Congratulations Rosemary Anderson, this month’s Dignity & Respect Champion! Rosemary Anderson "believes in kindness" and has dedicated the past five years to writing cards and buying books with some of her own money as a disabled Air Force veteran to send to lonely prisoners around the United States.
Spring Grass Book'em is a books-to-prisoners program that mails books to inmates nationwide. Currently, it is not yet tax-deductible, but all donations received go toward postage, packing tape, books, and more. The program works to help imprisoned people who have been abandoned by their families, don't have access to the library, or anyone incarcerated who wants to learn any subject or skill. The volunteers at Spring Grass Book'em urge that books can change lives and minds, and can therefore change society for the better.
Rosemary feels many people in society disrespect themselves and each other, especially the prisoners. She believes that treating each other with dignity and respect is healing and it helps everyone expand in new directions.
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