There’s something magical about giving out free hugs in a parade. Everyone is watching all of the bright colors and smiling faces, then when the crowd is offered free hugs, they get so excited about being able to participate. Those excited hugs are some of the best around. We’re officially scheduled to participate in the Ratha Yatra parade, in position #4 (behind the Round House Radio Van and in front of the San Salvador group), then we’ll be spreading hugs all along Beach Avenue! #hugsarenice #freehugs

Learn more about the parade at http://vanrathfest.com/Parade.html#bookmark, read the Parade Participant Guidelines at http://hugsarenice.com/documents/parade-participant-guidelines.pdf, and get excited with videos of our group at the recent Vancouver Pride Parade:

We can loan out matching “FREE HUGS” shirts for the event so that we’re all a unified (and colorful) group so please contact us via Facebook or http://hugsarenice.com to tell us your shirt size in advance 🙂