Bellingham Books To Prisoners
Books To Prisoners is an all-volunteer, non-profit group that sends free books to prisoners in the U.S.
Posts Tagged ‘packing meeting’
No More First Sunday Meetings!
Due to lack of volunteer turnout, we are discontinuing our first Sunday of the month meetings. We will still meet every Monday night from 6pm-9pm, and we hope to see you there! Read More
No Sunday Meeting in April!
Normally, our schedule of packing meetings includes the first Sunday of the month from 1pm to 4pm (as well as every Monday from 6pm to 9pm). Since the first Sunday in April--the 4th--falls on Easter, we will not have a meeting that day. This means there is no Sunday afternoon packing ...Read More
We’re Taking a Holiday Break!
Our new "every Monday night is a packing meeting night" has been wildly successful. We have volunteers, we have books, and we even have money for postage -- what's in short supply right now are letters from prisoners. The need is as great as ever, but there's fewer ...Read More
We Now Meet Every Week!
At our last planning meeting, we decided to change our packing meeting schedule to meet more frequently and eliminate confusion about when to show up. We are trying out a new, 5 times a month, packing schedule (at least through the new year, at which point we will re-evaluate). OUR NEW ...Read More
Next Packing Meeting: Monday 11/9 6-9pm
Our next packing meeting is on Monday, November 9th, 6pm-9pm. Come when you like; stay as long as you want. As usual, we'll be answering prisoner letters, wrapping packages and having a great time. (At our last meeting we broke a Bellingham BTP record by preparing 55 packages of books!) There ...Read More
Next Packing Meeting: Sunday, 11/1 1-4pm
Our next packing meeting will be this coming Sunday, November 1st--and, remember, it's an afternoon meeting instead of evening! The hours will 1:00pm to 4:00pm, and we hope to see everybody there! We meet in our space at the back of Rocket Donuts--if you haven't attended a meeting before, email us ...Read More
Next Packing Meeting: Monday, 10/26 6-9pm
Next Packing meeting is October 26th, 6pm-9pm, in our space at the back of Rocket Donuts. Packing meetings have been very lively--and productive--of late. At the last meeting, we had 16 volunteers, many of them new, and it was a good mix of students, folks new to town and long time ...Read More