The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project Needs Your Urgent Help!

by midwestpagestop...
The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project is in a financial crisis. An increased demand for books and rising postage costs have completely depleted our funds. Without your help, we will not be able to send books to the hundreds of people in prison who are currently waiting to receive them.

The financial need is great:

  • Every week, volunteers at the Midwest Pages to Prisoners receives 60-100 requests for free books from incarcerated people throughout the Midwest.
  • Every few weeks, volunteers are able to mail 100-200 packages of books to help fulfill these requests.
  • It costs $3-5 to send each package of books at the lowest postage rates, making the project's weekly expenses hundreds of dollars a week.


Please help Midwest Pages to Prisoners continue the work that we do by making an emergency donation:

  • You can bring donations in person to Boxcar Books and Community Center and leave them with the volunteer working at the counter. Please tell the volunteer that they are emergency donations for the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project.
  • On the web with PayPal by clicking on the "Make a Donation" button below:


Thanks for your continued support,
Geoff Hing
The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project

submitted on Sun, 2007-12-02 09:09

Volunteer!

During Indiana University's Fall and Spring semesters:
  • Mondays 7-9pm
  • Thursdays 7-10pm
  • Sundays 2-5pm
During Indiana University's Winter Break and Summer semesters:
  • Thursdays 7-9pm
  • Sundays 2-4pm
at 118 S. Rogers Suite #2 Bloomington, IN 47404 Please read our volunteering page for more information.

Donate!

You can also support us by donating materials, books, and/or money. We are always in need of packing materials and reusable manilla envelopes. Please contact us before donating books. Checks can be made out to "Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project" and sent to or dropped off during normal business hours at Boxcar Books at 408 E. 6th St. Bloomington, IN 47408 You can donate to our project online using PayPal by clicking on the button below.

Contact!

The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project
c/o Boxcar Books and Community Center, Inc.
118 S. Rogers
Suite 2
Bloomington, IN 47404

1.866.598.1543 (toll-free)

mwpp [at] pagestoprisoners.org

Bookmooch

The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project would like to thank BookMooch for their generous support. BookMooch, an online community for exchanging used books, has generously donated points to us so we can request specific books from BookMooch members.

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