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“There are over forty organizations in the United States that distribute donated books to prisons and incarcerated individuals. One of these nonprofit organizations is Books to Prisoners, located in Seattle, Washington. They have been responding to individual requests for books for close to five decades. We sat down with Andy Chan, who has volunteered there since 1994, to discuss how the organization works and some of the challenges and rewards of operating the book donation

Seattle Now is a weekday podcast produced by public radio station KUOW. Beginning at six minutes, board member Andy Chan describes how we adapted to quarantine. Volunteers from Real Change and The Museum of Flight are interviewed as well. This 15-minute program begins with a round-up of efforts to protest and prevent deaths of people in custody at the King County Jail. How Seattle’s volunteerism adapted to the pandemic Seattle Now, KUOW, Feb 27, 2023 #media