Combining a passion for art and giving, Art for Impact hosted an event of music, dance and theatre, with booths promoting recycling. Hug It Forward's booth had supporters giving Free Hugs and passing out hug bucks that were all handmade and using recycled/re-used materials.

Cathy is a Yoga instructor who has dedicated 12 hours of giving Free Hugs to raise awareness, spread love, and earn funds for bottle schools. She pledged to give hugs to everyone she encounters during the week and to give them a hug buck printed from her Hug It Forward profile, to encourage others to hug it forward.

Jen Yost, author of a new book: Bring On The Joy has included Hug It Forward in the book’s content! Speaking about the power of hugs, Yost encourages others not only to give hugs often, but to track them online to help raise money for bottle schools! Wow!!!!

This young photographer contacted Hug It Forward with a wonderful idea to contribute to bottle schools! He has started a “Photography for Social Change” campaign, donating proceeds from the sale of his photos to non-profits. Using his craft to help give back, this artist really understands the power of conscious business!

For Earth Day 2011, a group of environmentally conscious high school students set out to raise awareness of environmental issues. They planned an Earth Fair event on their campus to invite the student body to come explore and learn about business and organizations that are making a difference for the environment.

9th graders at Liverpool, New York High School sold food at the NYS regional National History Day competition to help build a bottle school in Guatemala. From doughnuts in the morning to pizza in the afternoon, the students mingled amongst several school districts that came together for this competition.

Markie, a first year student at ASU, organized a group of her friends and created a Hug It Forward club through the school, promoted the event, and went out for three consecutive days with her team to hug as many of their schoolmates as possible.

Big hugs and thank you to the wonderful printers who do such an amazing job on the Free Hugs shirts!

A big fan with a big heart got involved with Hug It Forward during the Global Hug Tracking Launch in April 2011. He organized his own Free Hug Campaign with friends and family in Toronto, Canada!

Tiamo, friend and advocate to Hug It Forward, used his love for music to create an uplifting and heart-warming song about being the change you want to see in the world! Thank you for helping us spread the love.

Thank you Damian, Nico, Luca, Dan, Evan, Thomas, Anuj from Argentina, Italy, France, UK, Boston, New York, India. Your support has helped Hug It Forward reach out to people all over the world and made bottle school projects a reality for children in Guatemala!