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Many area businesses are beginning to wind down for the year. Locals have started their holiday shopping, eagerly counting down the remaining days of 2016. But for the POP Project, the year is far from over! Arguably, we may have more balls in the air...

After last year’s successful inaugural Give!Local season, the program is coming back bigger than ever in 2016. And after our success in it, POP is excited to have been chosen again as a recipient nonprofit. In 2015, Give!Local raised more than $37,000 for 30 local...

The POP Project has been proud to be one of the Mountain Xpress’s 30 inaugural nonprofits in the new Give!Local fundraising program. From November 1 through December 31, the program connects local donors with local agencies that need local support. Thanks to generous donors like...

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...

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...

In March 2011, Jim, our Executive Director, decided it was time for the POP Project to have its own blog presence. His idea was to write one post a week about something related to books, whether it be about literature, libraries, or a topic inspired...