Tuesday Volunteer Session

About this event

PDX Books Through Bars (formerly Books to Prisoners) mails literature and educational books to adults in custody nationwide. We help liberate individuals experiencing incarceration through means of literature and educational materials.

Books Through Bars holds a volunteer project every Tuesday night from 5:30-7:30 pm to answer requests (letters) from adults in custody. Volunteers will read requests, pull appropriate books from the shelves, and package them for mailing.

Books Through Bars:

• Up to 10 volunteers each week through Hands On Portland. Every Tuesday from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

• Masks are required. There will be a max of 12-15 people between Hands On volunteers and our core committee.

• The space is ADA-accessible and there are all-gender restrooms on site. We have hand sanitizer in the room for people to use.

• Volunteers must park cars in the parking lot off of SE 54th and come around and into the building through the main entrance off of SE Belmont. Follow the directionals to the lower level dining room. VOLUNTEERS MUST SIGN UP BEFORE SHOWING UP: https://bit.ly/volunteerBTB

We also often generate a pile of free books for people to take at each session - if you want to take them to Powells to try and sell them for $ for us, even better. *Due to funding shortages, we are unable to send out as many book packages as we can create with the help of volunteers (books are heavy!). Feel free to bring a few dollars to donate if you can ; every cent adds up to enable us to send out more packages more quickly!