FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – She started with a slogan and turned it into a practice.Katie Jo calls it Slingin’ Sunshine, and it’s more than positive posts or pretty words. It’s hot meals, groceries, friends, and neighbors. It’s also Positively Fort Wayne.
If you’re trying to find Katie Jo… don’t look for a title. Look for movement. Look for a room filling up. Look for the moment when strangers start talking like neighbors. Because Katie Jo doesn’t just help host these nights—she builds them. And she has a name for the whole idea.
“Slingin’ Sunshine came from me, wanting to have a presence on the internet to encourage other people to practice kindness and fun, and it has grown into a collective of humans that show up regularly to nourish ourselves and each other,” explains Katie Jo.
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