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Meet Michael, Featured Volunteer for Spring 2025
Michael Winkelhorst has been volunteering with Books to Prisoners for over eight years. He began when we were still in the church...
Apr 33 min read
Meet Clinton, Featured Volunteer for Winter 2024
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...
Nov 29, 20244 min read


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....
Sep 14, 20243 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...
Apr 24, 20246 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...
Mar 14, 20241 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...
Dec 14, 20234 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...
Oct 14, 20235 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...
Sep 6, 20231 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...
Jul 22, 20233 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...
Jun 27, 20232 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”...
May 30, 20234 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...
Apr 29, 20233 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...
Mar 31, 20234 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 28, 20233 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...
Feb 2, 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...
Jan 5, 20234 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...
Dec 17, 20223 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...
May 5, 20163 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...
Mar 10, 20162 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...
Dec 17, 20152 min read
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