Spread Love and Kindness This Valentines Day
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is floating on the breeze making the crisp February air shiny and happy. Isn’t it striking, how much we all can use a little extra love right now, both individually and collectively? Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to spread love and kindness and expand our horizons. Everyone needs love, but during challenging times, a little more heart and soul is definitely in order. To that end, GrantWatch is spreading the love as well, with a list of grants intended to make the world a brighter, happier place.
Is Valentine’s Day Still About Love?
The typical Valentine’s Day theme includes hearts, candy, flowers, and all the other elements that lend themselves to love and romance. Who doesn’t have fond memories of receiving a valentine from a secret crush? Or, making plans with a loved one for a special night out to celebrate? However, many people have long held the belief that Valentine’s Day is Valentine’s Day is too commercialized. Their general complaint of course is that it prioritizes materialistic expression of love over genuine emotional connection.
Universal What, Now?
This Valentine’s Day, let’s push some boundaries and explore an idea that we may have forgotten about. This concept may be difficult to understand and even harder to put into practice. The theory itself is old but applies to our present world more than ever. It’s called Universal Love and what better day to put it into practice than Valentine’s Day?
Essentially, it is about generating the feeling of love for everyone and everything. This means not just people who are part of our everyday lives, or even just people we like, but all people. When many of us think about love, it’s our families, friends, pets, and partners who spring to mind. Universal Love breaks us out of that box. Because, honestly, if you boil it down to its bare bones, it’s simply about spreading the love. So, let’s really spread that love! We can take that concept even further and spread it to all living beings and the planet itself.
Spread Love and Kindness
It’s a fact, you never know what the person beside you is struggling with. This is not to say you need to be intrusive. Instead, simply keep the thought in mind and behave accordingly. Consider this: Is it possible you are the only person the neighbor you said hello to this morning has spoken to all week? Or, is your smile at the person behind you in line the only smile they received all day? Keep these exchanges and others close to your heart because they are not exclusive. Universal Love encompasses everyone, including you. Small acts of kindness are a win/win in any situation. Sharing a smile, holding a door, or giving a sincere compliment are all small, feel-good ways to share the love.
So, let’s try to be beacons of light for each other this Valentine’s Day. Spread positivity, love, kindness and joy today. After all, it costs you nothing and the return is priceless.
Many Nonprofits serve their communities with love and selflessness every day. In honor of Valentine’s Day, below is a list of community service grants for nonprofits.
Nonprofit Community Services Grants
- Grants are available to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and faith-based entities for programs that improve health outcomes and enhance health care services for vulnerable populations.
- There are also grants available to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and community-based organizations for projects and programs to improve local communities.
- In addition, there are opportunities available to Tribes and Tribal organizations for programs to prevent substance misuse, mitigate the impact of trauma, and improve mental health for Tribal youth.
- Grants of up to $20,000 to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and community-based organizations for neighborhood beautification projects in eligible regions.
- Funding is also available to nonprofit organizations for programs that directly benefit individuals in need.
- Additionally, there are grants of up to $10,000 to nonprofit organizations for community programs that benefit local residents
- There are also opportunities to nonprofit organizations for a wide variety of innovative programs and projects that enhance lives and promote peace.
- Lastly, there are grants to nonprofit organizations for activities that positively impact people around the world and their communities.
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