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Our work in action…
Sharing stories of hope, heart, and impact in our community. For media inquiries, please email us at info@alottalove.org
August 2025
“More Than A Roof” tells the story of the transformative work of A Lotta Love as Jenny Rough, host of The World and Everything In It, helps Lotta and Jennifer Galloway complete a room makeover at Families Moving Forward in Durham.
December 2024
Listen to Chapelboro’s Hometown Hero segment featuring Lotta and the amazing work of A Lotta Love.
July 2024
Durham-based photographer Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof gives his perspective alongside his amazing photos of our whole-house family shelter renovation in Henderson.
March 2024
Southern Living Magazine featured our whole-house family shelter renovation in Henderson, NC, bringing national recognition of the power of our trauma-informed design approach.
Summer 2023
KNOW Women announced their 2023 class of 40 Over 40 to Know, a national recognition for women “who are dominating in their respective fields and creating life-changing impact throughout their communities”.
June 12, 2023
Community Newspaper Features A Lotta Love
The Heart of Meadowmont & The Oaks community newspaper featured Lotta and her work for 8+ years serving shelters and people experiencing homelessness.
October 27, 2022
This in-depth feature not only describes Lotta’s work and mission, but allows us to talk about our evolution over the last 6 years. It’s also the first preview of the research soon to be published that proves the measurable difference we make in our shelters.
November 29, 2022
Each year, the textile company Spoonflower donates 10% of it’s receipts on Giving Tuesday to one non-profit. This year’s recipient was A Lotta Love! The $30k donation was in addition to their in-kind donations of comforters, curtains, and many volunteer hours throughout the year. Learn more about this beautiful collaborative effort.
May 23, 2022
Chapelboro features ECHHS student Carl Sjoelin and his team’s renovation of the school’s teachers’ lounge on the heels of transforming the school counselor’s office into “The Mental Peace Zone”.
March 2021
Joanna Heims interviews Lotta for their Remarkable Woman award for 2021. Lotta was one of four finalists (an outstanding group of women making a difference in Central NC), among hundreds of entries.
September 23, 2020
2020 Governor’s Key Volunteer Service Award
The Key Volunteer of the Year program recognizes the best of volunteerism in the Greater Triangle, presented by the Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center. The 2020 award honors A Lotta Love’s service at Families Moving Forward. Between 2015-2019, A Lotta Love contributed $70,000 and all necessary volunteers from more than 25 local businesses & organizations to remake 62 guest rooms and a large family room, as well as a massive renovation of the programming kitchen.
January 15, 2020
Ali Evans interviews Lotta about the history of A Lotta Love in Chapel Hill and discusses plans for growth in the coming year.
November 16, 2019
Lotta accepted the Outstanding Partnership Award on behalf of all our volunteers at this year’s Families Moving Forward Chef’s for a Change Gala in Durham, NC. With over 50 room makeovers in 4 years, including complete lounge and kitchen renovations, we have made a difference for hundreds of families in need of a home away from home.
November 15, 2019
Our shelter-partner Raleigh Rescue Mission gets a ‘Design for a Difference’ makeover. As part of the International Guild’s Designer Program, Design For A Difference pulls together locally owned and operated showrooms to make great design available to all. Led by Betty Eatman Nelson of Eatman’s Carpets & Interiors, advised by A Lotta Love on shelter renovations, 45 designers from across the Triangle renovated the entire children’s wing at RRM, including a mural designed & painted by A Lotta Love volunteers Vicky Barone and Loren Pease.
August 2, 2019
Senior Editor Hadley Kelly of House Beautiful writes about the reality shelter residents face, and the efforts by A Lotta Love to bring comfort and hope to everyone there. The article also discusses the work of designer Heather Garrett to bring visibility to shelters and her great efforts to support A Lotta Love.
December 5, 2017
Lotta Sjoelin discusses the refurbishment project at Wrenn House with Walter Magazine. Thanks to $30,000 grant from the Women’s Giving Network of Wake County and countless hours & materials donated by volunteers and contractors, the project went on to spur action in shelters in Raleigh, Durham, Wake, Orange, and Mecklenburg counties.
