It’s our favorite thing to create, Joy
We are humbled every year by the sincerity and warmth our clients express in letters that bring light to families during their darkest seasons.
January 5 2025
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rain and wind to the High Country, leaving a lasting impact across the region. It marked Boone's most devastating flood event since 1940 — and before that, 1916. https://youtu.be/BnA-2MU-W_Q
January 6 2024
Although we were spared major disasters here in the United States, many Ukrainian families were navigating profound hardship and hoping to give their children a small sense of joy and normalcy. https://youtu.be/wRCpvPV0tx0
January 7 2023
Hurricane Ian was a high-end category 4 storm with 150 mile-per-hour (241 kilometer-per-hour) winds that that struck southwest Florida on September 28, 2022. The deadliest storm in the state since 1935, Hurricane Ian killed 129 people in Florida, five in North Carolina, five in Cuba, and one in Virginia.
December 19 2021
Hurricane Ida became the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclone of the season after striking southeastern Louisiana at Category 4 strength in late August, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina decimated that same region.
December 22 2019
Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas in 2019 as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm, making landfall on September 1 in the Abaco Islands and later on Grand Bahama. With sustained winds of 185 mph and a 23-foot storm surge, it is the strongest on record to hit the country. https://youtu.be/J7SjTDodrRA
February 6 2018
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm. The coastal town of Yabucoa was among the first and hardest hit. Homes were destroyed. Infrastructure collapsed. Families endured months without reliable electricity, clean water, and stable income. As the holiday season approached, recovery was still ongoing. When we connected with the…