter of acknowledgment from us upon receipt of your contribution.

Wish List

Want to give us something other than cold, hard cash? We’ve got a whole list of supplies and electronics we could really use in our programs. Let us know if you’re able to donate any of the following items by emailing info@phillyspells.org!

Computers:
Mac laptops or desktops, preferably running OSX 10.5 or later
Word processing, design, and publishing software for Mac
Educational software for Mac
Flash drives
Portable external hard drive (such as a Rugged Drive)

Audio-Visual:
Children’s books on tape
Tape player with multiple headphone jacks
Headphones
Digital cameras with USB cord
Flip video cameras or other digital video recorders
Video editing software
A projection screen
A microphone and speaker

Tutoring:
Books of interest to urban children and teens (especially picture books, ready-to-reads, and early chapter books), new or gently used
Board games that promote literacy
Septa tokens

Writing & Art Supplies:
Reams of copier paper
Large rolls or pads of butcher paper

Gift Certificates:
Staples, Office Depot, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Booksense (independent bookstores), Borders, BJ’s, Costco, Sam’s Club, Ikea, ACME, Superfresh, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods

Kitchen Needs:
Small paper cups
Small paper plates
Napkins

Office Equipment & Supplies:
Tower fan
Laminator
Stamps

Participate in the Firstrust Affinity Programfirstrust-logo

Bank with Firstrust and make money for Spells without spending a dollar of your own. The bank’s Affinity Program puts the hard earned money of its customers to work for a good cause.

It’s easy:

  • contact the bank;
  • tell them you’d like to support Spells Writing Center through the Affinity Program, and they’ll assign your name to the bank;
  • at the end of the year, the bank reviews the balances of all accounts supporting us and makes a donation to Spells based on a percentage of the average balance of all those accounts.

Too busy? If you already bank at Firstrust, we’re happy to contact the bank on your behalf. Give us the name on the account (no, we don’t need your account number!), and we’ll set it up for you.

Spells Writing Lab
2526 N. Alder Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133
267-670-0869
info@phillyspells.org