Please join us for our next orientation session, led by one of our experienced volunteers, this Sunday, January 25, 1–2 p.m. Then stay for our regular 2–5 p.m. work session. Get the details here. Continue reading ‘New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, January 25’
Posts Tagged 'volunteers'
New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, January 25
Published January 19, 2015 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, November 30
Published November 27, 2014 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
Concerned about prison issues and want to get involved? Intrigued by the chance to make a concrete, personal difference in the lives of prisoners?
Join us for our next orientation session, led by one of our experienced volunteers—Sunday, November 30, 1–2pm, right before our regular 2–5pm work session. Get the details here.
If you can’t make it this week, plan now to join us for our next orientation. These monthly events usually take place the last Sunday of the month, but to better accommodate holiday travel and such, our next orientation will be Sunday, January 4. This might even tie in nicely to a New Year’s resolution or two. Volunteer? Meet new people? Save the world (or at least one small part of it)?
If you’re not often available on Sunday, check out other ways to get involved and help give women in prison the self-empowerment, education and entertainment that reading provides.
New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, October 26
Published October 21, 2014 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
It’s easy to make a difference in a concrete, personal way in the lives of incarcerated women looking for the self-empowerment, education and entertainment that reading provides.
Join us for our next orientation session, led by one of our experienced volunteers. It takes place the last Sunday of each month, 1–2pm, right before our regular 2–5pm work session. Get the details here.
If you can’t make it this week, plan now to join us for the November 30 orientation. Not available on Sundays? There are lots of other ways to get involved and help get books in the hands of women in prison. We hope to see you soon!
New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, September 28
Published September 23, 2014 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
If you’ve been thinking about getting involved, now’s the time. Join us for our next orientation session, led by one of our experienced volunteers. It takes place the last Sunday of each month, 1–2pm, right before our regular 2–5pm work session. Get the details here.
If you can’t make it this week, plan now to join us for the October 26 orientation. Not available on Sundays? There are lots of other ways to get involved and help get books in the hands of women in prison. We hope to see you soon!
New Volunteers: Orientation Sunday, August 24
Published August 6, 2014 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
To avoid possible conflicts with Labor Day weekend, we’ll be moving up our monthly orientation session one week in August.
Every week we pack and send books to more than 60 prisoners. If you’re interested in prison issues and would like to help make a significant difference in the lives of prisoners, we’re the place to be.
Join us Sunday, August 24, at 1pm. (Our volunteer orientations take place 1–2pm, right before our regular 2–5pm work session.) Get the details here. Of course, there are always other ways to get involved and help get books in the hands of women in prison. Looking forward to meeting you soon!
New Volunteers: Orientation this Sunday, July 27
Published July 21, 2014 Uncategorized ClosedTags: volunteers
Concerned about prison issues and want to get involved? Intrigued by the chance to make a concrete, personal difference in the lives of prisoners? Interested in offering women behind bars the opportunity for self-empowerment, education and entertainment that reading provides?
Join us for our next orientation session, led by one of our experienced volunteers, this Sunday at 1 pm. (Our volunteer orientations take place the last Sunday of each month, 1–2pm, right before our regular 2–5pm work session.) Get the details here.
And of course, there are always other ways to get involved and help get books in the hands of women in prison. See you soon!
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’
Mega Mega Volunteer Book Roundup
Published January 8, 2012 Events ClosedTags: moving day, volunteers
Volunteers with Packed Books - Moving Day
Phase 1: Moving to our new location at the Chicago Women’s Health Center. 25 people are packing, labeling and eating chips. More good times next week when we move the boxes. You’re invited!
Chicago Books to Women in Prison 
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