Last Spring, the POP Project paired up local filmmaker Ross Dillon of Roscomax Productions to create our very first YouTube video. The concept was simple. Let’s take a few boxes of books around downtown Asheville, NC, and set them up like dominoes. In practice, books...
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Congrats to Jim, POP Project’s Executive Director!Congrats to Jim, POP Project’s Executive Director!
The POP Project wants to extend our congratulations to Jim MacKenzie, our executive director! Jim was recently nominated to receive one of the inaugural “40 Under Forty” awards from the Biltmore Beacon and Mountaineer Publishing Company. The awards recognize 40 people in the Asheville community...
Calling All Volunteers!Calling All Volunteers!
The POP Project is organizing the “Rethink Ink”Book Sale and Fundraiser THIS SATURDAY, March 24 from 11:00-3:00 pm. In order to get everything set up and running smoothly, we need the help of a few intrepid volunteers. Friday evening, we’ll be moving boxes of books...
POP’s “Rethink Ink” Book Sale and Fundraiser!POP’s “Rethink Ink” Book Sale and Fundraiser!
Book collectors rejoice! The POP Project is holding the “Rethink Ink” Book Sale and Fundraiser on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. Special thanks to the West Asheville Presbyterian Church for allowing us to hold the fundraiser there (690 Haywood Road,...
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...
Why I Give Books to PrisonersWhy I Give Books to Prisoners
I give books to inmates. I visit death row prisons. When either of these things comes up in conversation, people always ask, “Why?” For a long time, I didn’t really have a great answer. People either “get it” or they don’t. Preaching to the indoctrinated...