[Bookstoprisoners] Books To Prisoners Update - Packathon THIS SATURDAY 3PM

[Jay Schubert]

Greetings BTP'ers,
 When the weather is as beautiful as it is today, it's hard to think about 
going into the basement, but that's what we need to do.
 Books to Prisoners has moved into our new room located in the basement of 
the Urbana Post Office building and there is LOTS of work to be done. Many 
people on this list are new to the group and have joined through the Jail 
Library Project. I'd like to welcome you to our group and invite you to the 
packathon this weekend. 
 Because of the move, we are extremely behind on filling requests from 
inmates and we need a *huge* turnout this weekend to get back on-track. 
Currently our priorities are answering the letters and shipping books to the 
*40 inmates currently awaiting our response* as well as pulling the books to 
be shelved at the jail libraries, 

however there are many other tasks and you are welcome to help with any / 
all of them (see below). 
 *Please let us know* if you can join us on Saturday at 3pm at the new IMC 
building at 202 S. Broadway in Urbana; use the Elm St. entrance on the north 
side of the building. There is a bike rack at the front of the building near 
the north entrance to Lincoln Square and a bike loop available at the south 
entrance to the basement. Free parking is available around the building. 
 *Join us this Saturday to*:
* Meet the other people in our group
* Answer *40 pending letters* from inmates
* Discuss the next step in the Jail Library Project
* *Pull 1,000 books* for the Champaign County Jail libraries
* Sort and Shelve our recent donations (*15 boxes @ IMC and 25-30 still in 
my garage!*)
* Arrange / Organize Work Surfaces (We need a few tables - *can you donate 
an old card table*?)
* Get the two computers (donated by Prairienet - Thanks Matt!) set up and 
working & test wifi in the room
 -- 
- Jay Schubert (217) 721-7419
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