From Katie Kennel I volunteered with the Appalachian Prison Book Project on November 3rd and returned on November 6th. When I arrived there to volunteer, I received a brief training and was then allowed to work. There are three categories…
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Grateful to these volunteers from WVU Biology!
WVU Campus Read Day of Service
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Campus Read Day of Service with APBP! Come back and volunteer with us anytime. We had time to talk about APBP, open, read and wrap books of course, but also talk about stigma and…
the Kite Runner
The Women's Book Club at Hazelton had a fantastic meeting Monday morning. It is impossible to convey how much energy and love propel these discussions. All i know (katy here) is how fortunate i feel every time we meet. Our…
Walk for Justice 2018
On September 15, 2018, the APBP Student Organization organized the first Walk for Justice, a two-mile trek that began in the WVU Arboretum and flowed onto the Rail Trail. Two undergraduates, Kristin DeVault and Laura Curry, worked for months to…
at long last–APBP t-shirts!
Thanks to Underground Printing!
We are excited to announce a new co-sponsor of the APBP Student Organization's Walk for Justice! Underground Printing is helping to create our first-ever t-shirts. Thank you, Underground Printing! https://undergroundshirts.com/…/custom-t-shirt-printing-mor…
WVU Welcome Week & Service-Learning
On August 12, 2018, 40 incoming WVU students wrapped 303 books at an APBP's service-learning event. Many thanks to the WVU Center for Service and Learning for organizing this fantastic event and to Valerie Surrett for leading the APBP effort@…
Outgoing Books
We are busy as ever this summer!
2018 Innovations in Reading Prize
APBP has been awarded honorable mention in the 2018 National Book Foundation Innovations in Reading Prize!! Check out the cool company we are in and our new logo created (just in time!) by an incarcerated artist and member of the…