Tag: fundraising

First of all, thank you to all the donors who helped us raise $464 through the Mountain Xpress’s Give!Local program on Giving Tuesday last week! we are very grateful for your support of our mission. That brings us up to $648 or 21% of our...

Since 2012, the world has celebrated Giving Tuesday on the first Tuesday of December, a movement bringing people together “for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.” This year, the POP Project encourages you to give back to your community by giving to...

We’re just over a week into the Give!Local fundraising program and POP has already raised $29 as of this posting. We’re excited about this great start, but we know we can do better! Do you have questions about how Give!Local works? Learn more about the...

Mountain Xpress launches Asheville’s new Give!Local program this week, an online fundraising initiative helping local nonprofits through micro-donations, including the POP Project. But nonprofits aren’t the only one reaping rewards. As a donor, you’ll be getting some great swag, too. How Give!Local Works Give!Local allows...

This holiday season, the Mountain Xpress launches Give!Local, a new online fundraising program aimed to help local nonprofits through micro-donations. With the same love behind it for local development as the Buy Local/Shop Local movements, Give!Local aims to develop a new generation of donors while...

The POP Project doesn’t have a lot of overhead, but what we do have is integral to our mission. Nearly 80 percent of POP’s annual budget goes to the cost of storing the books in our care until they find new homes. Have you noticed...

The POP Project broke our book delivery records in 2014 by sorting, packing, and delivering almost 7,000 books valued at nearly $35,000! These books were delivered to local area schools, children’s programs, shelters, housing and healthcare centers, and detention centers, as well as to NC’s...

There are less than 48 hours left of 2014, and the POP Project has raised only 24% of our end-of-year fundraising goal. That leaves more than $2,600 needed before the end of the day tomorrow! As you consider your favorite organizations for your end-of-year giving,...