Bellingham Books To Prisoners

Community Co-op Shopping Day

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:22:30 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the Community Food Co-op has selected BTP to be one of the organizations involved in their community shopping day program.

On Saturday, January 21 we will be tabling at both store locations in an effort to increase public awareness of our organization. 2% of total sales from both stores will be donated to BTP for that day, so please save your shopping for Saturday, January 21, and come out and support BTP.

We would like to sincerely thank the Community Food Co-op for this outstanding fund raising opportunity.

Whatcom Give-A-Thon

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:08:04 +0000

Come join us at the 3rd annual Whatcom Give-a thon on Friday, December 2 between 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the former Value Village building at 3990 Meridian Street.

We will be having a book sale, as well as various other goodies, and a raffle of course. Many local charities will be on hand – come find a great deal on holiday gifts and help out some worthy causes.

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November 2011 Fund Raisers

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:01:32 +0000

Multi-Faith Alternative Holiday Market

Please join us Sunday, November 20 from 1-4 p.m. at the Church of the Assumption, 2116 Cornwall Ave

Numerous charities and nonprofits will be on hand. A great opportunity to find holiday gifts while putting your money to a constructive use.

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Introducing the late night library series at the Bellingham Alternative Library:

Books to Prisoners benefit during Late Night Library.

The Bellingham Alternative Library is holding two benefits for Books to Prisoners in November. November is Angela Davis Month according to the BAL’s featured revolutionary program. Angela Davis is a living revolutionary who continues to educate about, and fight to end, the prison-industrial-complex. She will not be attending, but many of her essays and footage from her talks will be featured at the library. While the library will have handmade BTP merchandise on sale all month, the main fundraisers will take place as “late night libraries.” On the 11th and 25th (2nd and 4th Fridays) of November the BAL will be open an additional 3 hours, from 7-10pm. Admission is $3-$5, sliding scale. All proceeds go to Bellingham BTP.

The prison-industrial-complex Davis speaks of is a term used to desribe the rapid expansion of the US inmate population due to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. Businesses have a hand in incarceration, thus lobbyist and PR agents have a say when a community is considering different routes to mitigate social issues. The building of a new prison is often the only measure put forth.

Help us celebrate Angela Davis, spread the word on the Prison-Industrial-Complex, and bring more crucial postage money to Books to Prisoners.

The Bellingham Alternative Library, located at 717 North Forest shares its 3,000 books with the public every day from 2 to 7pm. It will be featuring revolutionaries Audre Lorde in December, and Emma Goldman in January.

Sidewalk Sale!

Tom — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:57:54 +0000

Bellingham Books to Prisoners will be having a sidewalk sale on Saturday, June 25th from 10-5 on the corner of Bay and Holly streets downtown.

We will be selling a large selection of books, most for $1 or less, plus many other items including clothing, household goods, tools, sporting goods, etc. We will also have baked goods and other foods, as well as live music – so come on down and find yourself a great deal, and help support BTP. 100% of proceeds will go to covering the cost of postage to send books to prisoners.

Garage Sale!

Tom — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:12:37 +0000

We are having a garage sale to benefit BTP on Saturday, April 16.

Address is 2839 Cedarwood Avenue (corner of Cedarwood and Pinewood), hours are 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Come find a great deal and help us raise badly needed funds! If you would like to donate items for the sale, send us an email and we will arrange it. I hope to see you there.

Dhamma Brothers Screening

Tom — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:46:42 +0000

Come join us Friday, March 25th @ 7:00 pm, at the Red Cedar Dharma Hall (1021 N Forest St.) for a screening of The Dhamma Brothers.

This is a very powerful film illustrating the positive effects of meditation upon a group of prisoners in an Alabama maximum security prison. The film provides a gritty look at prison life and politics, as well as a wonderful message of hope and humanity. Check out the trailer at www.dhammabrothers.com.

Please bring your friends and family – we need your support! Suggested donation $5.

Give-A-Thon

Betsy — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:59:00 +0000

This year we’ve been invited to participate in a new fundraising activity in Bellingham. Since our other fundraiser, the Alternative Holiday Market, was effectively snowed out this year, we’re very excited to be part of the Whatcom County Association of Realtors 2nd Annual Give-a-Thon. http://giveathon.wordpress.com

Friday, December 10, from noon to 8:00 p.m.
O’Donnell’s Bellingham Flea Market, 1522 Cornwall Avenue

There will be music, coffee, cookies, and a silent auction, as well as displays from 40+ local non-profits. Bellingham Books To Prisoners will be there, selling notecards featuring prisoner art, special donated gift books, and raffle tickets for a charming gingerbread house.

We also have certificates to let you donate money for postage in someone else’s name (it really is a wonderful gift or stocking stuffer). $3 sends a package of books to a prisoner; over and over we get letters telling us that the simple act of getting books makes a huge impact in the lives of prisoners, as the books are passed from hand to hand.

Please stop this Friday — and bring your friends!