10 Reasons to Participate in #FreeHugs15
When you sign up for Free Hugs Day, we ask you to describe why you’re excited to participate. This always leads to some fantastic answers. We picked a few of our favorites, enjoy! (That last one proves what kind of awesome interns we have! Shout out to Matt!) Now seriously, if you haven’t pledged, go do […]
And the Winning #FreeHugs Postcard Is…[Insert Drumroll]
We recently asked all of you, the members of the Dance Floor Theory community, to help us pick a new #FreeHugs postcard. Jasmin Prows, a very talented student artist and leader from Salt Lake Community College, came up with some great designs, and we were thrilled to share them with all of you. We appreciate all […]
Help Us Choose the New #FreeHugs Postcard!
Every year, we commission a student artist in our Dance Floor Theory community to create a new design for our Free Hugs Postcard for the upcoming school year. As we move into another school year, we need your help in picking the final design for our new Free Hugs postcard. Thanks to the incredibly talented Jasmin […]
New Types of #FreeHugs I Learned About Today
Over at the Student Leader Collective, the hashtag of the day is #FreeHugs, and it’s AWESOME. I wrote a post about my favorite things I noticed about what students are doing to make #FreeHugs their own. It’s so cool to see that our idea of doing a Free Hugs Day gets taken and made even […]
#FreeHugs Day! Have YOU Pledged Yet?
Fall is here, and the weather is just getting colder by the minute. Nothing like warm hugs to keep you going in these cold, gloomy days. And that’s what I’m here for, to let you know you can start pledging to make people’s days a little better and warm because FREE HUGS DAY IS ONLY […]
Free Intelligent Conversation – Another Genius Blender Event Idea
A friend of ours sent us a link to this Kickstarter campaign to help 13 college students tour the Northeast US with “Free Intelligent Conversation” signs, much like the Free Hugs day. They feel that everyone is intelligent in their own way based on their experiences, and everyone deserves to share this intelligence. They look […]
Saudi Arabian Men Arrested for #FreeHugs
The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrest two twenty-one year old men in Saudi Arabia who were giving out free hugs. These young men were inspired by the world wide Free Hugs movement and wanted to spread joy. Videos of the situation show many people gleefully hugging him. The culture […]
Official Stats: #FreeHugs Wrap Up
Holy hugs, Batman! This year’s International Student #FreeHugs Day was a HUGE success. We just finished crunching the numbers and we couldn’t be more proud. Thank you to everyone who hugged on November 7th! Check out the official stats below. Got #FreeHugs pictures you want us to see? Stories that will make us emotional? Send […]
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 […]
5 Tips for #FreeHugs Day
The big day is almost upon us! That’s right, November 7th is almost here and all those pledged hugs will be made reality. To get you in the spirit, we wanted to share some really good tips with you on how to make the most of #FreeHugs Day. Location, Location, Location! Think student center or […]