Upcoming Events
Bending Branch Wine Tasting Event - February 15, 2024
We are looking forward to another great event with Bending Branch Winery with new wines and specialty chocolates for a Valentine Wine Experience. Come with a group of friends, make it a date, or have a party of one and join the founder of Bending Branch Winery along with our founder of Love Not Lost for a fun night.
This event, we’re changing it up to offer two wines, chocolate pairings, and the LNL tote for a lower ticket price than three wines so hopefully more people can join us for the last event officially as Love Not Lost. Ashley will share more of what’s to come this year and we can’t wait to see you soon!
The Heartbeat - Quarterly Gatherings For Monthly Givers
Every person who is giving monthly, whether it’s $10 or $250 a month, make up the Heartbeat of Love Not Lost. The Heartbeat sustains us and allows us to keep loving others consistently too.
Every member is invited via email to our quarterly online calls where we have surprise guests, Q&As, and exclusive stories. Plus, you get to meet all of the other amazing members who are as generous, kind, and awesome as you!
Not a member? You’re invited to join the community of monthly givers who help us keep showing up in love - Join here!
Please check back often to see what's next so you can be a part of it. Thank you for your support! We are only able to do what we do because of generous people like you!
Past Events
Giving Tuesday 2023 + End Of Year Giving
This year for Giving Tuesday, we raised over $22,000!!!
And thanks to generous matching donors, everything will be matched from Giving Tuesday through the end of the year up to $50,000!
We are so grateful for your generosity to help us end the year strong.
Remember Walks - Weekend of November 19th, 2023
We gather every year on the founding of Love Not Lost to laugh, share love, and remember.
Join us for our 4th annual Remember Walk to intentionally create a safe and open space to talk about your loved ones who have died. Maybe you want to introduce them to people who never had the chance to meet them. Maybe you want to remember shared stories with friends or family who knew them. Regardless, we invite you to bring mementos and photos to accompany you on your walk.
You can join from anywhere - creating your own trusted circles of walk buddies - with guided conversation starters we’ll provide if you want some help getting the conversations going. We hope you’ll join us for this very special event!
A Gallery Tribute to Love Not Lost - October 19th, 2023
Through art and storytelling, we are paying tribute to the history and brand of Love Not Lost for one last in-person event together before we make the name change at the start of the new year. Please join us on October 19th at the Factory Atlanta to engage in a meaningful night full of inspiring stories and fun opportunities to connect with other awesome humans.
We’ll share stories you’ve never heard, Love Not Lost swag you can purchase before it’s gone, and come together for a beautiful ending as we welcome in a new era.
Love Not Lost UN-GALA: July 23, Barnsley Gardens
We had so much fun at our newest fundraising event where you give AND get: Sunday Brunch & choose your own wellness adventure!
We are UN-doing traditional elements of the gala and building a new experience where you’re supported on your own health and healing journeys as donors and supporters of our cause.
WPPI EXPO: Las Vegas, March
We headed to Vegas for the WPPI (Wedding Portrait Photographer International) conference in March to meet thousands of photographers in the expo and find heart-led talented humans who want to help us serve families. If you know of a professional photographer who would like to help us, send them here!
Love Well Online Book Club: February Zoom
The Love Well Book Club met late February to discuss Caleb Wilde’s latest book, All The Ways Our Dead Still Speak. If you’re interested in joining the book club and discussion on zoom, we’d love to have you be a part of it! Join Here.
A Valentine’s Day of Sharing Love & Remembering
This Valentine’s Day, we partnered with Mi Alma for a day of love and remembrance to bring our community free memorial pages to honor loved ones who have died.
We hosted two community events where we built pages together, shared stories, and created space to feel loved.
ImagingUSA EXPO: Nashville, Jan 22-25
We traveled to Nashville to meet thousands of photographers in the Imaging USA Expo. We are so grateful to all of the wonderful people who stopped by our booth and said hello! We had a number of incredible photographers apply to join us and we’re so excited for the next training!
GIVE LOVE Holiday Auction + Raffle: December 2-11th
This was such a fun 1st -time event to give people a way to shop for a cause!
We had some great bidding wars, some incredible raffle wins, and really fun items and experiences enjoyed by many! We have gotten great feedback and plan to do another one around the same time in 2023 so stay tuned.
A Day For The Givers! Giving Tuesday: November 29th
To all the givers in the world: we wouldn’t be here without you!!!
Not only do we have incredible people in our community who make in-kind donations, volunteer their time, introduce us to people in their network, cheer us on, share our events, start fundraisers, and more… but we have generous donors who give their money too!
We shattered our goal from last year and with your help, raised $31,150!!!
It truly takes everyone coming together to make this happen.
As we work to scale to a national level, we will need more and more help. Thank you for giving to us so we can show up for others.
Light After Loss Remember Walk: November 19th
Our 3rd annual Remember Walk to intentionally create a safe and open space to talk about your loved ones who have died was a tremendous night! People walked all over the country and shared powerful stories with trusted friends and family.
We gather every year on the founding of Love Not Lost to laugh, share love, and remember.
A special thanks to this year’s sponsors: Yuvaan Tiwari Foundation, Kalon Creative, Whiteboard, and Northside Hospital!
LNL Book Club’s Fall Gathering Online: November 1oth
Our world can feel heavy sometimes. And our society does not do a good job of teaching us about grief, emotions, and other things related to loss and healing... let alone create space to talk about it. But we're changing that!
We read the book, Confessions of a Funeral Director, by Caleb Wilde.
Want to join in on the next one? Sign Up Here!
Grief Workshop in Augusta, GA: Oct 3oth
On October 30th, Ashley joined long-time grief advocate and author, Rodger Murchison, for the Grief Ministry Workshop at First Baptist Church of Augusta.
It’s was a powerful day to talk about loss, mourning, grieving, and healing.
LNL Book Club’s September Gathering
Our purpose is to ensure everyone feels loved and supported in grief, and one of the ways we do that is by creating spaces to talk about hard things. If we continue to let things sit in our head without the insight and wisdom of others, we miss out. Plus, if things remain unknown, they serve as the breeding ground for fear.
Our September gathering of our Love Well Book Club was really powerful. We watched the Griefwalker documentary and discussed so many of the profound quotes, discussion around honesty, hope, reality, and healing. We are going to be reading a book for the next one and hope you’ll join us!
The Love Well Launch Party - Atlanta + Virtual
On August 18th, we hosted the official launch party for The Love Well Community! We had people join us in person at the Elevator Factory downtown Atlanta and we had people join us virtually from across the country - it was a blast!
Our guests were the first to meet our two new staff members, John and Annabelle, and they heard directly from our Founder to learn about the The Love Well Community and the direction we’re headed. We enjoyed a guided wine tasting with the Bending Branch team and celebrated how far we’ve come and all that’s in store.
Valentine Wine & Chocolate
A virtual event led by the tasting of Bending Branch Winery that was a ton of fun!
What could be better than red wine and chocolate? Three bottles of red wine with three different dark chocolate pairings to match :)
They were truly remarkable! we are so grateful for a continued partnership with Bending Branch to create fun community and unique experiences.
Record-Breaking Giving Tuesday 2021!!!
HOLY FREAKING COW! Y’all seriously blew us away with your generosity this year. We crushed our goal and raised a total of $19,100 - which will help us go from survival mode to thrive mode!
There’s no doubt that many nonprofits have been hit hard this past year. Many have had to close their doors, but we are still here and excited to grow thanks to all of your generous support!
The Light After Loss Remembrance Walk - November 19th
This year’s walk was a huge success! We had people joining in from across the nation and even across the pond in other countries to share the memories of loved ones who have died.
Grief and loss is taboo in our culture, but we’re trying to change that. When we feel things, we heal things. And when we lose someone we love, they can absolutely still love us from the other side. That love isn’t lost, and our grief doesn’t have to be dark and heavy all of the time. We hope you’ll join us on the next November 19th to decorate with light and share stories of love and remembrance.
October 14th Virtual Wine Tasting with Bending Branch Winery
WOW! What an INCREDIBLE NIGHT with the founder of Bending Branch Winery, Dr. Bob, and his team. We truly had so much fun!
We had people from all over the country come together to make memories, shed tears, enjoy lots of wine, and have a really good night supporting healing in grief. We can’t wait to do this again next year and hope you’ll join us!
Online Summit - Journey Through Grief With Grace, September 2021
Our founder was able to be speaker to kick off the Journeying Through Grief With Grace Online Summit that launched August 31st. Diana Previs brought together an array of specialists and experienced professionals to help people through grief with individual interviews that will be playing all month. There will be a free re-watch as well as an option to purchase access once it’s over - click here to check it out.
Backyard BBQ Bash on July 23rd, 2021 in East ATL
This was our first IN-PERSON party of the year and despite some rain that delayed the start, we had an awesome event!
It was a really fun & intimate backyard concert with live music, some of the best BBQ in Atlanta (DAS BBQ), drinks by Cathead Vodka and Terrapin Beer, and more! If you’re interested in hosting a fundraiser, please let us know :)
December 1st - Giving Tuesday + Gala Re-Watch Party
We always celebrate the givers in our community and invite others to join us on this global day of giving.
Because covid is on the rise, we decided to celebrate virtually. And since so many people experienced the wrath of hurricane Zeta and lost power the day of our gala, we held a re-watch party.
We were so glad we could share the impact our generous community has had in the midst of this wild year. Thank you to all the givers out there!
November 19th - Light After Loss Remembrance Walk
The Light After Loss Remembrance Walk created intentional space to share stories about those we love who are no longer physically here with us.
You can re-watch the event here if you’d like to do the walk on your own or watch the ending remembrance meditations at a later date.
We are so grateful to all those who joined us virtually with the fun glow accessories and thoughtful stories shared. Thank your for making this a successful first annual event! We hope next year, we can walk together in person and can’t wait to grow this event as our community builds.
November 8th - TEDx Chattanooga
Our founder, Ashley Jones, has been invited to speak on the TEDx stage to share How We Heal In Grief. This is a huge honor and we couldn’t be more excited to share the talk once it’s made public. Check back here for the link - we will also put it on our Media & Press page.
We will be sure to send out a newsletter and post the video on our social channels as soon as it’s ready to share. Make sure you follow us and/or subscribe to our newsletter to be in the know! Hopefully it won’t take too long before it’s ready.
Snapshots of Love 2020 - October 25-29th
Our Snapshots of Love Gala, like many things this year, went virtual… but it’s not what you might imagine. We brought a whole bunch of love and self-care experiences to your home to make this one of the best experiences of the year!
Our ticket holders have access to all of the content through the end of the year through our event app. If you missed it and want access for $35, we can get you set up in our app, just let us know!
December 3rd, Giving Tuesday Celebration Party in ATL
Giving Tuesday is the one day out of the whole year where people around the globe come together to make a world of impact, and we celebrated all of you givers! Whether you give time, money, services, love, introductions, or other amazing things, we want you to know how much your giving makes a difference - because small or large, IT MATTERS!
We raised $7,000 to serve 7 families and were able to celebrate together at the Elevator Factory from 6-9pm in Atlanta to have the best Tuesday of 2019!
This is becoming a tradition, so plan on spending next year’s Giving Tuesday with us again in Atlanta. We’d love to have you join us!
November 16th, Fall Family Cook-Off Competition in Canton, GA
Our chili cook-off and best BBQ competition provided some incredible food, while people of all ages enjoyed fall activities such as corn hole, hay rides, and s’mores around a bonfire.
It was such a good night!!!
Together, with an awesome community, we raised over $5,000! THANK YOU!
October 19th, Pancake Social Dine Out Night from 6:30-9 PM
Join us at Pancake Social from 6:30-9:00PM at Ponce City Market downtown ATL to support Love Not Lost through their Dine Out Night to Give Back.
10% of the profits will be given to Love Not Lost in support of our mission to revolutionize the way we grieve. Bring your friends, stuff your faces, and have a great time as you meet our founder, Ashley Jones, and learn more about our cause.
Truly, this is such a great excuse to eat your heart out! No reservations required - just show up to have a good time.
October 19th, CycleGiving Ride @ CycleBar Buckhead ATL - 11AM
CycleBar Buckhead is hosting a CycleGiving Ride to benefit Love Not Lost and we are pumped! Are you ready to sweat for a cause?! Improve your health and cardio, support Love Not Lost, make new friends, and take home some fun things too.
This group ride will be for 45 people starting at 11am on Saturday, October 19th. Spots will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis. Click the sign up link below, get registered through CycleBar, and select whatever amount you’d like to donate to join us for the ride.
October 11-13th: LumiSummit 2019
Ashley spoke at the LumiSummit in Atlanta, GA to share some of her new book material about self-awareness, self-care, and healing in grief. The summit focused on wellness, health, and healing in general. We were honored to be included in the line-up of speakers and look forward to staying connected in their community.
July 31 - Aug 2, ATL Ideas Festival in Atlanta, GA
We had a booth in the marketplace of the ATL Ideas Festival presented by Plywood People to celebrate their 10th year of hosting an incredible learning conference in Atlanta. We met so many incredible people, raised money, shared support tools, and connected with potential partners going forward. We can’t wait until next year!
March 9th, GUMPTION - Franklin, TN
GUMPTION is TED meets arts festival on a mission to foster creativity and hospitality in the South… And on March 9th, our founder & executive director was on their stage! Visit the GUMPTION event site to learn more!
Snapshots of Love March 1, 2019 - 4th Annual Celebration at King Plow in Atlanta, GA
Snapshots of Love was designed as a celebration party to give you hope, fill you with good food and drink, and leave you empowered with wonderful memories to enjoy. For three years, with the help of our donors, we've been serving families through photography as we celebrate life, preserve memories, and support people in grief. In our fourth year, we announced our new digital support tool and a new program that’s coming this year. Here are the highlights captured by one of our amazing Love Not Lost photographer volunteers, This Modern Love Photography - enjoy!
February 16th, Connect Concert by Refuge Dance Company - Marietta, GA
The Refuge Dance Company chose Love Not Lost as inspiration to choreograph a dance to communicate our mission! It was a beautiful night and an incredible job by Refuge Dance! We’ll have a video to share with you soon!
February 11th, Conscious Capitalism Civic Dinner in Atlanta, GA
The Conscious Capitalism team invited Ashley to be a civic dinner host for their Love and Humanity in Business discussion. The dinner was hosted at Lure in Midtown and brought together 8 diverse and unique perspectives to the table for a beautiful evening that challenged, inspired, and grew our own views. We hope to do this again soon!
Kendra Scott at Perimeter Mall Gives Back - February 6, 2019 & December 7, 2018
The Kendra Scott Store at Perimeter Mall helped us raise funds as they gave 20% of all proceeds the night of the shop for a cause events to Love Not Lost. We are so excited for this continued partnership and hope you’ll come join us for the next one!
November 8th - Sum + Substance Storytelling Event
Come hear our Founder, Ashley Jones, share her story alongside of four other incredible humans who have all found purpose through work. The lineup includes Jeff Hilimire (Co-founder and CEO of Dragon Army), Terri-Nichelle Bradley (Founder of Brown Toy Box), Joel Iverson (Co-owner of Monday Night Brewing), and Derreck Kayongo (Human Rights Activist).
Food Through Flowers Garden Dinner Party - June 23, 2018
Tony and Diane Riffel hosted an incredible culinary experience through 5 courses, each artfully paired with edible flowers compliments of Julia Schneider, Private Chef.
Flowers can be a symbol of empathy or celebration, both are core values of Love Not Lost. At the dinner, we shared how guests are helping us celebrate life, preserve memories, and support people in grief. We told the story of our beginnings, shared where we are today, and set a vision for where we hope to be as we grow. At the end of the night, everyone left with tangible ways to show up for the people they care about.
If you attended the dinner and wanted to make a donation outside of your ticket purchase, please click below to donate and help us on our mission to love people better in grief. Thank you for your generosity and support. You are making a difference in Atlanta!
Sip, Sparkle, & Shop with Kendra Scott on May 9, 2018
The Kendra Scott store at Perimeter Mall hosted us for an awesome event to help people shop for Mother's Day and also give back through their purchases, since 20% of all proceeds were given to Love Not Lost. With your help, we raised over $600 and had a great night!
Love Not Lost 3rd Annual Auction Celebration
On March 1, 2018, we had an incredible time at the King Plow Arts Center! We shared a blog post highlighting the night, which you can read here. We had so much fun and were able to raise over $25,000 with the generosity of our donors, sponsors, and supporters. Thank you!!!
Photo by Molly Weir Photography
Giving Tuesday Party in Atlanta - November 28, 2017
We celebrated our #LoveItForward campaign on Giving Tuesday, November 28th at Monday Night Brewing!
It was a wonderful night meeting new people, connecting with old friends, and updating all of our supporters with the great things to come in the future!
Love Not Lost's 2nd Annual Auction Celebration
