Past President Jessica Price is a force for good in our community and abroad. Not only does she advocate for U of O students as an attorney and win awards as a local leader, she is currently spearheading a book drive for the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. This is Oregon’s only women’s prison and we are collecting all kinds of books with the only restrictions being no true crime, survivalist, fighting or weapons books. Please no books with spiral binding either.
Bring your new or good-condition books to the Rotary Club of Eugene Metropolitan on Tuesday, May 14th at 6 pm. Join us for dinner and with a great book (or two or three) to donate at The Davis Restaurant in downtown Eugene.
Jessica is pictured above when the Oregon Women’s Business Leaders named her their 2023 Business Leader of the Year. We’re proud to call her a Metrotarian and we would love your help in bolstering her efforts to promote literacy for incarcerated women.
This will be a very Rotarian evening promoting literacy, supporting local business, and listening to our guest speaker from Egypt share his experiences as a dentist doing international volunteering.
Guests are always welcome!
Photo credit © Around the O
Image description: Jessica Price is pictured smiling and holding her etched glass Business Leader of the Year award. She has shoulder-length black hair and is wearing a bright floral top with a black three-quarter sleeve sweater.
Comments
8 comments
Nikki Willis
I have been cleaning my bookshelves and have a couple of boxes of books. How can I get these to y’all for this project?
Heather M. Edwards
Oh that would’ve been awesome, thank you! The book drive was in May but we might do it again next year and we will definitely share with the district if we do 🙂
al solomon
My companion, a protestant minister, moved out leaving about 50 books on the philosophy and understanding of life, soul searching, and the like. I think the books would be appropriate for prisoners searching for ideas and answers on how to turn a life around. Is your project ongoing or did it end in May? The drive from my home in Coos Bay (200 + miles) might be worth the trip if you can get these books to the prison library.
Heather M. Edwards
Thank you, Al. Yes, it ended in May but your inherited collection sounds like an ideal donation for them. If we do another drive again next year we’ll send out another update so that anyone who wants to participate can join this outstanding project. Our outstanding past president collected more than 300 books this time and we are overjoyed 🙂 Thank you so much for reaching out!
PDG Claudette
Is it too late to connect with the prison project if we are in Eugene? Thank you for what you are doing!
Heather M. Edwards
Thank you, PDG Claudette! I just emailed you. How much do we love partnering with other clubs 🙂
Sue Densmore
What a good idea. I have volumes of fiction books -cook books, decorating books. But I live in Ashland. Also, I always wonder if there is a place to donate fun magazines.
Heather M. Edwards
Friends of the Eugene Library accepts all kinds of books and some magazines. Maybe your public library has something similar? Or you can donate them in Eugene if you’re in town? The donation bin is in the entryway on the basement parking level and every year they sell the donated books as a fundraiser for the library 🙂