A Carroll County family’s impromptu fundraiser for the St. Anthony Cancer Center is making a return later this summer. Mark and Tami Nepple, who live just east of Mt. Carmel, raise various plants on their property, including sunflowers. According to Mark, his family has a history of cancer diagnoses. They had originally planned to simply provide a bouquet of flowers associated with hope for a freewill donation. What started as a simple fundraiser last year ended up generating over $8,000 for the local cancer center.
They opted to make the “Sunflowers: Share Light & Give Hope” campaign an annual event based on last year’s success. Nepple says they were able to get the crop almost entirely planted near the beginning of May, but they do not have a solid date for their sunflower fundraiser yet, as that will largely be dependent on weather conditions throughout the growing season. However, he notes they are already planning for a larger event in 2022.
His best guess is the fundraiser will likely be held sometime in early August. He encourages anybody wanting to keep up with their planning process to follow the Sunflowers: Share Light & Give Hope Facebook page, a link to which can be found included with this story on our website.
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Sunflowers: Share Light & Give Hope
