UC Books to Prisoners is an Urbana Illinois based project providing books to Illinois inmates at no cost by mail as well as through two county jail libraries which we operate.
We are a community-powered volunteer organization with a number of easy ways for you to get involved. No experience is required and whether you have an hour a month or would like to volunteer more often, you are invited to to work with us.
Our volunteers primarily interact with inmates by reading their letters, selecting books from our collection of donated materials and shipping those books directly to inmates in response to their requests.
We also staff the two lending libraries located in the Champaign, IL County jails. If you would prefer to work behind the scenes, we can also utilize your unique skills managing volunteers, coordinating book donations and fund raising, as well as many other education & outreach as well as technical tasks. |
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| May, 2012 |
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Volunteer Librarians Needed
UC Books to Prisoners stocks, staffs and operates
lending libraries in Champaign County's two jails.
We are looking for a few more book-loving people
willing to support the common good. Time
commitment is less than three hours per month.
Summer and year-round volunteer positions
available.
No experience necessary.
Jail Library Hours of Operation:
Monday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
For more information
contact Doris (217) 714-4425
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| April, 2012 |
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Help us Promote this sale
Download & Circulate Flyers: 4 x 4 | 8.5 x 11
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| March 11, 2012 |
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BTP Receives 2012 McKinley Foundation
Community Organization Social Justice Award
Winners of the McKinley Foundation's Social Justice Awards were honored at a celebration at the foundation in Champaign. Front row, from left, are Rebecca Ginsburg of the Education Justice Project, which won the campus organization award; Jill McClary of Engineers Without Borders, which also won the campus organization award; Lolita Dumas of Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners, which won the community organization award; state Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-Champaign; and Aaron Ammons, who won the community individual award. Back row, from left, are Champaign County Board Chairman C. Pius Weibel, who won the lifetime achievement award; Kurt Gibson of the Education Justice Project; McKinley Foundation Executive Director Keith Harris; and Frank Migliarese, winner of the campus individual award. Photo: News-Gazette.
The McKinley Presbyterian Foundation has selected Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners to honor as the community organization winner of this year's Social Justice Awards.
The awards were presented earlier this month at a dinner and reception.
Each year, the foundation honors two individuals and two organizations that have worked to help raise awareness of injustice issues and made significant strides to improve life for those who have received unfair treatment.
This year, five $500 awards were made because there were so many excellent student organizations, and McKinley Presbyterian Church chose to sponsor an extra award, said Jane Cain, a development committee member.
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| January 16 2012 |
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| November 2011 |
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Welcome Doris, UC Books to Prisoners'
Jail Library Chair for 2011 / 2012
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Doris Anderchak
BTP 2011 / 2012 Jail Library Chair |
As our Jail Library Chair, Doris will coordinate the
committes activities including new volunteer recruitment & registration, staffing schedules, process improvement and collection maintenance.
Doris grew up In Chicago but has lived most of her adult life in Seattle, WA. She moved to Central Illinois a few years ago to live closer to family. She finds Champaign Urbana a lovely and interesting community that has been easy to consider her new home.
Doris is a master level counselor specializing in disability issues and has considerable experience in the area of brain and spinal cord injury. Currently she wants to invest her time and energy into volunteer work and is especially grateful to be a part of Books To Prisoners and a member of the IMC. She feels very passionate about the goals of the program, and very much enjoys meeting so many bright, dedicated and interesting people involved in B2P. “I am happy to be part of this tribe.” |
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| August 2011 |
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Welcome Lolita Dumas, UC Books to Prisoners'
Volunteer Supervisor for the Americorps 2011 / 2012 program year
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UC BTP Selects Lolita Dumas
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Volunteer Supervisor
A native of Chicago, Lolita M. Dumas has been a member of the Champaign-Urbana community since 1991. She has worked most recently for the non-profit Family Advocacy in Champaign County (FACC) and, before that, for the Department of Children and Family Services.
In her free time, she has worked with the ACCESS initiative in their community wide effort to reduce the number of young people entering the corrections system. Ms. Dumas served on the interim-governing board of ACCESS that was responsible for the hiring of the current administrative team and has continued her participation with ACCESS as a member of the Cultural Competence Linguistic Committee.
Ms. Dumas holds a Masters of Social Work and has taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Illinois School of Social Work. She has 2 children, Reginald and LaTianna, who are both students at Urbana High School.
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| May 28, 2011 |
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UC BTP Presents:
A Day at Stateville
(a play written by men serving
natural life in Stateville Prison
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Saturday, May 28 2011
4pm
Event includes:
- Performance
- Discussion
- Potluck dinner
(bring a dish to share)
download pdf
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| May 2011 |
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Uncensored
Prison Arts Festival
Monday May 2nd 7-9 pm
Event includes:
- Art work from inmates at the
Danville prison
- Guest speaker Gregory Koger who is
a formerly incarcerated individual of 20 years
- A short film screening
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