Prisoners are not able to receive donations of books from individuals. Friends and family members aren’t able to choose something from their own shelves to send to their loved ones. They aren’t even able to purchase something from a bookstore and send it with their own return address. Instead, prisons limit book packages to publishers, bookstores and “legitimate” book distributors. Books Through Bars was founded in 1989 when an employee of New Society Publishers began receiving and answering book requests from indigent prisoners.
Join us to help pack and ship books. A complimentary White Dog lunch will be provided for volunteers. Space is limited. Please call (215) 386-9224 to reserve your place.
Community Service Day