Send Sunshine
Dr. Gina Anderson, a learning scientist and founder of Ripples of Sunshine and Luma Brighter Learning, has dedicated her work to understanding how people learn, connect, find meaning, and grow. Ripples of Sunshine grew from a simple belief: small moments of connection can create meaningful change in someone’s life and those moments can ripple far beyond the person who receives them.
Ripples of Sunshine apparel
Through our sunshine designs, all people, all minds, & all hearts matter.
Ripples of Sunshine is a community built around creating and sharing those moments. Through the Sunshine Message Board, anyone can leave a message of encouragement, hope, gratitude, or wisdom for someone who may need it. Through Ripples of Sunshine apparel, artists and everyday creators can submit original designs that carry positive messages into the world, earning 10% of the sales their designs generate while Ripples of Sunshine handles the marketing, production, and distribution.
But the shirts and messages are only the beginning. The larger mission is to explore what helps people feel connected and significant to themselves, to one another, and to something larger than themselves. By combining research on engagement and happiness with opportunities to create, share, learn, and encourage one another, Gina hopes Ripples of Sunshine can help us build more meaningful connections and remind us that even a small act can start a ripple.
To learn more about submitting a design for our shirts, contact info@ripplesofsunshine.com.
Join the Movement
Along with Luma Brighter Learning, we proudly support National Alliance on Mental Health to contribute to research, education, and awareness around mental health. A percentage of every jar sold is given to NAMI to support their mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. To date, we have donated 37% or $9.25 of each jar sold back to NAMH. In May 2026, our gift was DOUBLED through the $100,000 challenge fund from their friends at Maybelline, is already hard at work to fuel awareness, advocacy, and support programs for people with mental health conditions.
The initial launch was thoughtfully assembled by individuals through Turn90, a nonprofit employment social enterprise that creates pathways to success after prison. Turn90 combines job training, supportive services, and peer mentorship to help people rebuild their lives with purpose and stability.
Every message is placed with intention.
Every jar represents meaningful work, second chances, and hope.
When you send a Ripple of Sunshine, you’re not just brightening someone’s day—you’re supporting mental health, opening doors to meaningful employment, and strengthening a community that believes small moments can create lasting change.
Each of us can make a difference to make the world feel better.