Meet Marnie, Featured Volunteer for Fall 2024
After coming in to wrap packages every Wednesday evening for a couple of years now, Marnie has stepped up to a new level of service....
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Apr 246 min read
Meet Kris, Featured Volunteer for April 2024
Kris has volunteered with Books to Prisoners since 1989. Instead of our usual Featured Volunteer questions, we asked her about what it's...
Mar 141 min read
Spring 2024 Featured Volunteer: Jackie
Our featured volunteer this spring is Jackie. Jackie is a devoted volunteer who always diligently selects the perfect books for each...
Dec 14, 20234 min read
Winter 2023 Featured Volunteer: Kim Dao
Our featured volunteer this winter is Kim (she/they). Kim has been volunteering with BTP since June. Recently, she saw how many requests...
Oct 14, 20235 min read
Meet Doug, Volunteer of the Month for October 2023
What got you interested in BTP to begin with, or what made you start volunteering? Does it tie in to the rest of your life in any...
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Meet Austin, Volunteer of the Month for September 2023
What got you interested in BTP to begin with, or what made you start volunteering? Does it tie in to the rest of your life in any...
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Meet Diane, Volunteer of the Month for August 2023
I became interested in BTP when I first heard about it, decades ago, when the facilities were located in Pioneer Square and volunteers...
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Meet Susan, Volunteer of the Month, July 2023
Susan began volunteering with us in April. Board member Andy Chan recalls, “When I first met Susan it was clear she took the work very...
May 30, 20234 min read
Meet Roger and Susan, Volunteers of the Month for June 2023
You won’t see Roger and Susan during shifts very often, but they make enormous contributions behind the scenes. When “Books to Prisoners”...
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Meet Chloe, Volunteer of the Month for May 2023
What got you interested in BTP to begin with, or what made you start volunteering? Does it tie in to the rest of your life in any...
Mar 31, 20234 min read
Meet Sol, Volunteer of the Month for April 2023
Sol began an internship with Books to Prisoners in January 2023. She has redone much of our signage and our visual guide to where books...
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Meet Craig, Volunteer of the Month for March 2023
Craig began volunteering at BtP in July 2022. According to Andy, one of our board members, “From the first time I met Craig he had a...
Feb 2, 20234 min read
Meet Rocky, Volunteer of the Month for February 2023
What got you interested in BTP to begin with, or what made you start volunteering? Does it tie into the rest of your life in any...
Jan 5, 20234 min read
Meet Anjali, Volunteer of the Month for January 2023
“Anjali is the kind of young person we love to see taking an interest in literacy and reading in prison. Her stick-to-it-iveness is truly...
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Meet Sydney, Volunteer of the Month, December 2022
Sydney began volunteering with Books to Prisoners in June. She comes in several times a month to wrap packages of books prisoners have...
May 5, 20163 min read
May’s Volunteer of the Month: Bev
Bev and Paris Hi Bev! First of all, how did you get started with Books to Prisoners? About 8 years ago, after leaving my job teaching...
Mar 10, 20162 min read
March’s Volunteer of the Month: Catherine
Catherine, wearing traditional Metro Seattle area headgear How did you get started with Books to Prisoners? I learned about Books to...
Dec 17, 20152 min read
Volunteer of the Month: Peter
Peter Yates (left) How long have you been volunteering with Books to Prisoners? I’ve been volunteering for Books to Prisoners for one...
Sep 3, 20152 min read
September’s Volunteer of the Month: Curtis
Curtis Cronn When did you start volunteering with Books to Prisoners? I’ve been volunteering for six months now. How did you get involved...
Apr 21, 20152 min read
May’s Volunteer of the Month: Toby
Toby Stansell When did you start volunteering with Books to Prisoners? I’ve been volunteering with Books to Prisoners since August 2014....
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