Our Facebook page is currently down, sorry if you have been trying to communicate with us by that means. The Instagram page is still up and you can otherwise contact us at providencebtb@gmail.com. We are open every Sunday for drop-in volunteers from 11-1 at St. Barnabas Church, 3257 Post Road, Warwick. Use the rear entrance. There is construction in the area behind St. Barnabas so enter from Post Road — take a left after Warwick City Hall (3275 Post Road). Continue behind City Hall and take a right into a parking area shared by the Warwick Center for the Arts (3259 Post Road), St. Barnabas and the Apponaug baseball field. You can also park on Post Road and walk to the back. We are glad to accept donations of paperbacks during the hours noted above (otherwise by arrangement). Thanks!
ABOUT US
Providence Books Through Bars is a Rhode Island-based volunteer non-profit organization. We are independent and non-denominational and are located on the ground floor of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Apponaug Village, Warwick.
Our mission is to use donated books to provide free reading material for incarcerated people nationwide.
Books are crucial for education, self-fulfillment, entertainment and community-building. They represent a life-line for prisoners with few resources, and let incarcerated people know that they are not forgotten.
VOLUNTEER
Providence Books Through Bars is an all-volunteer organization.
We are open for drop-in volunteers on Sundays from 11 to 1 and will post to Facebook if not (holiday, severe weather or other unusual event).
DONATE
Have some books you wish to donate? We accept donations of paperbacks.
Looking to donate funds? Great! The vast majority of our books are donated, but we spend thousands of dollars every year on postage. We accept PayPal, credit cards and checks for donations.
