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.. Bulletin Board: *November 25th, 2007 - FINDING JUAN A HOME" Thank you all for your ideas and support! I've added a "DONATE" option through ChipIn above - everyone who donates will receive a personalised PDF copy of the "ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FREE HUGS" the forthcoming book from Juan Mann with pictures by Krista Brennan of purpleorb.net
*March 26th, 2007, YOUTUBE AWARDS - WINNER OF "MOST INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO" Thank you all for voting in the inaugural YouTube Awards, for all your support I offer you this... A Hug! Thank You!
*January 25th, 2007, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – MID-AFTERNOON - AUSTRALIA DAY LIVE Juan Mann will be in our Nation's Capital from Midday as part of Channel 10's Australia Day Live Coverage! Juan will be giving away Free Hugs outside Parliament House from mid-afternoon!
*CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY 24th December 2006, PITT ST. MALL, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MIDDAY - It's great to be home! Juan Mann will be offering "Free Hugs" to all those last minute shoppers in this busy season. Bring a sign, bring some friends, bring yourself and bring a smile!
*TUESDAY 5th DECEMBER – 1PM SHARP! - FREE HUGS MARCH feat. JUAN MANN. BE PART OF THE NEXT FREE HUGS VIDEO AND COME CRASH TRL WITH US. BRING YOUR OWN ‘FREE HUGS’ SIGN – Cnr. 7th Ave & 44th St. in front of the MTV Store.
*Sunday December 3rd, 2006 - Free Hugs TIMES SQUARE NYC! From 1pm, Juan Mann will be standing around holding his FREE HUGS sign! Just how friendly is New York City? Bring Your FREE HUGS signs! and help Hug New York
*October 30th, 2006 - www.freehugscampaign.org now ..! Join the community, kick start a Free Hugs Campaign off in your town or city!
*October 30th, 2006 - Juan Mann to appear on Oprah! Juan Mann, Founder of the Free Hugs Campaign is set to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show Today!
*October 5th, 2006 - Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube hits 2 million in 12 days!!
* October 2nd, 2006 12:00pm - Free Hugs Campaign mobilizes to Pitt Street Mall, Sydney this Monday the 2nd of October from Noon. Due to the overwhelming support of the YouTube video and Free Hugs Campaign we are all getting together today. Please come along and spread the postive message. We can all make a difference.
* October 2nd, 2006 7:00am - See Juan Mann on Sunrise. Tune into Channel 7's Sunrise at 7am on Monday and see Juan Mann talk about how The Free Hugs campaign and video has changed his life and so many others.
*September 30th, 2006 - Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube (See Below) exceeds 1 million in less than 6 days of posting. Pass this link:www.youtube.comonto all your friends and spread it's positive message. Juan Mann – talks about Free Hugs.
- On Its Origins -
I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.
Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me.
So I got some cardboard and a marker and made a sign. I found the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city and held that sign aloft, with the words "Free Hugs" on both sides.
And for 15 minutes, people just stared right through me. The first person who stopped, tapped me on the shoulder and told me how her dog had just died that morning. How that morning had been the one year anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. How what she needed now, when she felt most alone in the world, was a hug. I got down on one knee, we put our arms around each other and when we parted, she was smiling.
Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven't compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment, is worth it every time.
