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An annual event, Get On The Bus offers free transportation for the children and their caregivers to the prison, provides travel bags for the children, comfort care bags for the caregivers, a photo of each child with his or her parent, and meals for the day (breakfast, snacks on the bus, lunch at the prison, and dinner on the way home) — all at no cost to the children’s family. On the bus trip home, following a four-hour visit, each child receives a teddy bear with a letter from their parent and post-event counseling.
Our process starts with the parents. Please encourage your loved one inside to initiate the process by filling out an application! Here is how we work:
Nov.- Dec. 31st 2009- Any interested Mom/Dad at one of our participating facilities CCWF, VSPW, CIW, CMC, CSP, CTF or SVSP can sign up. Note: We do not accept any applicants with visiting restrictions against anyone who they are requesting a visit with. We also do not provide non contact or administrative segregation visits.
Jan. 1st- mid Jan. 2010- Each prison reviews the applications and sends approved applications to GOTB office.
Mid Jan. - late Jan. 2010- Applications are sorted by prison and by bus and distributed to our local volunteers at our statewide training on January 30, 2010.
Feb. - Mar. 2010- All Mother’s Day families are contacted and a GOTB volunteer goes to your home to complete necessary prison/GOTB paperwork. Note: If we are unsuccessful in contacting your family by mid March, your family will not be able to participate in this year’s Mother’s Day Event. Please contact our office 818-980-7714 if you have further questions.
Feb. - Apr. 2010- All Father’s Day families are contacted and a GOTB volunteer goes to your home to complete necessary prison/GOTB paperwork. Note: If we are unsuccessful in contacting your family by mid April, your family will not be able to participate in this year’s Mother’s Day Event. Please contact our office 818-980-7714 if you have further questions.
Late Apr. 2010- The prison sends GOTB a list of all approved visitors for our Mother’s Day, May 7, 2010 Event. Note: If an adult is not approved, a GOTB volunteer can accompany a child to the prison with the proper notary paperwork.
May 7, 2010- Mother’s Day GOTB Events at CCWF, VSPW and CIW
Late May 2010- The prison sends GOTB a list of all approved visitors for our Father’s Day Events. Note: If an adult is not approved, a GOTB volunteer can accompany a child to the prison with the proper notary paperwork.
June 5, 2010- Father’s Day GOTB Event at CMC
June 12, 2010- Father’s Day GOTB Event at CMC
June 19, 2010- Father’s Day GOTB Event at CSP, CTF and SVSP |
