Power of Perception, Inc

🚨❤️🖤 P.O.P. DELONG MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPTER IS BACK! ❤️🖤🚨

We’re excited to kick off another year of the Power of Perception (P.O.P.) at DeLong Middle School! 🙌🏾

📅 Our 2026–27 yearly dates are officially here! Check out the flyer for all meeting dates, times, and locations.

🎓 We’re ready for another amazing year of mentorship, leadership, connection, and growth with our DeLong students!

Let’s make it another GREAT year, DeLong! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

🚨❤️🖤 P.O.P. MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER IS BACK! ❤️🖤🚨

We’re excited to kick off another year of the Power of Perception (P.O.P.) at Eau Claire Memorial High School! 🙌🏾

📅 Our 2026–27 yearly dates are officially here! Check out the flyer for all meeting dates, times, and locations.

🎓 We’re ready for another amazing year of mentorship, leadership, connection, and growth with our Memorial High School students!

Let’s make it another GREAT year, Memorial! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

🚨❤️🖤P.O.P. NORTH HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER IS BACK! ❤️🖤🚨

We’re excited to kick off another year of the Power of Perception (P.O.P.) Eau Claire North High School! 🙌🏾

📅 Our 2026–27 yearly dates are officially here! Check out the flyer for all meeting dates, times, and locations.

🎓 We’re ready for another amazing year of mentorship, leadership, connection, and growth with our North High School students!

And we’ll cap off the year by giving back at the P.O.P. All Night Grad Party with FREE haircuts, hair-braiding, and massages! ❤️🔥

Let’s make it another GREAT year, North! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

🚨📣 TONIGHT! POP ECASD DISTRICT WIDE CHAPTER APPLICATIONS ARE HERE! 📣🚨

Are you a 6th–12th grade student enrolled in the Eau Claire Area School District and interested in becoming part of the POP ECASD District Wide Chapter for the 2026–27 school year? ❤️🖤

👉🏾 TONIGHT is the night to pick up your paper application!

📋 PAPER APPLICATION PROCESS

🗓️ PICK UP APPLICATION
📅 TONIGHT — Wednesday, September 2nd
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
➡️ Stop by anytime between 6–8 PM to pick up your application!

📥 RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION
📅 Friday, September 4th
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
➡️ Stop by anytime between 6–8 PM to turn in your completed application.

📍 LOCATION FOR BOTH:
The Coven Eau Claire
131 S. Barstow St.
Eau Claire, WI

⭐ IMPORTANT: You can STILL apply even if you did NOT attend one of our trial sessions!

🔥 We are beyond excited to welcome our 7th-year cohort of POP mentees!

Get ready for another year filled with mentorship, leadership, personal growth, college & career exposure, trips, community engagement, and unforgettable experiences! 🎓🚀

If you’re ready to be part of the POP family, don’t miss your opportunity!

❤️🖤 TONIGHT | 6–8 PM ❤️🖤

7 YEARS. ONE MOVEMENT. COUNTLESS FUTURES. 🚀

❤️📸 THE MEMORIES CONTINUE — PART 3! 📸❤️

We’re still going through all the amazing moments from the POP 6th Annual Back to School Bash, and we had to share more! 🎒📚

From the smiles and laughter to the connections, community partners, volunteers, mentors, parents, and, most importantly, our kiddos — these pictures tell the story of what POP is all about.

Community. Family. Opportunity. Love. ❤️

A huge thank you again to everyone who helped make this event possible. We couldn’t do this without our incredible village!

Scroll through, enjoy the memories, and TAG YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU SEE! 😁

This is POP. This is community. This is what happens when we show up for our youth! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

📸 Lavender Green Photography

❤️📸 The Memories Continue! ❤️📸

We couldn’t fit all the amazing moments from the POP 6th Annual Back to School Bash into one post… so here’s Part 2! 🎒📚🔥

These photos capture what the POP Family is all about — community, connection, laughter, support, and creating unforgettable memories for our young people.

From the smiles to the conversations, the haircuts and hairbraiding, the photobooth fun, family resources, school supplies, self-care, and everything in between — yesterday was truly special!

We’re still smiling looking through these pictures! ❤️

A huge thank you again to every community partner, volunteer, mentor, parent, guardian, business, and organization who helped make this event possible.

This is more than a Back to School Bash.

This is community. This is family. This is POP. ❤️🖤

Enjoy the rest of the photos — and if you see yourself or someone you know, TAG THEM! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

📸 Lavender Green Photography

❤️🎒 A Village That Shows Up ❤️🎒

Behind every picture from yesterday evening’s POP 6th Annual Back to School Bash is a story of community, generosity, and people coming together to make sure our kiddos are ready to take on another academic school year! 📚✏️

We want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped make last night special!

The Children's Museum of Eau Claire — Thank you for allowing us the space to host this event and for the incredible hospitality from your entire staff. We truly appreciate you welcoming POP and our families!

Scheels — Thank you for donating 100+ backpacks and continuing to show up for our kiddos and our community. Your partnership means so much!

The Pablo Foundation — A huge shoutout for your continued financial support of POP. Your investment allows us to continue creating meaningful experiences and opportunities for our youth.

Hmongment Photobooth — Thank you for giving our students the opportunity to create fun memories and take something special home with them. Those memories are priceless!

Home for Good of Eau Claire — Thank you for setting up a table and connecting with families about valuable resources and services available within our community. Creating access and awareness is so important!

💈 Our barbers & hairbraiders — Thank you for making sure our kiddos left looking and, most importantly, FEELING GOOD with a smile on their faces!

💆🏾‍♀️ Our massage therapists — Thank you for pouring into the parents and guardians by giving them a moment of relaxation and self-care. We know they deserve it too!

🎥 Our videographer (Ethan Best) — Thank you for taking the vision and turning it into a reality through your incredible work behind the camera.

📸 Our photographer Lavender Green Photography — Thank you for capturing so many amazing moments that we’ll be able to look back on for years to come.

🙌🏾 To every volunteer who gave their time, energy, and heart — THANK YOU!

❤️ And to the POP Family — our mentors, parents, guardians, and supporters — WE COULDN’T ASK FOR A BETTER VILLAGE!

It truly takes a village, and yesterday was another reminder of what can happen when a community comes together with one common goal: to make sure our young people know they are supported, valued, and loved.

From all of us at Power of Perception (POP) — THANK YOU! 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

The school year is officially here… LET’S GET TO WORK! 📚🎓🔥

😁❤️🖤THANK YOU, WEAU 13 News ❤️🖤😁

A huge thank you to WEAU 13 News for coming out and covering the Power of Perception 6th Annual Back to School Bash! 🎒✂️📚

We truly appreciate you taking the time to highlight the work POP is doing to support our youth, families, and community. Events like this are made possible because of amazing community partners, volunteers, donors, mentors, and organizations who believe in investing in our young people.

Your coverage helps us shine a light on the importance of community, opportunity, and making sure our students head into the new school year feeling supported and ready to succeed! 🙌🏾

Thank you, WEAU 13 News, for helping us tell the POP story! We are truly grateful for your continued support of our community. 😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

Another first day of school is approaching in Eau Claire in less than two weeks. Power of Perception is making sure that every student and family is ready. Link in comments.

🚨 POP ECASD DISTRICT WIDE CHAPTER — TEST TRIAL SESSIONS! 🚨

Are you a 6th–12th grade student enrolled in the Eau Claire Area School District and interested in becoming a POP mentee for the 2026–27 academic school year?

Now is your opportunity to come experience POP before you apply! 🙌🏾

📅 Tuesday, August 25th OR Wednesday, August 26th
⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM
📍 The Coven — 131 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire, WI
🍽️ Dinner will be provided at BOTH sessions!

During the Test Trial, students AND parents/guardians will:

✨ Experience what it’s like to be part of the POP ECASD District Wide Chapter
✨ Learn more about the overall POP program
✨ Learn how to apply and return your application
✨ Get introduced to our newly updated POP Pathways Program
✨ Learn about activities, experiences & trips planned for the 2026–27 school year
✨ Meet the POP team and get a feel for what the district-wide chapter is all about
✨ Learn more about expectations for both mentees and parents/guardians

📌 IMPORTANT:
• You only need to attend ONE of the two Test Trial sessions.
• A parent/guardian MUST attend with their child/children.
• This opportunity is ONLY for students in 6th–12th grade enrolled in ECASD.
• The application opening/return deadline will be announced at both sessions.
• ONLY 30 SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE!

This is more than just a mentoring program — it’s an opportunity to build relationships, gain exposure, explore pathways, experience new things and grow into the best version of yourself. 💯

🔥 30 SPOTS. TWO SESSIONS. ONE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE POP.

Don’t miss your chance! Come see what POP is all about!😁❤️🖤❤️🖤😁

🎒❤️ A HUGE THANK YOU TO SCHEELS! ❤️🎒

We want to give a HUGE shoutout to Scheels for donating 100+ backpacks for tonight’s POP 6th Annual Back To School Bash! 🙌🏾

We truly couldn’t ask for a better community partner. Year after year, Scheels has continued to support the Power of Perception (POP) movement and the families we serve, and we are incredibly grateful for their continued commitment to our community.

Because of partners like Scheels, we’re able to make sure our young people head into the new school year feeling prepared, supported, and celebrated! 📚🎒✨

Thank you, Scheels, for always showing up for POP and our community! We appreciate you more than you know! ❤️

Come join us TONIGHT from 5–7 PM at the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire for an evening of fun, food, resources, haircuts, hair-braiding, school supplies and more!

This is what community looks like! 🙏🏾❤️🖤❤️🖤🙏🏾