Faith Beall, Gaylah Cantrell, Eleanor Knowles, Betty Lang and Mary Monroe-Warren play games, help with jig saw puzzles and supervise children in a glassed in area just off the visitors room. The children, who are generally very well behaved, are free to come and go into the room with their parents as are the mothers to come into the children. The women help in shifts of two hour during the four hours of visiting time. Appreciation is freely expressed by the parents for this service. New volunteers being trained are Pat Curtis, Dottie Livergood and Lillian Price.
More help is needed so there can be four people available each Sabbath.
There is a rigorous screening process with a criminal record check. If you are interested in helping contact Margarietta Merriman for information. Monthly Kay Bloom visits through letters with a man on death row imprisoned in Pennsylvania. You need to forget any preconceptions or stereotypes you may have of people in prison. They have much in common with those of us outside prison.