Sponsors

Sponsor
Claremont Forum
The Claremont Forum is a non-profit community organization serving the city of Claremont and its neighbors. The mission of The Claremont Forum is to promote individual and social well-being through education, the arts, and wellness programs. Founded in 1985, The Claremont Forum provides a foundation for the development of ideas, the arts, and community service

Partners - A Special Thank You to our PLP Partners!

The Gypsy Sisters (and their brothers)
This group of artists and artisans hold several annual craft fairs and proceeds of their sales support the Prison Library Project and the Claremont Forum.

Postmarked
Curated by Anne Seltzer, this annual mail art exhibition and silent auction fundraiser collects mail art from around the world. Providing education and opportunity to learn about mail art, view new and established mail artists' works, and to participate in the experience of creating and sending mail art. Now in its 6th year, this exhibition is one of the largest in California.

First Street Gallery Art Center
First Street Gallery Art Center is an exhibition resource and arts management center for adults with developmental disabilities in Claremont, California. It is a unique art center of the Tierra del Sol Foundation founded on the proposition that human potential for creativity and artistic expression is not limited by physical or intellectual challenges.   Through cultivation of artistic expression, people with significant challenges can develop creatively and make important contributions to the cultural and economic life of their communities.

Damien High School
Damien High School students are regular volunteers and supporters of the PLP. They have an active PLP Club on campus and coordinate many volunteer and fundraising activities throughout the academic year.

Islamic Center of Claremont
This local mosque and Muslim community center donates Qur’an’s and other Islamic resources annually.

Claremont Presbyterian Church
Claremont Presbyterian Church is a vital, inclusive, suburban faith community, which has celebrated its fiftieth year. Our membership totals 650 people. In our corporate faith journey, we focus on worship, education, mission (both local and global), and spiritual development in seeking the mind and heart of Christ.  We welcome all persons into full membership regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, social or economic status, physical or mental challenge.

SOURCE Program at Claremont McKenna College
The mission of SOURCE is to help local nonprofits build capacity and increase efficiency by providing professional consulting services at no additional cost to the organizations, while at the same time enhancing student development. The overarching goal is that the value of SOURCE's services will exceed the monetary compensation students receive. Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute, SOURCE is a student-run organization on Claremont McKenna College's campus that has been consulting with nonprofits in the Claremont area since 2005.

Prison Dharma Network
Prison Dharma Network (PDN) was founded in 1989 by Fleet Maull, a federal prisoner then serving a 14-year sentence for drug trafficking.   Since its founding, PDN's Books Behind Bars program has provided books on meditation and contemplative spirituality to over 25,000 prisoners in over 900 prisons around the world. The Prison Dharma Network has inspired a model for the PLP and has donated important books and resources to our project.

Pilgrim Place
Pilgrim Place is the collective spirit of those called to careers in religious and charitable non-profit organizations who wish to reside in an intellectually/theologically stimulating, ecologically sensitive, personally active environment. Pilgrim Place is a diverse community of individuals who come to this community to continue on their life-long path of service and outreach while exploring new opportunities for personal growth and learning in a charming, Southern California town.

Our PLP Director, Doug Wallace, is joined by volunteers and donors who offer dedicated support and energy to the PLP.

Webb Schools
Webb is not your standard school. We are a close-knit boarding community of two schools – Webb School of California for boys and Vivian Webb School for girls – on a single campus. Webb offers a singular academic program for grades 9-12, in which an outstanding traditional curriculum combines with emerging knowledge, innovative methods, and advanced technology in an environment that blends the best of both single-sex and coeducational opportunities.

Webb volunteers and staff are dedicated PLP volunteers - preparing and shipping well over 1000 books for inmates every academic year.

Claremont High School
Dedicated students and teachers from Claremont High School read letters, pull books and help with book sales for the PLP. Their dedicated efforts and energy are an essential part of our PLP program.

Prison Book Program
The Prison Book program is a grassroots organization that exists for one purpose - to send free books to prisoners. There program, website, and mission have inspired our project.

Sounds True
Sounds True was founded in 1985 by Tami Simon with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Since starting out as a project with one woman and her tape recorder, we have grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 600 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time, and an ever-expanding family of customers from across the world. In more than two decades of growth, change, and evolution, Sounds True has maintained its focus on its overriding purpose, as summed up in our Vision Statement:
Sounds True exists to inspire, support, and serve continuous spiritual awakening and its expression in the world.

Every year, Sounds True donates hundreds of books on tape, DVDs, cassettes and videos to our project.