This came to my inbox today:

Hello,

My name is Michael Dang and I am currently writing an article about the Free Hugs Campaign for the Columbia News Service in New York. I attended a Free Hugs Campaign in New York started by Carlos Montoya and have also done interviews with Juan Mann in Australia who began the campaign as well as the Shimon Moore, the lead singer of Sick Puppies who created the widely seen YouTube video on the Internet. I am definitely lacking in interviews from other groups of people across the United States who have started their own campaigns and was hoping you would be able to help me out by letting me know about your own involvement in the Free Hugs Campaign, how and when you started, what have you done, and also things like what your first hug was like. I am currently on deadline this week so if you could get back to me via e-mail or telephone that would be wonderful. Feel free to be as detailed as you to give yourself a voice. If not, thanks for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.

Michael Dang
Columbia News Service
mpd2115@columbia.edu

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