Be Kind: Random Acts of Kindness Day Over at Student Leader Collective
The Student Leader Collective is a community of ours that we are very proud of. If you’re a student leader, you need to check it out! On Monday, April 7, SLC will be hosting Random Acts of Kindness Day, aka #RAK14. Just like we did #FreeHugs last year, you can pledge to do random acts […]
Free High Fives, Just In Case Hugs Scare You
As you probably know, Swift Kick enjoys the #FreeHugs movement. A lot. Sometimes, though, we run across people who do not enjoy the whole hugging thing, and we get it. Not everyone is a hugger. Anyone who participated in #FreeHugs Day knows that. So when we came across this Improv Everywhere video, we knew we […]
4 Simple Ways This Groovin’ Blender Event At Baldwin Wallace Is Perfect
First, check out this video. Basically, students at Baldwin Wallace got two pieces of fence and a boombox and stood at various places around campus, giving passersby a chance to go between the fences and dance for a couple seconds. They then got a flyer that gave them a discount code for registration for the […]
5 Ways that a Second Grader Followed Dance Floor Theory
Christian Bucks is an adorable second grader from Pennsylvania who realized that some of his classmates were lonely during recess time. Having heard about a “Buddy Bench” being used in a German school, Christian suggested to his school administrators that they also install one. The Buddy Bench is a designated bench on the playground where […]
Top 3 Unexpected #FreeHugs Day Trends
WOW, the day isn’t even over and so many of you have given out so many hugs already! Over the weekend, we will be posting the official numbers, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, we noticed some crazy cool trends being posted to social media. 1. Administrators and faculty getting involved Sherrod Williams […]
#FreeHugs Takes on the Government
After Tom, founder of Swift Kick, did his keynote at the ASGA conference on October 3rd, he received an email that made all of us here at Swift Kick beam with pride. Jereme Badger sent the above vine in the email, as well as this article, stating that the group of friends had taken Tom’s #FreeHugs […]
International #FreeHugs Day Recap
The Collegiate International Free Hugs Day was AMAZING! We had hug totals coming in via email, Twitter, text, Facebook, voicemail, and even pigeon carrier… Well, ok, the last one is a lie. But boy did you all hug early and hug often. Giving a Free Hug is the first step to developing a culture of […]
Sign Sabotage… [BLENDER EVENT]
While at University of Connecticut the other day, I came across the Sparta sign below, and it got me thinking about a new Blender Event related to the Keynote I wish I would’ve done at the ACUI6 conference. Imagine if once a year, all the student groups partnered with the maintenance people to creatively reconstruct […]
Logistics for the International Free Hugs Day (#FreeHugs)
It’s Almost Here! After one year of waiting, we are only two days away from the International #FreeHugs Day! We currently have 79 schools pledging 55,936 hugs. With some schools pledging from as far away as Egypt, this truly is going to be an international day of hugging. But the day is much more than […]
Utah State University Is Ready for International #FreeHugs Day [IMAGE]
While doing a Dance Floor Theory Training at USU, I noticed this on their events calendar and had to take a picture to share. If you haven’t pledged your group/school yet, there’s still time > http://www.swiftkickonline.com/free-hugs/