Community Services

Soul Passages has incorporated community service as a part of its mission. We donated school supplies to a village in Ghana, West Africa, to a Hartford prison ministry, and to the CRT book buddy program. It has provided financial support to the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey; to the Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN; to the Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag Harbor; and to Tougaloo College and families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Soul Passages: A Book Club received the Community Service Award from the National Book Club Conference in 2005.

Financial Support

2011       Eastville Community Historical Society; Sag Harbor, NY; Engraved Shingle Purchased

2010       African American Heritage Museum of So. Jersey; Educational Outreach

2010       Center for Community Arts: NJ; A Youth Arts Program

2005       Tougaloo College in Mississippi and families affected by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana

2004       National Civil Rights Museum: Memphis, TN; Engraved Brick Purchased

2000’s    Eli Whitney Technical School; Hamden, CT; Book Club Start Up Support

Book Donations

1990’s   Prison Ministry:   Founded by the late Reverend Colin Bennett

1999       CRT:  Book Buddy Program; Children’s Books

2009       Life Haven:  A social service agency for homeless women and their children; Donated Steve Harvey’s book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

Other Support

2007       Village in Ghana:  School supplies delivered by Barbara Davis while traveling with the National Book Club Conference (NBCC)

2006       Annie Fisher School – Hartford: Slave Haven presentation by Mr. Ekpe of Memphis, TN

Awards

2008       NBCC Essay Contest Winner – ‘Why My Book Club is Important” submitted by Barbara Davis

2005       Community Service Award from the National Book Club Conference