Books for DC's Incarcerated Teens
SummaryProvides books to teenaged boys who have been charged and incarcerated as adults in the Washington, DC Jail.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $4,000 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop That You Can Help
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Received $4,000 from 66 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Each year, more than 100 teenaged boys ages 16 and 17 are charged and incarcerated as adults at the Washington, DC Jail. Most have already dropped out of school. The jail has no library. This project uses a book club to introduce young inmates to the life changing power of books and creative writing.
Activities
This project will allow us to provide new books 2X/month to youths in our book club. We will also provide extra books to meet the varied interests and reading levels of incarcerated teens just beginning to love and practice daily reading
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,000
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $4,000 . The original project funding goal was $4,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.freemindsbookclub.org)
- Reader Spotlight column washingtonpost.com (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/05/reader_spotlight_ted_and_geral.html)
- WJLA Channel 7 news story (http://www.youtube.com/user/freemindsbookclub)
- East of the River newspaper article (http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/publications/eotr/2007_December/30-31_EOR_1207.pdf)
- Washington Post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48931-2004Aug7.html)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Free Minds serves the city's most at-risk teens. Books can be the spark that ignites a desire for learning and empowers these young men to pursue education instead of crime.
Project Message
My life has been inspired by all the books you have given me.Thanks to Free Minds, these books have helped me to make changes in my life and become a better man”
- Calvin Minor, Free Minds Book Club Member
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Kelli Taylor
Executive Director
2201 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
United States
202-468-4809
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop
2201 P Street, NW
Washington,
DC
20037
United States
202-758-0829
http://www.freemindsbookclub.org
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
United States
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 30, 2009
