Earlier this summer, the United Methodist Churches of the Boothsville charge in Marion County, West Virginia, collected hundreds of books for the APBP and even built beautiful handmade bookcases to help hold them. Pictured below is Tanya Devine, who organized the book drive, and some of the folks who helped her do it, along with … Continue reading »
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Thank you, Sarabande Books in Louisville, KY!
We would like to say “thank you” to Sarabande Books, a nonprofit literary press in Louisville, KY, which specializes in poetry and short fiction. Sarabande kindly donated a box of books to our project after reading about us on the Poetry Foundation website this past October. It is great to see yet another donation coming … Continue reading »
Donation from Sigma Tau Delta at Otterbein University
APBP would like to thank Claire Parson and Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, at Ohio’s Otterbein University for sending us hundreds of return address labels! This was a wonderful and much needed gift and we are very grateful. If any other college or university groups are looking for a service project or another way to volunteer with APBP, you … Continue reading »
Fundraising letter campaign for APBP
As our founder, Katy Ryan, puts it, “our enthusiasm for sending out books overran our budget.” That is just a nice way to say that we’re broke. We have begun a fundraising letter campaign. Here is the letter that will be sent to potential donors. If you feel compelled to donate, you can do so … Continue reading »
Fundraiser = Success!
Our fundraiser was a great success, raising $440 for APBP! Many thanks to Second Cousin, all of those who read letter excerpts, and everyone who came out to support our work by making a donation. (Word on the street is that Pam did a great job collecting those donations, too–thanks, Pam!) If anyone out there has … Continue reading »
Saturday, April 30: Fundraiser concert at SOZO Coffeehouse in Morgantown!
Second Cousin, a local acoustic band that performs originals and singer-songwriter covers alike, will be playing a fundraiser show at SOZO Coffeehouse on High Street in Morgantown on April 30, 2011 from 4-6pm. There is a $3 donation cover to benefit the Appalachian Prison Book Project. In addition to great music, you will be treated … Continue reading »
Donation made to Charleston-area Dismas House. Thanks, APBP!
The Appalachian Prison Book Project is based in Morgantown, WV, and we send books to prisons in several states, but our outreach is not limited to those spaces. For instance, in the past we have donated books to a reading project for the children of incarcerated persons located in Kentucky, and just this past weekend … Continue reading »
Dictionaries needed.
We can always use them. ALWAYS! Let us know if you’d like to make a donation (paperback, please, as many prisons will not allow hardcover books) or otherwise have a brilliant dictionary-acquisition idea.
Read-to-your-child program needs children’s books.
Appalachian Prison Book Project has been contacted by a nurse in Bowling Green, KY, who works in a prison and is starting a read-to-your-child program there. She is seeking donations of children’s books. The books will be read by inmates and the readings recorded, with the video and book given to the child. This is … Continue reading »
