Tuesday Volunteer Session
Tue, Dec 02
|Portland
Books Through Bars holds a volunteer project every Tuesday night from 5:30-7:30 pm to answer requests (letters) from adults in custody. Volunteers will read requests, pull appropriate books from the shelves, and package them for mailing. RSVP REQUIRED through Hands On: https://bit.ly/volunteerBTB
Time & Location
Dec 02, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Portland, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215, USA
About the event
PDX Books Through Bars (formerly Books to Prisoners) mails literature and educational books to adults in custody nationwide. We help liberate individuals experiencing incarceration through means of literature and educational materials.
Books Through Bars holds a volunteer project every Tuesday night from 5:30-7:30 pm to answer requests (letters) from adults in custody. Volunteers will read requests, pull appropriate books from the shelves, and package them for mailing. Books Through Bars:
Up to 10 volunteers each week through Hands On Portland. Every Tuesday from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Masks are required. There will be a max of 12-15 people between Hands On volunteers and our core committee.
The space is ADA-accessible and there are all-gender restrooms on site. We have hand sanitizer in the room for people to use.
Volunteers must park cars in the parking lot off of SE 54th and come around and into the building through the main entrance off of SE…