We shared our needs, and your response took us to new heights! The POP Project is excited to help more people enjoy a book-filled 2023, thanks to you. GIVE!LOCAL FUNDRAISING RESULTS The Give!Local online fundraising program is an annual Mountain Xpress initiative that enables locals...
There’s a new free library in town. And it’s somewhere your kids will beg to go! New Free Library at The Hop Earlier this month, POP helped The Hop Ice Cream Cafe start a free library inside their flagship Merrimon Avenue location. The Hop reached...
After our best year ever in 2019, and arguably our least successful year in 2020 (thanks, COVID), 2021 was a year of creating balance. We experienced changes to our storage and volunteer space, which also brought changes to our workflow. POP’s outside volunteer opportunities were...
Wish that reading was a more active pastime? Then, boy, do we have the event series for you! Join us virtually at The Hop Ice Cream Cafe every Friday in March for their “Breaking and a Book” events! Have questions? Here are your answers: What...
After an astounding 10th year in operation in 2019, our best year yet, programming took a turn for the POP Project in 2020. A slow winter recovering from the busy year before led directly into a spring of lockdowns and quarantines as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Right now, local libraries are closed or running limited hours. Children are learning from home, without access to school libraries. Local families are in need of assistance in record numbers. Budgets are being cut. And local organizations are hosting programs largely online, where access to...
The POP Project was so excited to celebrate our 10th birthday in 2019! True to our mission, we chose to observe the milestone by sorting, packing, and delivering 10,000 books to dozens of area organizations and drop-off points. We also held a number of volunteer...
If you celebrate Christmas or other winter holidays, you’re probably getting ready to exchange gifts with friends, family, and coworkers. Will you get a book from someone? Will you give a book? We sure are! But imagine a Christmas without books. No “Twas the Night...
