Since 1970 I have sent thousands of chess sets and thousands of books to inmates in more than 300 prisons in the USA.
I need money to continue doing this. I am living in poverty.
Since 1970 I have sent thousands of chess sets and thousands of books to inmates in more than 300 prisons in the USA.
I need money to continue doing this. I am living in poverty.
Please direct inquiries about books in this list to James Schroeder by phone (360-258-9401) or mail (address below). For Sale. Prices shown are with postage paid. Send your name and address, list of the books you want, and a check…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White was asked: “Are you ‘Whizzer’ White?” “I once was.” He was the most famous football player in the USA in 1938. I was once “somebody,” the most honored and respected name in chess. 40-50…
By John W. P. O’Brien; May 31, 1978 Fewer and fewer are the survivors who remember when the fun-loving Calvin dwelt in the White House and serenely prevailed over the era of Coolidge prosperity. It was during this era that…
Help stamp out ignorance. Send your used books to prison! Send me all kinds of books, not crime stories. I will send them to jail birds. Send chess magazines: “New in Chess”, foreign languages, NOT “Chess Life”. The rate of…
HELP! I have written to every prison in the State of Washington asking if they want any chess sets. A prison official called and said they can use forty sets. The second prison official that called said they can use…
 THE PRISON CHESS PROGRAM sponsered by the National Chess Foundation has been actively helping jail inmates for over a decade now and has supplied them with thousands of chess sets, boards, clocks, books and magazines. This remarkable humanitarian effort…