In September of 2023 Make A Smile Volunteers descended up on Lost Creek, Kentucky. The Lost Creek area had suffered a horrendous flood which took lives, property, and livelihoods. Record high flood waters blasted through this prior coal mining town washing away everything before it. People lost their lives. Entire homes were swept away, businesses destroyed. The people of this town were resilient however, and started the long process of rebuilding.
Make-A-Smile is a non-profit organization comprised of corrections professionals dedicated to helping those whose lives have been devastated by floods and other natural disasters. Our mission is simple: rescue a park or playground in an impacted community to give the neighborhood’s children a chance to play and smile as their world slowly returns to normal…