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Advancing Social Well-Being
Through Play, Nature, and Meaningful Human Connection
We're a social wellness organization on a mission to end loneliness, reduce burnout, and relieve stress among adults by creating opportunities for meaningful connection through play, nature, and community. We design inclusive community-based experiences that help adults build friendships, strengthen communities, and improve overall well-being.
We believe social connection is preventative care.
We’re More Than Social.
We’re SOULFUL!
We're not therapy, we're not treatment.
We are the space in between.
The space where play, nature, and community help people thrive.
Through accessible experiences rooted in connection, joy, and belonging, we create opportunities to gather, laugh, move, breath, and remember they don't have to navigate life alone.
Rooted in Ubuntu (reimagined), we believe well-being is communal and stronger, healthier communities begin with consistent and meaningful human connection.
Calendar Of Events
Find your community
Cousins Picnic in the Park!Sat, Aug 01E. Carroll Joyner Park
Let's Talk About It: Health of Human Relationships in the Age of AIWed, Aug 12Partake Raleigh
Backyard Day Party w/a Mix & Mingle TwistSat, Aug 15Tap Yard Raleigh- Backyard Day Party w/a Mix & Mingle TwistSat, Sep 05Tap Yard Raleigh
Hike & Chill | 5 Mi Challenge Hike: Ledge Spring + Jomeokee LoopSat, Sep 12Pilot Mountain: Ledge Spring + Jomeokee
Family Day Hike & Chill @ Knightdale Station ParkSat, Oct 03Knightdale Station Park
Park & Play: Adult Recess Edition hosted by Aim High-Keep PressingSat, Oct 03Greens Campground Hideaway
Impact
Connection is a public health asset.
Through intentional experiences rooted in play, nature, conversation, and community, we create opportunities for adults to build meaningful relationships, experience belonging, and strengthen their social well-being.
The impact of connection is that stronger communities begin with meaningful and consistent human connection.
Our Impact
46,000+
Community Members Engaged
165+
Experiences Hosted
14
Communities served across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
100+
Local Vendors & Small Businesses Supported
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Connection strengthens communities.
LGSR creates opportunities for adults to build relationships, experience belonging, and engage more deeply with the people and places around them.
Our experiences support public parks, local businesses, entrepreneurs, vendors, and community organizations while creating welcoming spaces where people can gather, connect, and thrive.
Because healthier communities are built when people, places, and local economies grow stronger together.
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Our Social Well-Being Programs
How We Build Connection, Belonging, & Joy
Adult Recess
Play-based experiences that help adults reconnect with joy, reduce stress, and build meaningful relationships.
Hike & Chill
Nature-centered experiences that encourage movement, conversation, and community.
Cousins Picnic in the Park
A community-centered gathering that creates opportunities for adults to slow down, build relationships, share experiences and experience the comfort of belonging in community.
Book Club
Thoughtful conversations that foster reflection, connection, and a deeper sense of community.
Let’s Talk About It
Facilitated conversations that create space for vunerability, understanding, and connection.
Veterans Day Recess
A play-based experience honoring veterans by creating space for connection, camaraderie, joy, and community beyond miitary service.
House Party
Small-group gatherings designed to cultivate trust, belonging, and authentic human connection.
Adult Recess Festival
A large-scale celebration of play, joy, and community that helps adults reconnect with themselves and each other.
Michele created Let's Get Social Raleigh because she believes no one should have to navigate life or heal alone.
She knows that everyone is fighting their own battles, and no matter how strong we are, we all need community. Michele often says, “Most of the ills that plague us as individuals and as a community can be healed if we build more bridges than walls.” For her, play, nature, and authentic connections are those bridges.
After 20 years of service as a Marine, including 2 combat deployments and a Joint Task Force, Michele experienced firsthand the impact that PTSD, anxiety, and depression can have on a person's well-being. But even while managing those challenges, it was loneliness that nearly took her life.
That experience changed everything. But instead of giving in, she found healing in the things that always brought her the most joy. Nature offered her calm, play brought back laughter, and community gave her the freedom to live her truth and purpose.
She wanted others to tap into their own healing journey—and that’s how Let’s Get Social Raleigh evolved into the grassroots organization it is today.
From Michele Paul, Founder & Wellness Advocate
