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A project of the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center. Our Mission. provide books to inmates in Illinois by recycling donated books facilitate a quality volunteer experience offer a venue for inmates to tell their own stories educate ourselves and our community about prisons.
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Our Mission • provide books to inmates in Illinois by recycling donated books • facilitate a quality volunteer experience • offer a venue for inmates to tell their own stories • educate ourselves and our community about prisons
Providing free books costs money • Since 2005 we have sent 38,381 books in 9,988 packages to 6,001 of Illinois 44,054 inmates • Books are donated by our community • Each package costs approximately $3.00 to ship • To pay for this expense we: 1. sell books at semi-annual Book SaleThank you for supporting us!2. sell books on an Amazon.com book store3. rely on donations from individuals & organizations
Providing free books costs money • We purchase dictionaries and special titles You can donate a dictionary for $3.00 inquire at checkout
Who volunteers with us? Book Lovers
Who volunteers with us? Students
Who volunteers with us? Retirees
Who volunteers with us? People who want to make a difference
Thank you for your support • Your book purchase today helps keep our program growing • To learn more about our organization ask one of our volunteers or visit: www.books2prisoners.org