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An incredible opportunity to support The Sunny Center

Nov 23, 2021 | Activism, News, Newsletter

This week, you have a unique opportunity to support The Sunny Center!

Peter Tunney’s GRATTITUDE artwork (Gannett)

Peter Tunney Artwork NFT Auction

We are so excited to announce that our board member, artist Peter Tunney, is auctioning two of his masterpieces.  You can go directly to usatoday.com/nft to get all the details.

This collaboration between Gannett Publications and Peter Tunney celebrates the season of giving with proceeds equally benefiting The Sunny Center, to help individuals who have suffered the injustice of wrongful conviction to heal and integrate back into society, and the Gannett Foundation, which supports community-building initiatives across the country.

The Gannett and Peter Tunney NFT collection includes the following:

  • “GRATTITUDE” NFT: The attitude of gratitude, a Peter Tunney original 4’x6’ painting will be minted into 500 limited edition non-fungible tokens at $250 each. The accessible NFTs will have a unique identifier for sale until all limited-edition pieces are purchased. A rendering of the original artwork will also be distributed across the USA TODAY NETWORK as a special keepsake insert for readers as a holiday gift.
  • “LIBERTY” NFT and Original Artwork: An animated Non-Fungible Token of Peter Tunney’s original 5’x6’ LIBERTY painting created exclusively with Gannett content will have a starting minimum bid of $50,000 with the winner receiving both the unique NFT and the artwork. 

You may be familiar with Peter’s GRATTITUDE and COURAGE artwork, prints of which are hanging in the homes at the Sunny Living Center!

Go to Auction

The Palm Beach  Post also published a wonderful profile of Peter Tunney here: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/entertainment/2021/11/22/artist-peter-tunneys-latest-works-focus-wrongful-incarceration/8636365002/

Peter Tunney is one amazing man and we are very blessed and proud to have him on our board and in our corner! Thank you, Peter! Thank you, Gannett publishers! And thank you to our supporters – we hope to be able to do so much more for so many more in the coming year. And none too soon!

The holiday season brings joy to many. But, to many more it brings stress and depression and loneliness. With this infusion of funds and support, we should be able to reach out to many more in a more meaningful way during the upcoming holidays.

Bless you, one and all!! And a happy Thanksgiving!!!

With extreme gratitude

Support for Exonerees

New Group Meeting Forming

In our next newsletter, we hope to be announcing the launch of this new program for anyone and everyone whose life has been impacted by wrongful convictions!

We are developing an open meeting for Exonerees and anyone whose life has been impacted by a wrongful conviction: family members, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, even the lawyers who defended Exonerees  – so we can begin to share each other’s stories and concerns, successes and failures.

Through this new program we can help each other begin to understand each other’s needs, work to become more harmonious, and develop better relationships. One of the biggest hardships when an Exoneree is released is their relationship with loved ones, because they can’t understand each other.

We will have Exoneree mentors – those who have been through it – to mentor those who are just starting to go through the process of rejoining society and healing. This creates a safe space to do that.

Contact us if you’re interested in participating!

Sundays With Sunny

Women Exonerees are welcome to join SUNDAYS WITH SUNNY, a group online chat where we can share and learn and grow together, and just be there to support one another.

Outreach

And all Exonerees, please visit our Outreach page and contact us if you need help in any way. We will respond to you. Even if you just need someone to talk to!

Support The Sunny Center

We Are Grateful for You!

We are so thankful for all of our friends, near and far, who have supported The Sunny Center in any way that they can. For more than a year and a half, through an incredibly difficult period for all of us, you’ve stood by us. Peter and I can’t thank you enough.

Thank you for all your support and love. You’ve been instrumental in helping our work with Exonerees, and you’ve directly helped to make life a little easier for them. We’re so grateful to all of you!

Peace and Love,
Sunny and Peter

Remembering Peter

My dear Peter is gone.
We sang him home on the last day of the year, gathered around his bedside as we had done for so many days before.

‘Send them green.’ A special message from a Sunny Center supporter!

“I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest at the Sunny Center this past July. My first trip to Ireland, it always is a magical moment to visit friends who live overseas…”

Exonerees are succeeding, thanks to you!

Helping people exonerated of crimes they did not commit, setting them back on the path to a fulfilling life, is a monumental task that we depend on the dedication of volunteers, both near and far, to achieve.

Even in summer, the work doesn’t stop

We’re in midsummer now, with its long days that stretch until 11 in the evening here in Ireland. It’s a busy time for everyone and everything.

The power of art to heal and renew

Did you know that Peter was a woodworker and an artist? He created so many things. But more importantly, he taught those skills to other Exonerees when they visited the Center.

Looking for green shoots

Photo by Samantha Bookman. Peter and I chose to situate the Sunny Healing Center here in this beautiful location in the west of Ireland. A newcomer may at first see only a barren, rocky, windswept landscape. But, put your hand on the earth here, and you can feel the...

A message from Sunny about Peter

The time has come to say farewell to our dear Peter, who is in the process of transitioning from this body and this plane.

Finding Peace, Joy and Hope

The events in Ukraine over the past several days have been ever-present in all of our lives through the daily news and constant social media. These times can be especially difficult for Exonerees because of the traumas they are working to overcome.

Love Is Always the Answer

Winter is always a little bit quieter than the rest of the year. After a long day spent maintaining the Sunny Healing Center and getting it ready for visitors, it’s time for us to cuddle up with the kittens and, of course, Barney, on chilly winter evenings with a warm fire in the hearth.

A Happy, Healthy and Healing New Year to All

Love has no barriers and no limits. And neither does our gratitude for your continuing support and friendship. Know that you are never alone, because you are part of our family.

Happy Holidays to Our Friends Near and Far!

These are extraordinary times. And you’ve all been extraordinary supporters. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to keep helping Exonerees in the midst of a global emergency.