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Celebrate Reading this Friday at ZaPow!Celebrate Reading this Friday at ZaPow!
Do you read banned books? Do you feel they enhance your life? You should join the POP Project and Zapow! Gallery this Friday from 5:30-8:00pm. We are recognizing National Banned Books Week by celebrating all the wonderful and contested books that have made an impact...
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...
The POP Project will Participate in Our Third Annual World Book Night!The POP Project will Participate in Our Third Annual World Book Night!
Here at the POP Project, the coming of spring means more volunteer opportunities, more books given out, and at least one more exciting thing: World Book Night! The new tradition allows community members to distribute books to people in need, a mission we certainly stand...
We’re Ready for Holiday Giving!We’re Ready for Holiday Giving!
The POP Project is always available, even over the holiday season. We are here, and we’re here to help. We are always collecting books and have plenty of books to give, even through the “slow” winter months. Want to organize a holiday book drive at...
Day of Caring 2013: Our Thanks to the Lit Council for Another Successful Year!Day of Caring 2013: Our Thanks to the Lit Council for Another Successful Year!
On September 12, the Literacy Council of Buncombe County lent us five absolutely wonderful volunteers for our Day of Caring 2013 donation project. In just a few short hours, volunteers from our sister nonprofit, the Literacy Council of Buncombe County, helped us sort, pack, and...
Homeward Books Expands into Full Afternoon Event!Homeward Books Expands into Full Afternoon Event!
The POP Project is excited to expand our existing Homeward Books program into a quarterly afternoon volunteer opportunity! With your help, we will now be able to deliver thousands of dollars in books to children and adults in need within our community in a single...
Why I Give Books to PrisonersWhy I Give Books to Prisoners
I give books to inmates. I visit death row prisons. When either of these things comes up in conversation, people always ask, “Why?” For a long time, I didn’t really have a great answer. People either “get it” or they don’t. Preaching to the indoctrinated...