At the POP Project, we believe that everyone deserves a good book. That’s true all year long, but it’s especially true on Valentine’s Day. We want everyone who loves books to have access to them all the time! That’s why on this love-filled day we’re...
Category: Book Giving Programs
POP Deliveries Get a Boost from Ingles MarketsPOP Deliveries Get a Boost from Ingles Markets
The POP Project’s book delivery program got a boost recently through a donation from Ingles Markets. The local grocery chain recently gave POP a set of gas cards to distribute to volunteer delivery drivers. POP is a 100% volunteer-led program. Our mission is built around...
Giving the Gift of Books: An Impact StoryGiving the Gift of Books: An Impact Story
The POP Project generally donates our books directly to the agency or organization that needs them and then steps out of the way to let that agency do what they do best. By supplementing the existing programs of local agencies, POP helps ensure that they...
Need Books? Help POP Spring Clean our Storage UnitsNeed Books? Help POP Spring Clean our Storage Units
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,...
POP Cares for Kids through our Books Giving ProgramsPOP Cares for Kids through our Books Giving Programs
This month, the POP Project was able to give 266 books to CARING for Children, a local advocacy group that provides help for children and families in crisis. The organization currently has a small library at one of their locations, which POP’s donation will help...
Help POP Prepare for Back-to-School Giving!Help POP Prepare for Back-to-School Giving!
Since this time last year, the POP Project has donated over 4,000 books to children’s educational programs, low-income schools, and services. But as we prepare for the 2014-2015 school year and our next youth giving cycle, we currently have less than half of that amount...
Spreading the Love of Reading, with “Zora and Me”Spreading the Love of Reading, with “Zora and Me”
For the third year in a row, the POP Project participated in the international event, World Book Night. Held annually on Shakespeare’s birthday (April 23), the program celebrates reading by allowing book giver volunteers to hand out 20 specially printed copies of a given books...
POP Has Big Plans to Make 2014 Another Successful Year of Growth!POP Has Big Plans to Make 2014 Another Successful Year of Growth!
The POP project shattered our book delivery goals for 2013 by sort, packing, and delivering over 6,100 books valued at over $30,000! These books were delivered to local area schools, children’s programs, shelters, housing and healthcare centers, and detention centers, as well as to several...