This summer, the POP Project paired up with Asheville Youth Mission to coordinate three group volunteer days. Asheville Youth Mission facilitates creative ministry opportunities for young people. Their summer programs offer broad-based experiences across different settings in the Asheville area. Thanks to those groups, organizations...
On select Saturdays, Loretta’s Cafe in downtown Asheville is teaming up with local nonprofits for their giving event: Big Hug Super Saturday. On each date, a select community partner will receive 10% of the restaurant’s net sales from 11 AM to 5 PM. We are...
The POP Project gives away thousands of books within our community every year. Those books may be free to the recipients, but there is a cost to storing, sorting, and delivering free books. In addition to collecting private donations from supporters like you, the POP...
Every year, hundreds of works from authors ranging from Dr. Seuss to Ernest Hemingway are challenged or banned from schools and libraries around the nation. The POP Project believes that everybody deserves a good book, and that the freedom to read and access to books...
The Literacy Council of Buncombe County believes that literacy changes lives for the better. We at the POP Project couldn’t agree more. Recently, the Lit Council announced that James Patterson would be the keynote for this fall’s annual Authors for Literacy Dinner and Silent Auction....
James Patterson understands the value of books. In addition to holding the Guinness World Record for most number one New York Times Bestsellers of any author, Patterson is an avid promoter of literacy. Through his Read Kiddo Read website, the author encourages parents to help...
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...
The POP Project had high aspirations for 2013 and, boy, did we make it a year to remember! In April, POP participated in World Book Night USA by giving away 20 copies of “The Phantom Tollbooth” to children around town. We were excited to give...
