Please support this initiative by Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer. Your thoughtfulness will help women in difficult circumstances during the holidays and beyond.
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Holiday Donation Drive for Women in Cook County Jail
Published December 17, 2014 Donations , News ClosedTags: community, Cook County Jail, holiday drive
What We Do with Donated Books We Can’t Use
Published September 22, 2013 Uncategorized ClosedTags: book donations, Cook County Jail, prison library, volunteers
From time to time we find ourselves running out of room, especially after a few large donations. That’s when we sort through the duplicates and items not likely to be of interest to the readers we serve, and we reach out to prison libraries.
Recently, our volunteer Scott Feigenhauer coordinated the preparation and delivery of a large donation of books to the Cook County Department of Corrections. Director Theresa Olson of Inmate Services wrote Scott: Continue reading ‘What We Do with Donated Books We Can’t Use’
Chicago Books to Women in Prison 