V-Day Minus 25 Hours

When I first created Spread the Love this Valentine's Day as an event the number of people crept up day by day. I received occasional facebook and in person messages about people's plans to participate but I wasn't sure it was going anywhere big.

On Friday we had a Snow Day from work which meant I had some free time on my hands and so I put my plan in action and baked a batch of cookies. Since then I've made some free hugs signs, some stars and tonight I made fair trade truffles. 


My friends have shared some of their plans with me too. At swing dance on Saturday night my friend from highschool, Leah, came up to me and eagerly explained that she was planning on making bath bombs for her coworkers, and our friend Jean was thinking about Baking and shoveling snow. Today I got a text message from my friend Greg proclaiming that he had no intention to plan his random acts of kindness but instead to look for fourteen opportunities before the end of the day Thursday to do kind things.

This event has also given some people the opportunity to express their struggles. One of my friends from Halifax recently lost her husband and expressed that she didn't feel she could participate this year. Another event participant has indicated that she will be participating to commemorate her cousin's suicide a year ago. I think this gives a window into how difficult of a day Valentine's Day can be for people.

And then today, to my surprise and my delight, 100 more people confirmed that they were planning to participate and over 1000 more people were invited to the event.


There are some location specific events happening.

In Kitchener we will be meeting at Kitchener City Hall at 5:15 to give away free hugs for an hour.

In Ottawa Nindi is getting people together to collect and sort food for the Food Bank. If you want more information you can comment on her post on the facebook event. 

With all this action there's only one question left;
 Are you ready for the best Valentine's Day yet?