2013, A Review.

Here is a month by month highlight happenings of 2013 for David Melia (Professional Free Hugger). 2013 was an exciting and rewarding year.  I accomplished a lot including publishing a book, going on a Free Hugs Tour, gave away 10,000 hugs, met lots of cool people to work on future projects with, grew in my faith though Search 7 retreat and the Catholic Campus Ministries on the campus of DePaul, and
got accepted to the Social Leadership Academy for 2014.

January

• Attended Urbana Conference in St Louis until January
• Finished writing Free Hugs: It’s More Than A Campaign—It’s A Lifestyle book

February

•       Final edits to Free Hugs Book and Publication preparation
•      20^th (Golden) Birthday

March

• Free Hugs: It’s More Than A Campaign—It’s A Lifestyle was officially published
• Free Hugs Tour 2013 Planning

April

• School work and Free Hugs tour planning

 May

• School work and free hugs tour planning

 June

• Start of Free Hugs Tour 2013
• Leaky Con
• Met Megan
• Met Bill Oldenburg

July

• Continuation of Free Hugs Tour

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August

• Free Hugs Tour (abrupt end)
• Free Hugs Tour recovery
• Received job as an After School Care worker at Daystar School

September

• Started Fall quarter of Sophomore year at DePaul

October 

• LaSalle Street Church Retreat 
• Search 7 retreat
• Inception of Penny Bets

November

•  Free Hugs Forum at LaSalle Street Church

December

• Reached 10,000 hugs given away in 2013
• Accepted to the Social Leadership Academy for 2014
• Penny Bets Expansion project idea created

   Stay Tuned for 2014 projects, expectations, and happenings.  I will go into more detail about each of the different projects as progress is made in the new year!! What a crazy year 2013 has been.