Sending free books to prisoners in Illinois since 2004
Information
- Founded:
- 2004 www.books2prisoners.org
Photos
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MLK Day 2009Created about 6 months ago
FlyersCreated about 6 months ago
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Events
2 past eventsSee All
- Spring 2009 Book Sale
Independent Media Center (downtown ...
Friday, April 3 at 3:00pm - Key Staff Training
BTP room at the IMC
Thursday, March 12 at 6:30pm
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners
Volunteer Yvette Schevenhonored by RSVP
RSVP, Retired and Senior Volunteer Programhonors BTP volunteer Yvette Scheven with Service to an Overlooked Community awardat their volunteer luncheon held Oct 20, 2009.
Yvette is one of BTP's most active members and one of the first people new volunteers arelikely to meet on their... initial visit. Three daysa week Yvette is in our workshop helping tomake our program successful by providingorientations and a warm welcome to all whovolunteer with us.
www.books2prisoners.org
UC Books to Prisoners is an Urbana Illinois based project providing books to Illinois inmates at no cost. We offer books by mail to all Illinois inmates and operate lending libraries in our two local county jails.
See MoreUrbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners UC Books to Prisoners selects Judith Pond as outreach coordinator
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In the Fall of 2008, the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, UC Books to Prisoners' parent organization, applied for multiple AmeriCorps positions through a Serve Illinois / AmeriCorps grant. In ...
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners BTP Book Sale is this weekend www.books2prisoners.org
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Is excited to start receiving applications for the Americorps position we have opening in the fall. Please consider applying or pass along the job description to anyone you know who might be interested.
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UC Books to Prisoners, a project of the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, is a volunteer-run program that facilitates book donation to prisoners in the state of Illinois. Our mission is:
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners UC Books to Prisoners seeks a full-time Outreach Coordinator to recruit, train, and support volunteers in this growing organization. This is an Americorps position through the Serve Illinois State Americorps program. For the complete job description and information about how to apply link.
www.books2prisoners.org
UC Books to Prisoners, a project of the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, is a volunteer-run program that facilitates book donation to prisoners in the state of Illinois. Our mission is:
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Support UC BTP by buying through our Amazon storefront. The books donated by our community, which are not sent to inmates or used in our county jails are sold on Amazon.
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We are a not-for-profit organization, UC Books to Prisoners, a project under The UC Independent Media Center. Our operation is run by a wonderful group of volunteers. We serve prison literacy read more
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners News: Texas, which is historically one of toughest states for BTP projects to work with has just passed House Bill 3649 in Texas Legislature, allowing non-profit organizations and churches (in addition to book stores) to send books to its inmates. This
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Books to Prisoner in Seattle is our friend
Books To Prisoners (BTP) is a Seattle-based, all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that sends books to prisoners in the United States. BTP believes that books are tools for learning and opening minds...
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Prison Book Project in MA is our friend on facebook. They're taking the summer off, but here's their page.
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Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Books Through Bars Philly created and maintains this great map of BTP projects around the U.S. which is a cool resource. Check it out.
www.booksthroughbars.org
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners We're friends with Books Through Bars in NY. They're a BTP organization that's been around for quite a while.
Books Through Bars sends out free donated books to prisoners across the United States who write us requesting reading material. We run on volunteer labor, donated space, donated books and fundraised ...
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners BTP featured in Daily Illini article
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Each year, the campus bookstores reject mass quantities of books because they are the wrong edition or a class no longer uses them. Rather than selling the rejected books on eBay or Amazon, students have ...
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners The Obama administration called for a day of service on MLK Day 2009 and Urbana Champaign BTP was open for volunteering. More than 30 volunteers worked together on January 19 2009.
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Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Over the years we've had some great flyers for various events
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Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners changed their Founded.
