Donations at Philadelphia Pagan Pride Day

Philadelphia Pagan Pride Day is Saturday, September 5, at Clark Park, S. 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue.

The drop-off spot is the altar in the center of the park's Gravel Circle. In the event of rain, please drop off the items at the Welcome Tent.

Most any book is appreciated, though some titles are needed more than others. We have had a recent request from a Wisconsin facility for books of a Heathen and Pagan nature.

Thanks to everyone for their support!

In-Reach on Internet Radio

In-Reach Heathen Prison Services will be the topic of The Tree of Life Hour on internet radio tomorrow (March 12) at 9:00 PM EDT.

I am grateful for this opportunity to talk about all sides of this challenging, yet necessary, program.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchschool

Prison Visitation Needs

In-Reach is seeking chaplains qualified to support Heathen inmates in many facilities. Over the course of the next few days, we will be updating the list of facilities where we're seeing a significant need. We now also have female inmates in need of Heathen information and spiritual interaction.

We have been fortunate enough to be able to provide services, whether as an organization ourselves or through allied and associate organizations, to some facilities where we had a pressing need. We would like to continue to see this success.

Our largest volumes of requests currently are coming from the Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Conneaut, OH, the State Correctional Institution in Somerset, PA, the Lawrence Correctional Center in Sumner, IL, and the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, CA.

The chaplains at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution have been in contact with In-Reach and are actively seeking assistance. We have previously sent one book to the facility and will be sending more in our next book mailing.

Hail!

Donations to In-Reach through Philadelphia Pagan Pride Day

The generosity of the Heathen and Pagan community can be astounding. Already some donations have come to us containing Heathen titles that are in high demand an in high need. 

We have received a few books that will be of interest to the wider Pagan community, too, and we will be distributing those to prisons through allied networks.

Philadelphia Pagan Pride Day is on Saturday, August 31, 2013, in Clark Park in Philadelphia. Donations will be accepted in person at the park, and will always be accepted after that by making arrangements with us by contacting us.

Thank you all for your generous donations!

In-Reach Heathen Prison Services

In-Reach Heathen Prison Services is currently a joint effort by The Troth and Distelfink Sippschaft. 

The Troth's official statements regarding In-Reach will be posted on The Troth's In-Reach page, and Distelfink's official statements about In-Reach will be posted here and on other Distelfink sites.

Currently, The Troth is handling the network of Mail Handlers and building a community of Visitation Representatives and Visiting Clergy for In-Reach. The Troth has volunteers in several states doing responding to the mail. In some cases, the visitation is being conducted directly as a result of inmate or Chaplain interaction with The Troth. In other cases, local individuals or kindreds are conducting the work autonomously. 

Distelfink is the kindred in which In-Reach was initially founded, and we continue some of our work autonomously. However, as The Troth is better suited to be able to handle a program of this magnitude, we see our role in the future as being a facilitator for In-Reach efforts. Several of our members are active in In-Reach for Distelfink and for The Troth, and it will remain that way going forward, but the overall program administration will eventually be turned over to The Troth.

In-Reach is growing rapidly, and there is a clear need for positive Heathen messages and materials to be presented to incarcerated Heathens. Please see the In-Reach Charter page for more information.

The need for donations will continue. In-Reach will distribute Heathen book donations and distribute to them to the facilities in which we work. We will also accept Pagan book donations and distribute them through local allied networks. Please see the Drop-Offs page for current locations to make book donations.