Library Project

As important, if not more so, is the volunteerism we have provided to organize and maintain the prison library. All the books are donated. Usually, Sister Theresa is the one beating the bushes for donations of books although we have supported her in that way as well. The actual work centers around unpacking the donated books and getting them on the shelves in some kind of order so that when a special request is made, the sheriff’s deputies who are handing out the books will know where to look. We also put returned books back on the shelves. The prison staff truly appreciates the work we do.

Why do we do it? I can’t speak for Pat Lilly or Kitty Chadbourne (without whom this project doesn’t exist), but for myself  I’d say that in books there’s hope and, dare I say, the chance of escape, if only for a short time. At the very least, no matter what your station in life, you can always find a character in literature that is worse off than you are.