Local Volunteer Group to Celebrate Second Anniversary

The Boston Chapter of Have a Hart Day will be celebrating its second anniversary under its current City Captain, Westwood's Heather T. Ford*. The group began in its current form in July of 2016. Since then, members have volunteered in Boston, Somerville, and Quincy. The upcoming volunteer event will be at The Greater Boston Food Bank’s Mobile Market in Somerville on July 14.

Have a Hart Day Boston is the Boston chapter of the volunteer organization Have a Hart Day. Have a Hart Day has chapters throughout the world. In 2013, Youtuber Hannah Hart, then best known for her series “My Drunk Kitchen,” toured the country on her “Hello Harto” tour. At each tour stop, she would hold volunteer events. Some areas continued these volunteer events, and Have a Hart Day was born.

Although there was a Have a Hart Day Boston group which was active from 2014-2015, the City Captain left and the group was no longer active until July 2016. The first event under the new management was at The Greater Boston Food Bank’s Mobile Market in Somerville. Since then, the monthly events have occurred both at the Somerville Mobile Market and The Greater Boston Food Bank’s warehouse in Boston. This past month, Have a Hart Day Boston helped at cancer charity This Star Won’t Go Out’s annual gala in Quincy.

In order to join Have a Hart Day Boston, volunteers need to be above the age of sixteen. It is not required to show up for every event. Each event is about 2.5 hours. By sending an email to HAHDBoston@gmail.com, a person may get information about upcoming Have a Hart Day Boston events. Another good source of information is https://hahdboston.wordpress.com/, from which links to the group’s Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram may be found.

*As disclosed in my Patch profile, that's me.