On Valentine’s Day, there are plenty of ways to show some love to those you care about. But how can you do the same for your city? On Thursday, February 14, 2013 the Why I Love Orlando (WILO) initiative will be setting up a Love Letters booth in Lake Eola Park near the playground.
The event will run from 10am till 4pm and will include a number of different ways to show your love to the city. The will be a Big 'O' Hugs photo booth where you can receive a huge from a Why I Love Orlando ambassador. Photos of the hugs will be of the Why I Love Orlando facebook page. Hug donations will be accepted on behalf of the Urban Think! Foundation.
The event will run from 10am till 4pm and will include a number of different ways to show your love to the city. The will be a Big 'O' Hugs photo booth where you can receive a huge from a Why I Love Orlando ambassador. Photos of the hugs will be of the Why I Love Orlando facebook page. Hug donations will be accepted on behalf of the Urban Think! Foundation.
There will also be Love Lens where you can take a photo with a smart phone using a designated Love Lens card, a viewfinder with the frame in the shape of the WILO logo.
Also planned for the day: "lOve nOtes." These are little cards onto which you can write a love note to the city. They will be collected, along with love notes from local school children, and formed into a giant love letter.
Also planned for the day: "lOve nOtes." These are little cards onto which you can write a love note to the city. They will be collected, along with love notes from local school children, and formed into a giant love letter.
The Why I Love Orlando initiative was born when Mayor Buddy Dyer read the book For the Love of Cities by Peter Kageyama. The Mayor brought the author to Orlando and, in partnership with the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, put together workshops with local creatives and business people, led by Kageyama, in which he showed how folks in other cities showed love for their cities. Then those invited were asked to brainstorm in groups how they could do the same. Our own Mark Baratelli was invited to these workshops to participate. The Why I Love Orlando initiative is a non-profit, grass roots movement coming out of those Why I Love Orlando workshops.
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