[Bookstoprisoners] Re: text books to donate

[Jay Schubert]

Suzanne picked up a copy of the Tribune and found our web site listed in the
Chicago Tribune Magazine (a glossy insert in Sunday's paper).  It's listed
in a side bar called "20 (mostly) quick and painless ways to brighten
tomorrow TODAY"

We're listed as number 5.

5. Help a prisoner learn
Donate used books, especially text books, to prisoners so that incarcerated
men and women can work toward a high school equivalency or college degree.
books2prisoners.org

While it's likely just a convenient case of a lazy reporter assuming our
authoritative domain name and good search result rankings means that our
scope is larger than it in fact is, I'll take it!  Our web site had its
busiest day and weekend ever with over 2,500 hits so far this weekend from
more than 130 unique visitors.

So far the extra volume of messages I've gotten today are people interested
in donating books, who I've been referring to the Chicago projects, but I
think it's all good :)

DayNumber of visitsPagesHitsBandwidth18 Aug 200762424103625.16 MB 19 Aug
200772159156137.72 MB
- Jay


On 8/19/07, Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone seen this Trib article today?
>
> - Jay
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: polly hawkins < hatcheggs at ameritech.net>
> Date: Aug 19, 2007 12:58 PM
> Subject: text books to donate
> To: jay.schubert at gmail.com
>
> Dear Jay,
> I read about your organization today in the Chicago Tribune. I have 22
> highschool textbooks, our last  child is a high school senior. They are all
> in good condition and most are math and science with some Spanish textbooks.
>
> Please let me know where I should send them.
> Sincerely,
> Polly Hawkins
>
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