Nobody should be cold in the winter. Especially children. $1,600 buys a lot of socks. And scarves and hats. The Winter Joy Project is a nonprofit organization that creates packages of winter scarves, hats, and gloves to gift to children in need. Why? For Toni. Their mission is to honor Toni Parkes, a woman who believed in giving whenever she could, and left our world midway through 2020. Toni would have scarves and gloves on hand to give to any child in her neighborhood if she saw they were without.
During this pandemic the stress of contracting the coronavirus, let alone the flu, can be made just a little easier by having access to the tools we need to stay healthy. As the packages are created and distributed by volunteers through community organizations, rec centers, and churches, we create unity by being an active member of a community. Our Chattanooga community.