In celebration of Global Free Hugs (https://www.facebook.com/events/178461902753121/), we’ll be creating a Global Hug Zone that celebrates all cultures and our universal love of hugs! Weather permitting (rain will push the event to Sunday at the same time), we’ll be meeting up outside JJ Bean Coffee at 6th and Commercial Drive (because Commercial Drive is widely ... Read More
Given the weather, Patrick is organizing a Free Hugs at the Chinatown platform station downtown vancouver. He will have a sign made up and everyone is welcome to come and participate. It will be sometime in the afternoon around 2 or 2:30 or so… Bring your sign and arms ready for hugging. Bring a friend!
If you’ve never experienced the annual Beach Avenue Parade (http://www.vanrathfest.com/), this is your chance and you can even be a part of it! It’s a beautiful mix of people and smiles flowing along Beach Avenue and ending in Stanley Park at the Ratha-Yatra festival where they offer free vegetarian meels for thousands of people. It’s ... Read More
“Every action is an expression of love or a cry for love.” There’s been a lot of violence & expressions of hate in the world lately. It’s time for us to counter hate with LOVE. I invite you to join me for the simple act of holding up a FREE HUGS sign and offering a ... Read More
The pride just keeps on flowing, this time in New Westminister with the Pride Street Party (https://www.facebook.com/events/304394256682779/)! It’s an amazing feeling to give a stranger free hugs, but when it’s associated with a pride celebration, the hug is even more amazing. You can feel the two-way validation and pure love that is absolutely overpowering. We’ve ... Read More
When you think about fireworks, you might not automatically think of hugs, but you should. Fireworks are emotional with a spectacular ending, followed by a quiet anticlimactic walk home. Picture that . . . hundreds of thousands of people leaving the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks show (http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/), funneling down a street like a river ... Read More
When you think about fireworks, you might not automatically think of hugs, but you should. Fireworks are emotional with a spectacular ending, followed by a quiet anticlimactic walk home. Picture that . . . hundreds of thousands of people leaving the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks show (http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/), funneling down a street like a river ... Read More
When you think about fireworks, you might not automatically think of hugs, but you should. Fireworks are emotional with a spectacular ending, followed by a quiet anticlimactic walk home. Picture that . . . hundreds of thousands of people leaving the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks show (http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/), funneling down a street like a river ... Read More
