A Community Valentine

Tres Flores - Carlos Echeverria

Dear Valentine Peace Project:

We had a marvelous time rolling up the love & peace poems provided by the VPP during our Valentine week.

Volunteers passed them out to patients, clients and passers-by. We also shared beautiful original flower paintings by local artists. 

I had sent out a poem a day during Valentine [Peace] Week on Facebook. Many asked if they could share them with others.  

Rosebud in Vase - Carlos Echeverria

The local cafe let us set up a little place where people could have a poem & order freshly brewed coffee. The wonderful Valentine Peace Project poems were passed out to all. The owner at the cafe was happy to read his poem aloud. The Clinic, cafe as well as nearby thrift store were key places where we passed out the beautiful poems.   

We also decided to pick Bay Laurel leaves from our garden to share as well. 

We gave what we were able to give.  

Thank you for keeping the Valentine Peace Project alive. It's needed now more than ever!

Yours in Peace & Love,
Teresa Tacy Padua
Executive Director
Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic

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"To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. But to feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know, from those unknown to us, who are watching over our sleep and solitude, over our dangers and our weaknesses – that is something still greater and more beautiful because it widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living beings. That exchange brought home to me for the first time a precious idea: that all humanity is somehow together."    Pablo Neruda