Press & media
One family. Southernmost to northernmost. Love left at every stop.
Everything a newsroom, podcast, or local paper needs — the story, the mission, photos, and a real person who answers her own email.
The story
Why we're going
The Leave a Little Love Project began with a question our family couldn't shake: what would happen if we stopped waiting until we had more to give — and just went?
So we're packing up — two parents, two little boys, and grandparents along for the ride — and driving from the southernmost point to the northernmost point. In every community along the way, we'll ask one question: what do you actually need this week? Then we'll show up and do it — a cleanup, a pantry shift, a supply run — and tell the story of the people already doing the quiet good work there.
Small-town and coastal nonprofits run on a handful of volunteers and almost no visibility. They don't lack purpose; they lack hands on ordinary weekdays, and someone to tell their story. We want to be both.
The mission
The short version
- What it is
- The Leave a Little Love Project — one family travelling from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, helping with local causes along the way and sharing the stories.
- Who
- Annalyse Nettles, her husband and their two little boys.
- Why
- Slowing down long enough to notice real life: human connection, helping people, being a little ridiculous, and leaving each place a bit better than we found it.
- How communities are involved
- Each stop is shaped with the people who live there — a cleanup, a supply drive, a local cause, a small business, a tradition worth showing off.
- Status
- Route, timing and funding are still coming together. Nothing is locked in, and we say so honestly.
- Where to follow
- https://leavealittleloveproject.com · @annalysenettles on Instagram and TikTok
News & updates
Where things stand
The latest first. If you need something more current than what is here, just ask — I answer my own email.
- Interviews
Interview booking is open to reporters
Reporters can now pick a time that works around two small children — weekday mornings, middays, a couple of evenings, or Saturday morning — and get the press kit emailed straight back.
- Press kit
The press kit and media package are published
A printable press kit, cleared family photos, quotes, boilerplate and brand files are all downloadable from the media kit page, no request needed.
- Communities
Stop-by-stop collaborations are being confirmed
Every stop on the route is planned with a local organisation rather than around one, so the give-back is something that community actually asked for that week.
- Design
A sticker design made for each collaboration
Each community collaboration gets its own sticker design and a one-page overview of what the two of us are doing together, made with Social Sticker Co.
- Route
The route is set: southernmost point to northernmost point
Sixty days on the road with two parents, two little boys and grandparents along for part of the ride, helping with a local cause in each community along the way.
Photos
The family, in real life
Available for editorial use with credit to the Leave a Little Love Project. Need a specific shot or a higher-resolution file? Just ask.
Ready to quote
Words you can use
“We're not trying to check places off a map. We're trying to slow down long enough to actually be in them — and to leave each one a little better than we found it.”
“The best part of every stop is the people. We show up, we ask what would actually help, and then we do that — together.”
“Our boys are growing up watching kindness be the plan, not the afterthought. That's the whole point.”
“Anyone can leave a little love where they are. A cleanup, a favor, a few hours for a neighbor — it doesn't take a big trip. It just takes deciding to.”
Boilerplate
The Leave a Little Love Project follows one family — two parents and two little boys — travelling from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, working alongside local communities on the causes they care about and sharing those stories along the way. Follow along at https://leavealittleloveproject.com or @annalysenettles.
Press contact
Talk to Annalyse
Founder, Leave a Little Love Project. She answers every media note personally — usually within a day.
Press inquiries
Send me a note
Tell me what you need and your deadline. The press kit lands in your inbox straight away, and I write back myself — usually within a day.