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We are a community of friends and neighbors in Asheville, North Carolina. We bring clean solar power, food, and care to people who are unhoused, underserved, or displaced by Hurricane Helene. We do it with dignity, and we do it together.
We are a community of friends and neighbors in Asheville, North Carolina. We bring clean solar power, food, and care to people who are unhoused, underserved, or displaced by Hurricane Helene. We do it with dignity, and we do it together.
JoySol exists for the neighbors our city too often overlooks. People who are unhoused, underserved, or displaced by Hurricane Helene. At select bus stations in strategic areas around Asheville, we provide free clean energy to charge phones and medical devices, nourishing food, and access to the resources that make a dignified life possible.
As Asheville grows, this work creates safe, reliable spaces. It keeps people connected to their doctors and loved ones, it eases loitering and crime, and it removes the transportation barriers that cut neighbors off from care. We are building a community that collaborates to keep this legacy alive.
The people we serve face a real lack of healthcare, connection, and the basics a dignified life requires. We meet them where they already are.
Free solar charging for phones and life sustaining medical devices, right at the bus stop.
Reliable, nourishing food at locations where neighbors already gather.
Women’s health and hygiene essentials, always offered with respect.
A safe space and a bridge back to community, healthcare, and vital resources.
When Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina, it deepened a crisis that was already here. Neighbors without shelter, without power, without a way to stay connected to the help they need.
JoySol began as a group of friends who refused to look away. We chose bus stops because they are where our community already moves and meets. We chose solar because power should be clean, free, and always on. And we call it a legacy because we are building something meant to outlast us.
We are proud to work alongside two established organizations in Western North Carolina.
A grassroots nonprofit founded in Black Mountain, North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. They run a free grocery store and served more than 30,000 neighbors last year.
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The Western North Carolina chapter of NAREB. They advance equity in real estate, advocate for fair housing, and empower minority professionals across the region.
Visit WNCR →Every gift powers a charging station, a meal, and a moment of dignity for an Asheville neighbor. Many people. One legacy.
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