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Thank you to everyone who made it out to our International Have a Hart Day at People Serving People! PSP is the largest family focused homeless shelter in Minnesota. 10 volunteers helped clean common areas, vacuum, do laundry, and cleaned out a room that had just been vacated. We rocked it so hard, we got done with tasks ahead of schedule, so they kept having to find stuff for us to do!

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Always fun seeing what other teams are doing!

Great work everyone! <3 

October Recap

Another wonderful month of Have A Hard Days!  

Four volunteers from our Toronto team planted around 100 native trees and shrubs in Cedarvale Park! 

The @haveahartdayseattle​ team served 52 meals between three of them!  

Five volunteers from @haveahartdayboston aided in sorting 18, 010 lbs frozen meat! 

20 folks showed up in Lansing to staff  the Haunted Boo Tunnel for guests of Potter Park Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo event!  Spooky! 

Seven volunteers in the Twin Cities jumped in to finish flooring, and painting two bungalows, move garden furniture into storage for winter, and mend a fence skirting in one of the tiger enclosures!  Looks cold, but fun! 

A team partnered with The Food Bank of Northern Indiana in South Bend with their annual Chilli Cookoff! 5 volunteers served about 300 people at this event, helping with set up and with directing people to where they needed to go as well as keeping the parking lot safe around the tent. One volunteer also did face painting for around 15 kids inside! 

Our Singapore team gathered five volunteers to clean the learning environment for children from challenging family environments.  

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Have A Hart Day - September Recap

It was a busy and wonderful September for Have A Hart Day!  

London volunteers jumped in to help at the Anthony Nolan Trust, packing 60 black folders, 56 blue folders and over 6,000 wall planners! 

Our team in Amsterdam painted two giant chicken coops at a petting zoo!

The @have-a-hart-day-dc team in DC helped 37 dogs and 4 cats get adopted at the Lucky Dog Animal Rescue. 

Singapore represented their @haveahartdaysg team at the Dad’s For Life Car Rally, manning the checkpoints across the island for a total of 140 participants! 

Boston HAHD volunteers sorted 12,335 lbs of frozen meat at the Greater Boston Food Bank!  Wowzah!  @haveahartdayboston

10 volunteers in Lansing worked The Color Run to raise awareness for both the Sparrow Foundation and Kelleigh’s Cause charities!

South Bend City represented in their event with The South Bend City Crop Walk, keeping 175 walkers hydrated and motivated to end hunger in our area! 

Seattle volunteers served breakfast and lunch to approx. 70 members of the Ballard community. @haveahartdayseattle

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Hahdtwincities@gmail.com if you want to RSVP to our October event!

October 2017 Have A Hart Day Events

Here are the October events! If you are near or around these cities, send in your RSVP and join us to help make our communities a little bit better. 

10/8 -  San Francisco, California

10/14 -  Birmingham, Alabama

10/21 -  Boston, Massachusetts

10/29 -  Singapore

10/29 -  Twin Cities, Minnesota

Thank you City Captains for making these events possible!

For most up to date events see the Have a Hart Day Facebook Page

If you’d like to create events for your city send an email to volunteer@hartomedia.com with your name and city/country for more info.

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Awww, we done good, y’all! <3

Have a Hart Day - July 2017 Wrap-up

Here is the wrap up for Have a Hart Day events in July

THANK YOU to all Have a Hart Day volunteers! Without you, these events would not happen or be as successful as they are

Chicago, Illinois –  7 volunteers pick up litter in Thatcher Woods around the picnic site and the trails. We cleared away 5 bags of trash and 2 bags of recycling.     @haveahartdaychicagoil

West Netherlands –  2 Volunteers cleaned up 2 gardens and made at least one person really happy with his new garden     @hahdthenetherlands

São Paulo, Brazil –  8 volunteers worked at a Festa Junina (a typical Brazilian feast), running some stalls for Liga Solidária - a non-profit organization that helps 10k people every month, through 10 different projects  @haveahartdaysaopaulo

Boston, Massachusetts –  4 Volunteers helped sort and distribute 6, 028 lbs of food at the mobile food market     @haveahartdayboston

South Bend, Indiana –  7 volunteers helped raise awareness for and celebrate the LGBTQ Community at The First Ever Pride Block Party of South Bend. We helped set up and tear down as well as kept an eye on things for safety and for traffic control during the event.

Lansing, Michigan –  17 HAHD Lansing volunteers came together to sort and package 5,400 lbs of food for distribution to local shelters and pantries at The Greater Lansing Food Bank.     @haveahartdaylansing

Twin Cities, Minnesota –  4 volunteers stenciled 40 drains, hung 55 door hangers, and picked up 3 full bags of trash for pollution prevention thru the Friend’s of the Mississippi River.     @have-a-hart-twincities​

If you’d like to volunteer, be sure to visit Official Have a Hart Day FB Page for upcoming events. Or visit the Upcoming page on this blog. Interested in creating an event for your city? Send an email to volunteer@hartomedia.com to apply to be a City Captain

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So excited for this volunteer event, and to meet several more HAHD captains I haven't met yet! 💙💪🏻

Habitat for Humanity Santa Clarita August 18th     8am to 2pm For this event we will be volunteering at the Habitiat for Humanity construction site in Santa Clarita. No experience is necessary as we will be instructed and supervised during all activities. This event is limited to those who are 16+ sorry, no exceptions ***Only 15 spots available so please be sure to email your RSVP to haveahartdayla@yahoo.com asap with your name, age, and contact info.*** Please be sure to wear comfortable clothing you don’t mind getting dirty and closed-toe shoes. We will have a lunch break and will have the option to bring our own food or go somewhere nearby. You can RSVP on FB   << H E R E >> Join the LA FB group    << H E R E >>

City Captain Helen : haveahartdayla@yahoo.com

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Some fun gifs I took of last night’s social event!

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Dearest Hannah (@mydrunkkitchen),

The Twin Cities Minnesotters (@have-a-hart-day group) would like to thank you SO SO much for the wonderfully fun evening last night. We went bowling, ate delicious food, and played a few arcade games. You are an incredibly generous and kind hearted human, and we just love being a part of your world wide HAHD family.

All the best,

Twin Cities HAHD captain and crew

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Do you live in he Seattle area? Then go join in on some social fun! 💙

HAHD Seattle - May Event

Hi everyone! Next Saturday, 5/20, we’ll be hanging out at the U District Street Fair to celebrate all the amazing work that you’ve done and to introduce new members to our team. Lunch will be provided and if the weather cooperates, we’ll go canoeing and rowboating too. RSVP is available here. Hope to see you there!

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Come volunteer with us next Sunday the 21st, guys!!

Come volunteer with us!

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Come to our HAHD SOCIAL EVENT! FREE BOWLING GUYS!

Come bowling with us! This event is FREE to all attendees!! Space is limited though, so be sure to RSVP to me at hahdtwincities@gmail.com

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Awesome work, everybody! 💙💪🏻🙌🏻

Have a Hart Day - April 2017 Wrap-up

Here is the wrap up for Have a Hart Day events in April THANK YOU to all Have a Hart Day volunteers! Without you, these events would not happen or be as successful as they are

Detroit, Michigan - 7 Volunteers helped pack 11,040 pounds of food, which will feed 9,384 people     @haveahartdaydetroit

Twin Cities, Minnesota -  6 Volunteers helped to build a trench, trim trees, and clear brush up at the Wildcat Sanctuary.     @have-a-hart-twincities NOTE: All wildcat photos were taken post-volunteering, during a supervised tour of all the residents. Volunteers were require to stay at least 10ft from each enclosure, absolutely 0 hands on contact is permitted.

Birmingham, Alabama - 4 Volunteers sort ten bags of clothes that will be donated to foster children.     @hahdbirmingham

West Netherlands - We cleaned up the garden at the building playground with 6 people. So the new cafe can be build in a little while. In 5 hours a lot was done and it looked much better.      @hahdthenetherlands

Atlanta, Georgia - 5 volunteers were at MedShare, and helped sort about a pallet’s worth of needles, and packed 106 boxes worth     @hahdatlanta

London, England - 3 Volunteers helped the FareShare food bank team to sort and store 8 pallets of food - roughly 5 tons - and clean up a lot of sticky bottles!    @londonhahd​

South Bend, Indiana - 7 Volunteers completely restocked the Food Pantry with 443 pounds of dairy, 853 pounds of meats, and 283 pounds of dry foods like canned vegetables and baked goods.

Los Angeles, California - 4 Volunteers sorted and priced new donations for the ReStore sales floor.     @haveahartdayla​

New York City, New York - 3 volunteers POTS Meal Prep- over 200 lbs of potatoes, carrots, garlic and beets washed, peeled and chopped.     @nyckitchenettes​

Seattle, Washington - 2 volunteers who helped prepare and serve breakfast and lunch to 83 members of the community     @haveahartdayseattle​

São Paulo, Brazil - 2 Volunteers went to São Paulo’s public shelter to walk their dogs. We had a blast!     @haveahartdaysaopaulo​

Chicago, Illinois - 5 volunteers make 5 dozen cookies for the families that are staying at the Ronald McDonald House while their children are in the hospital.     @haveahartdaychicagoil​

If you’d like to volunteer, be sure to visit Official Have a Hart Day FB Page for upcoming events. Or visit the Upcoming page on this blog. Interested in creating an event for your city? Send an email to volunteer@hartomedia.com to apply to be a City Captain

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Come bowling with us! This event is FREE to all attendees!! Space is limited though, so be sure to RSVP to me at hahdtwincities@gmail.com

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Come volunteer with us!

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Had the most amazing day volunteering up at the Wildcat Sanctuary today. 6 volunteers dug a trench thru an enclosure, trimmed trees/removed brush and sticks. Then afterward got a tour of all the residents.

PLEASE NOTE: all cat photos were taken during a guided guided tour from one of the main caretakers, after we spent the day volunteering. We were not allowed our phones/cameras during the work day, for safety purposes, but were allowed photos during the tour. All volunteers had to stay at least 10 feet away from the occupied enclosure fences at all times.

The Wildcat Sanctuary is not open to the public for viewing. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and care of wildcats previously bred for “pets”, entertainment, tourist attractions, money, status symbols, etc. A few of the MN native species came directly from the DNR after a failed or two release back into the wild. The Wildcat Sanctuary does not rehabilitate/release any cats, nor do they use them for breeding purposes (all cats are spayed/neutered, and vetted). The Wildcat Sanctuary is simply a safe haven for these beautiful creatures to live out the remainder of their life in happiness, while in a proper habitat, and with proper care.

For more information on what they do, their past and current residents, or if you wish to make a donation: Www.wildcatsanctuary.org

If you would like to stay up to date on our next Have a Hart Twin Cities events, you can follow us here on tumbr, or you can join our FB group page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/825285514222170/

You can also email me (Gilly - city captain) at hahdtwincities@gmail.com

You can stay up to date on what all the Have a Hart Day groups around the world are doing here: @have-a-hart-day

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The Wildcat Sanctuary sent us a thank you card for the volunteer work we did last weekend! 😁💙🦁🐆🐅

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Had the most amazing day volunteering up at the Wildcat Sanctuary today. 6 volunteers dug a trench thru an enclosure, trimmed trees/removed brush and sticks. Then afterward got a tour of all the residents.

PLEASE NOTE: This video footage was taken during a guided guided tour from one of the main caretakers, after we spent the day volunteering. We were not allowed our phones/cameras during the work day, for safety purposes, but were allowed photos/video during the guided tour. All volunteers had to stay at least 10 feet away from the occupied enclosure fences at all times.

The Wildcat Sanctuary is not open to the public for viewing. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and care of wildcats previously bred for “pets”, entertainment, tourist attractions, money, status symbols, etc. A few of the MN native species came directly from the DNR after a failed or two release back into the wild. The Wildcat Sanctuary does not rehabilitate/release any cats, nor do they use them for breeding purposes (all cats are spayed/neutered, and vetted). The Wildcat Sanctuary is simply a safe haven for these beautiful creatures to live out the remainder of their life in happiness, while in a proper habitat, and with proper care.

For more information on what they do, their past and current residents, or if you wish to make a donation: Www.wildcatsanctuary.org