Author: POP Project

Do you want to make a difference to people in Buncombe and surrounding counties – your local community? Do you love books and want to make sure others have access to great literary resources? The POP Project needs volunteers and supporters like you to help...

Although today you can’t tell it was ever here, spring was in the air this weekend. The sun came out, birds were chirping, and the temperature raised enough to merit opening doors and windows for the afternoon. On the first nice day of the season,...

What do the Lord’s Prayer, a Christmas card from friends, and a boarding pass from Atlanta to Mobile, Alabama have in common? No, they don’t all belong to a holiday traveler with a fear of flying. All three items were found in books. The POP...

Norbury Books & Cafe* is raffling off an 8-piece set of beautiful Lenox fine china just in time for Valentine’s Day. Act now and it can be yours! The Lenox china, pictured in the photo gallery below, includes two cups, saucers, butter plates, and salad...

The POP Project broke our book delivery records in 2014 by sorting, packing, and delivering almost 7,000 books valued at nearly $35,000! These books were delivered to local area schools, children’s programs, shelters, housing and healthcare centers, and detention centers, as well as to NC’s...

There are less than 48 hours left of 2014, and the POP Project has raised only 24% of our end-of-year fundraising goal. That leaves more than $2,600 needed before the end of the day tomorrow! As you consider your favorite organizations for your end-of-year giving,...

With less than 10 days until Christmas, it’s time to check your list twice. You’ve got that train set your nephew asked for. And you finally found something you think the in-laws will like. What else is left to do before Christmas morning? Do you...

Following our national day of thanks, then a full weekend of shopping deals in retail stores and online, is a day that has been recently dubbed Giving Tuesday. In 2012, the day was founded as a movement toward coming together “for one common purpose: to...