My Nonprofit Reviews

My POP story is a bit unusual. My name is Jacob, and I have been living in Wilmington, NC for over a year. I have been working odd jobs for a long time, while also working my own small business. I stumbled on POP while I was touring the NC Aquarium. There were over a dozen NC STEM programs in attendance that day. I’m a bit shy, so I didn’t brush elbows with many of the representatives.
I had just been viewing the art gallery and made my way downstairs to admire the moray eel. I looked left and then looked right, and had found myself in front of big brown eyes and a smile that made me melt. She said that she was a POP representative, and she asked me about my company: TarotDex.com. For the next 15 minutes, she and I had a pissing contest about how cool the other person was. This girl told me all about POP, and what POP does in the Wilmington, NC area. I was sold. I signed up later that day to help with volunteering efforts. A few weeks passed, and I went to help POP with some basic landscape maintenance.
Full disclosure, I was praying that I could see that girl again. Unfortunately, she wasn’t there; however, I did get to meet Miss Bonnie. Bonnie is one hell of a nice lady. We worked for two and a half hours, and got the area cleaned up. The story gets a little comical, because some older volunteers had climbed the hill that we were landscaping. The volunteer found himself in a predicament when he learned that he could get up the hill, but couldn’t get down from the hill. So I had to pick up this old guy in my arms and carry him down. One watchful step after the next, we made it down. All I was thinking was, “damn! I bet this would have looked really cool if that girl was here!”
Hahahahaa–C’est la vie. I was really happy to have met Miss Bonnie, and I had a great time working with POP, and I plan to volunteer much more in the Spring of 2025. If you’re reading this, then I want you to know that I believe in what POP is doing for our community.
Salutations,
J.S.M.