We are a non-profit corporation registered under the laws of the State of Florida. Our board of directors consists of people selected from several different denominational backgrounds and independent churches. They and all the others involved with Prison Book Project donate their time and individual skills. We have partnered with several Christian Publishers who send us returns,overstocks & damaged materials. Some publishers require that we pay the incoming freight cost;about $500 per pallet with a discount. We mix up this material to ensure a good assortment and send it out to build chapel libraries and book carts in prisons and jails. Publishers send inmate mail that they receive to us which we use to build our database and whenever possible, we try to take care of individual requests. Mailing to chaplains is the most preferable way of getting books into facilities. We can only mail 12 books in packages to individuals for the cost of one box with 65 books to a chaplain. In addition, our tests indicate that a book placed in a sharing environment, such as a chapel library, will be read by at least 30 people while a book sent to individuals will usually be read by five or less. We normally ship one box per 500 inmates. Rotating through the states alphabetically, we usually get to everyone once a year, depending on how much money comes in. We would like to be able to send to everyone twice a year; but, due to a lack of shipping funds and insufficient space we have been unable to reach that goal yet. Letters are important and encouraging to us. When we receive especially heartwarming letters, we try to send copies back to our book providers. Prison Book Project is a team consisting of publishers, chaplains, inmates and volunteers who labor unselfishly in our distribution center. Seeing the gratitude of prisoners who have been blessed motivates us all the more in our efforts. Thank you letters reflect the love of touched lives and we often receive testimonies of how these books have led people to Jesus. It seems worth while if even one person has been helped to truly know Him.