| We have been very busy lately. In fact, we now have volunteer activities happening four to five days a week, thanks to your support. Check out our event calendar to see what we're doing today and find out how you can get involved. |
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History of UC Books to Prisoners Events |
| Holidays 2007 |
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Are you looking for a meaningful gift to give your
friends
and family this holiday season?
Why not consider buying a book to send to an inmate in an
Illinois
prison
or jail in honor of your loved one?
Books to Prisoners will use your donation to buy books to
add to the Champaign County Jail Libraries or to
send to an inmate in an Illinois prison.
More information
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| November 2007 |
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National Conference
of Prison Book Projects
November 2-4 2007
Hosted by U.C. Books to Prisoners
Urbana IL
This was the second National
gathering of prison book projects.
The conference catered to the
needs
of established book programs
as
well as emerging groups.
More information
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| Friday Sept 28 - Sunday Sept 30 2007 |
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Pages for Pennies
Book Sale
September 28 - 30 2007
Thanks to the support of our community
this was our most successful book sale to date
we raised almost $4,000.00
for postage
Location:
the IMC Building (Downtown Urbana Post Office)
202 S. Broadway Urbana IL
Friday Sept 28: noon - midnight
Saturday Sept 29: 7:00 AM - midnight
Sunday Sept 30: 11 - 6 PM
BAG SALE
($2.00 for a bag of books!)
Sunday 2- 6 or when we sell out!
Volunteer Opportunites:
Contact April adiaz25@uiuc.edu
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| April 2007 |
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Prisoner art from Captured Words, Free Thoughts 2007
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3rd Annual Zine Released
UC Books to Prisoners accepts
inmate art and writing and publishes
an annual review.
This year, we focus on works by local
inmates from Champaign County and
Illinois prisons.
Download a copy from our site:
Inmate Publications
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| Friday April 20 - Saturday April 21 2007 |
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Prison Arts Festival
Second Annual Prison Arts Festival
Friday
Art Opening & Dancing to Desafinado
Friday 8:00 PM
Saturday
Film Screening: Mario's Story
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Town Forum: Schools-to-prisons pipeline
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Poetry Reading & Hip Hop Celebration
7:00 PM - Late
All Events FREE & at you IMC
202 S. Broadway Urbana IL
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| Thursday April 12 - Monday April 16 2007 |
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Pages for Pennies Book Sale
Huge Success!
Thanks to the support of the Champaign Urbana
Community, we had our most successful book sale yet.
From April 12 - 16th we held our
Spring book sale
raising over $3,300
This money will allow us to continue with our operations
and covers approximately six months of our expenses.
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| Saturday March 10th 2007 |
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Volunteers load books into their new home
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UC BTP Opens 2nd Jail Library
UC Books to Prisoners has opened a new library
in the Urbana IL "Satellite Jail" facility.
Like the library in the downtown jail, this new
library is stocked with books, donated by the
community and staffed by UC Books to Prisoners
Volunteers.
Services are scheduled to begin on March 16th
You can participate, to find out how
send us a message.
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Pages for Pennies:
A Book Sale to Benefit Books to Prisoners
We'd love to invite you out for our Spring Book Sale! Proceeds from this book sale go towards shipping costs and dictionaries, the only books we actually buy for our inmates.
Pages for Pennies will be held at the IMC Building, 202 S. Broadway, in Urbana, Illinois (the old post office). If you'd like to volunteer for the book sale, please contact Susan Bruce, our coordinator for the sale.
Hours:
Thursday, April 12 - 4pm-9pm
Friday, April 13 - 12pm-9pm
Saturday, April 14 - 10am-5pm
Sunday, April 15 - 10am-5pm
Monday, April 16 - 10am-12pm |
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Please come out to support Books To Prisoners!
All books are half price on Monday the 16th.
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| Febuary 2007 |
Book Fair to Benefit UC BTP
On Saturday Feb 10th 2007 Barnes & Noble hosted a Book Fair
to benefit UC Books to Prisoners.
Barnes & Noble donated a portion of their sales when
a coupon was presented at the time of the purchase.
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| November 2006 |
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Slam-Jam
Romp-Stomp 2
Saturday November 11th
8:00 PM - on
A cultural showcase
to benefit the IMC & Books to Prisoners
Featuring:
Aaron Ammons
Greg Spero Trio
DJ Limbs
and Mysery Guests
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| November 2006 |
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Fall Book Sale
Wed Nov 8th -
Mon Nov 13th
In the Sun Room at the IMC
202 S. Broadway Urbana
You can help us: Promote the Sale
Setup / Staff the Sale / Tear Down
Sign up for a shift today! |
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| January 2006 |
