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Project Sunshine Bags for Seniors in Need

Our Mission

Seasons of Giving Lake Norman: Bringing Hope to Western North Carolina

The devastating impact of Hurricane Helene and subsequent storms has been felt throughout the United States, including the Lake Norman community. This year, Seasons of Giving Lake Norman is committed to bringing hope, positivity, and support to seniors locally as well as those whose lives have been forever changed in Western North Carolina.

Through the Lens of Giving: Seasons of Giving Lake Norman #ProjectSunshinebagslkn donations coming in thru Feb 1!

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

Sunshine Bags a ray of hope, positivity, and support for seniors in need in Western NC

What are Project Sunshine Bags?

Seasons of Giving Lake Norman: Bringing Hope to Western NC

Seasons of Giving Lake Norman: Bringing Hope to Western North Carolina

The devastating impact of Hurricane Helene and subsequent storms has been felt throughout the United States, including the Lake Norman community. In Western North Carolina, the devastation is widespread, with seniors disproportionately impacted. Not only have they lost their homes, family in many cases, their heritage, and lifelong security, but they've also had to cope with the challenges of aging, dementia, and mobility, all while witnessing and recovering from a war zone-like experience.

This year, Seasons of Giving Lake Norman is committed to bringing hope, positivity, and support to these resilient seniors.

Sunshine Bags

Sunshine Bags will be taken to various locations to be distributed by our partners that know who needs them the most. Our goal was 200, BUT we have 400 bags being donated by #CharlottePayroll and #theLuxeHuntersville to fill. The bags are filled with items of support, positivity, and a ray of sunshine. 

Project Sunshine Bags Amazon Wish List

You can find some of the items we are collecting on Amazon to help fill our bags. We initially aimed to gather 200 items, but we’ve already reached 400. However, we would love to double our goal by January!

Donate to the Project!

Sunshine in Every Bag!

Everyday Supplies

Everyday Supplies

Everyday Supplies

  • Chapstick
  • Body and Hand Lotion
  • Soaps and hand sanitizers
  • Facial and Body Wipes
  • shampoos and conditioners
  • sunscreen
  • Manicure kit and nail polish

Keep Warm

Everyday Supplies

Everyday Supplies

  • Gloves, mittens, hand warmers
  • Blankets or throws
  • Scarves and caps
  • slippers and Fun Comfy socks
  • Pajamas and Robes
  • Leggings

Serenity

Everyday Supplies

Alzheimer's and Dementia

  • Devotionals
  • Journals
  • Bibles
  • Books
  • Thank you cards and stationery
  • Insulated Coffee Tumblers
  • Regular Tumblers
  • Inspiring bracelets, stickers, words, frames, etc

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Alzheimer's and Dementia

  • New or like-new baby dolls and bottles
  • New or like-new medium stuffed teddy bears, dogs, cats NO Characters or Squishmellows.
  • Fidget Toys

Fun and Games

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Fun and Games

  • Puzzles, playing cards
  • Knitting and Crochet
  • Coloring books and markers
  • Puzzle and Crossword Books
  • Magnifying Glass



More Items

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Fun and Games

  • Flashlights
  • Earplugs
  • Hairbrush
  • Essential oils
  • lavender sachets
  • hair bonnets
  • mints, gum, and hard candies
  • Lipstick
  • Handkerchiefs
  • Small lunch-sized coolers

Capturing Our Mission Project Sunshine Bags LKN: A Photo Story of Seasons of Giving Lake Norman

How to help with The Sunshine Bag project

Donate Items or Funds

Host a drop Box location

Host a drop Box location

We need your support to fill over 400 bags of hope, positivity, and support to bring a ray of sunshine into the seniors' lives that forever have changed. Donate Funds to our Better World Fundraising Platform.


NOTE- When accessing the Better World Platform, YOU MUST CREATE a personal or business account to donate!!

Fill a Sunshine Bag Now!

Host a drop Box location

Host a drop Box location

Host a drop Box location

Looking to make a difference? Consider hosting a drop box location or collecting supplies as a team at your school, workplace, church, club, or other community gathering. For Troops, athletics, and businesses, we need you to spread the word, email us to receive marketing materials, and Host a DropBox!

To Receive a DropBox, simply 

SeasonsofGivingLKN@gmail.com

Host, Collect Items or Share Drop Boxes

Photo Acknowledgements


Shared From Instagram Post of Jason Cook Photography:

"I’ve witnessed a lot in my career, but the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, North Carolina is one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen. Western N.C. is a climate change crime scene perpetrated by fossil fuel companies who warmed our atmosphere and lied about it for decades.

Entire neighborhoods were washed away. Only splinters and deep mud slicks remained. Floodwaters tossed cars into the river, obliterated bridges, and left craters reminiscent of ones we’ve seen left by Israel’s bombs in Gaza. Blackhawk helicopters thumped overhead. Cell phones screamed with emergency alerts. A group of linemen ate lunch next to a sinkhole. The winding rural routes smelled like pine from all the snapped and uprooted trees. Spray paint Xs marked cars and homes were people were rescued, and where people died. Everywhere, individual horrors pooled into a larger nightmare.

But Appalachia did what Appalachia does best: it came together, strangers and kin, to save itself. Justice Treadway helped his friend Bonnie O’Neill search for her belongings in her parent’s destroyed trailer. Sherrie Wheeler reunited with her niece, Cynthia Cragg, by jumping into her arms and kissing her cheek. Nine-year-old David McDevitt unloaded cases of water from the Red Cross with his little red radio flyer wagon at his local church. Cindi Gardner, her husband Lee and their grandchildren from Durham drove up in three 18-wheelers full of supplies. Reed Sharlow, 11, played behind the drivers seat of his grandfathers UNC semi. National Guard Sergeant Rachel Bigbee helped unload their pallets, which locals sorted into kits in a middle school parking lot. Churches and restaurants gave away hot meals.

Folks keep asking what they can do and there’s so much immediate need: donate money and supplies, support local mutual aid efforts, and volunteer to clean up when the time is right.

The most important thing to do is to not give in to despair. We have so many climate solutions available
from natural and technological ways to mitigate and adapt, to renewable energy like solar that is increasingly cheap and, when disaster strikes, is more likely to keep the power on.

See more from Jason Cook on Instagram

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