Designed For Joy hosted an open house on August 24 to celebrate the sixth anniversary of its W. Cabarrus Street location, with Visit Raleigh as its co-host. In its short history, Designed For Joy has helped 122 women, has provided  $400,000 in living wages to women in crisis, and now has more than 400 volunteers.

Rebecca Ayers, Jessica Holt, Sherika HiSmith George, Cary Heise, Grace Morris, Kristen Sydow, Maria Lopez, Andrew Baker, Angela Padgett

This article originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of WALTER magazine.