World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books during which tens of thousands of people share books with others in their communities. Held on April 23, the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and death, the purpose of World Book Night is to spread...
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Our Drop Box is Lonely – Do You Have Any Books to Keep it Company?Our Drop Box is Lonely – Do You Have Any Books to Keep it Company?
The POP Project currently has a drop box at the West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road. It sits there by the front door, greeting people as they come in for their pastries and loaves of freshly-made bread. It bids them adieu as they run off...
POP Expands to 5 States in SoutheastPOP Expands to 5 States in Southeast
The POP Project is proud to announce that our recent donation to Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison marks the fifth state to whose maximum security prisons we have taken large book donations! Our Georgia drop seemed to prove that things truly do get easier...
Troubles in ParadiseTroubles in Paradise
2011 was a wonderful year for the POP Project! We established many new connections within the Asheville community and expanded our reach to federal prisons in Tennessee and Virginia. For Day of Caring (September 1) alone, our volunteers from Home Trust Bank helped us sort,...