This summer, the POP Project caught the eye of Laura Belle Gonzalez, Elite American Petite Miss North Carolina 2023! As part of her advocacy work, Laura Belle hosted an online fundraiser for POP, which ran from June 15–August 1. She met her goal of raising...
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...
You may have heard the stories? I tell you they are true! A superhero lives nearby. But where? I wish I knew! That’s the description for this series of personalized superhero books. But POP knows exactly where these superheroes live—Here, in Western North Carolina! We...
This year, the annual North Carolina Science Festival is running the entire month thanks to Little Free Libraries around the state—including one of the POP Project’s libraries here in Asheville. A “Little Free Science Library” Comes to Asheville For the fourth year, the North Carolina...
If you follow the POP Project on social media, you may have noticed graphics like the one above. (If you don’t follow POP yet, connect with us on one of the platforms in the sidebar.) POP announces a spotlighted “Book of the Month” topic throughout...
At a volunteer-led nonprofit like the POP Project, it can often be difficult to act quickly on certain offers. Volunteers don’t work the same 9–5 hours as would full-time staff, but we try to do our best for the adults and children of Western...
Seeking some Paladins for adventure. There’s a new initiative in place at the POP Project. Through the month of June 2018, we’re collecting gently used Dungeons & Dragons manuals for local detention centers. Drop them in our donation box at the Wyvern’s Tale, 347 Merrimon...
This spring’s Days of Impact volunteer and book delivery day was full of excitement and book love. In addition to their great results, we enjoyed spending the afternoon with the really fun ladies of the Omni Grove Park Inn marketing team! In just a few...
