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Want to learn more about or volunteer with APBP?

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectDecember 18, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

With all the press we've been getting lately (an article in The Dominion Post, a radio interview with WV Public Broadcasting, and a local news story scheduled to air this evening on WDTV Channel 5 at 6 and 11), I…

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Volunteers

WV Public Broadcasting Radio Interview w/APBP

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectDecember 16, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

Katy Ryan, co-founder of APBP, was recently interviewed for a piece on WV Public Radio about the project. Click here to hear the interview!

Press

Dominion Post article and more press!

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectDecember 14, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

Click the photo below to read the article about APBP that ran recently in The Dominion Post.  As they say, any publicity is good publicity, and this piece is no exception; it has spawned interest in the project at WV…

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Press

APBP in WVU’s Eberly College Summer 2010 Newsletter

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectAugust 24, 2010August 22, 20192 Comments

UPDATE as of 9/20/2010: This link is broken--sorry, trying to find another! You can still get an idea of how nice the article is in the meantime, just from the pic below. 🙂

Press

Organizational meeting planned for Thursday 8/19, 11:00am…

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectAugust 9, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

at the Garlow House on Spruce Street. Agenda items include but are not limited to: new volunteer recruitment efforts special projects (pen pal, book club, writing class and read-to-your child at Hazelton, etc.) fundraising ideas, speaking of which... a potential…

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Events

Great day at the market!

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 21, 2010August 22, 20191 Comment

We had a great time at the market this past weekend. It was a beautiful (if a little warm!) day and we not only ran into half the people we know in Morgantown enjoying the market's fine offerings, but we…

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Events

APBP Dictionary Drive at Morgantown Farmers Market June 19

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 10, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

The delightful Morgantown Farmers Market, which invites local nonprofits to network there each week, has offered APBP a space  next Saturday, June 19. We have opted to use this opportunity for a "dictionary drive." We will be collecting paperback dictionaries, which are…

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Events

Donation made to Charleston-area Dismas House. Thanks, APBP!

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 8, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

The Appalachian Prison Book Project is based in Morgantown, WV, and we send books to prisons in several states, but our outreach is not limited to those spaces. For instance, in the past we have donated books to a reading…

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Donations

Dictionaries needed.

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 5, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

We can always use them. ALWAYS! Let us know if you'd like to make a donation (paperback, please, as many prisons will not allow hardcover books) or otherwise have a brilliant dictionary-acquisition idea. 🙂

Updates

APBP Spring Update

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 5, 2010August 22, 2019Leave a comment

Since we're only two weeks until summer now, I better hurry up and get this spring update posted before spring is no more! APBP is still going strong. Here are few happenings: We've had several new volunteers be trained in…

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Updates

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