9 HUGS

Help Us Give & Share. A non-profit organization that's initiative is aimed to provide help and hope to those in need. Visit Us At www.9hugs.org

11/05/2024

Hey friends…let’s help keep some special people warm this fall!
Please share the warmth! ❤️

10/02/2024

Lets support Geneva, a local Realtor who is running to provide toys for children in need.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KUHBF3ZVZK8NU

09/20/2024

What an honor to work with such incredible people at Rising Ground! Thanks to our great sponsors, Project Suitcase successfully completed!
We want to take a moment to recognize the incredible work of Raquel Jones, Program Director at the Jamaica Drop-In Center. With her unwavering dedication, Raquel plays a pivotal role in providing a safe haven for young people in need.

Under her leadership, the Jamaica Drop-In Center offers not only immediate support through crisis shelters and transitional independent living residences but also a Rapid Rehousing program designed to help youth rebuild their lives with dignity and hope. Raquel’s compassionate approach ensures that each individual receives the guidance and resources they need to thrive.

Her commitment to empowering young people is truly inspiring, and we are grateful for the positive impact she has on our community. Thank you, Raquel, for your kindness and tireless efforts to create a brighter future for those you serve!

💙 Let’s celebrate the amazing work being done at the Jamaica Drop-In Center!

12/25/2023

Thank you Cassandra for coming to our rescue once again by organizing a Toy Drive P.S.193. Happy Holidays!!!

12/07/2023

We are grateful to have the support of our GOLD Sponsors.
Thank You for helping us achieve our 2023Holiday & 2024Missions.
You have touched the lives of so many less fortunate families this holiday season. ❤️🎄🦃✨

12/07/2023

We are grateful to have the support of our Global Sponsors.
Thank You for helping us achieve our 2023Holiday & 2024Missions.
You have touched the lives of so many less fortunate families, here and around the world. ❤️🌍

12/07/2023

We would like to thank everyone for attending the 9 hugs 10th Annual Toy Drive! Together we raised hundreds of toys that will warm up the hearts of so many kids!
FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS,
Happy Holidays

You have blessed 9 hugs with your generosity and we promise to continue to shed a light on the realities our participant families in need are dealing with and find ways that we can all unite and help them.

We would like to thank our GOLD SPONSORS that help us tremendously during this Holiday Season:

THE GRAND-
SPEECH WITH STACIA
D.D.S. MECHANICAL
GENESIS EVENTS
INKFLOW
NY CRYSTAL CLEANING
And a huge

THANK YOU TO OUR GLOBAL SPONSORS who through their support make an impact to multiple people's lives here and all over the globe by supporting us throughout the year in all our missions.
ACRS
LIGHTHOUSE BUILDERS
VAGGELAS
PNA
NEW ROC
A WR
VIEW 360

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
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11/25/2023

Join us for our 10th Annual Toy Drive! Open Bar from 7-8!
Help Us Give & Share during this holiday season! Please bring Unwrapped brand new toys for children 3 months-18 yr of age.
We have multiple drop off locations throughout Astoria & Whitestone

DISTRIBUTION OF HOLIDAY GIFTS:

Foster Children
In partnership with the Rising Ground Foundation, who offers financial aid for educational purposes to children of low-income families, foster homes, etc., 9hugs.org collects and distributes hundreds of toys, love, and holiday spirit to children of struggling families.

Children of Low-Income families
In partnership with Urban Upbound, who provides low-income families with financial aid throughout the year, 9hugs.org collects and distributes toys to children living in low-income housing units.

To contribute to our holiday toy drive please visit:
www.9hugs.org

9hugs.org is dedicated to spreading aid and love wherever there is need. Understanding that despair has no borders, we organize, collaborate with, and mobilize our volunteers and donations to bring positive change and relief wherever it is needed. Through our projects and success, we hope to create a cycle of philanthropy, inspiring everyone to “Help Us Give & Share” whenever we can.

11/19/2023

THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY
@ SAINT LEO CHURCH 11/19/23 CORONA
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THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING US SPREAD CHEER ON THIS SPECIAL DAY!
All Turkeys were distributed to families in need at Saint Leos Church & PS 337K.
Thank you Kathy Taveras for making Turkey transport arrangements for families in need at PS 377K!

Thank you for working so hard to make this great event possible ♥️

Thank you all for donating and making this great day possible!!!

Thank you to all our great volunteers that brought their smiles and worked hard to make sure that everyone was served.

Thank you to all the Gracious Restaurants Listed Below, that sponsored this great event by matching all your donated Turkeys

Thank you State Senator Jessica Ramos & Her Team for all your donated Turkeys as well as food vouchers for all those in need!!!

Thank you to the MTAPD Hispanic Society for your very generous donation!

Thank you for always being by our side volunteering and capturing all these great moments on our events!

Thank you Damian and Maria for volunteering and spreading so much cheer with us today!

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MTAPD Hispanic Society
State Senator Jessica Ramos & Her Team

Blend
Salvaje Social Club
Bad Habits
Pita Pan
Pappa Gallo
Slice
Dive Bar
Citrico
Made in DR
Mojo
The Rabbit Hole
MTA PD Hispanic Society
Coffee Avenue NY
Chill Astoria
Praga Tapas NY
Republic Astoria
La Consentida NY
Atlantic Coast Risk Services

11/07/2023

THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY
Let’s Give Back This Thanksgiving
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Donate a Turkey at:
www.9hugs.org to help us bring Thanksgiving to a Family in need in throughout the 5 Boroughs. Your Turkeys will be distributed to low income families on Sunday 11/19/23 at Saint Leo Church & Hundreds of Foster Care Families in need at Rising Ground.

The Gracious Sponsors Listed Below,
Will be matching all your donated Turkeys

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We will be collecting donations until Saturday 11/18/23

Blend
Salvaje Social Club
Bad Habits
Pita Pan
Pappa Gallo
Slice
Dive Bar
Citrico
Made in DR
Mojo
The Rabbit Hole
MTA PD Hispanic Society
Coffee Avenue NY
Chill Astoria
Praga Tapas NY
Republic Astoria
La Consentida NY
Atlantic Coast Risk Services

Click below to donate:

www.9hugs.org

11/04/2023

THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY
Let’s Give Back This Thanksgiving
🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁
Donate a Turkey at:
www.9hugs.org
and bring Thanksgiving to a Family in need in Corona-Queens. Your Turkeys will be distributed to select families on Sunday 11/19/23 at Saint Leo Church!Turkeys will also be provided to multiple Foster Care Families in need at Rising Ground.

The Gracious Restaurants Listed Below,
be sponsoring this great event by matching all your donated Turkeys

🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

We will be collecting donations until Saturday 11/18/23

ACRS
Salvaje
Blend
Bad Habits
Pita Pan
Pappa Gallo
Slice
Dive Bar
Citrico
Made in DR
Mojo
The Rabbit Hole

Click below to donate:

www.9hugs.org

08/07/2023

https://youtu.be/1DBwBgNhWAY

The global water crisis ir real. Clean water is priceless. Clean water means life. It means staying healthy from diseases. It means having enough food to eat. It means the opportunity to go to school and improve their futures. Water, for children, means life.

Thank you all for supporting this great project.

06/01/2023

These wonderful olives trees are getting irrigated and prepared to be planted at Lyreio Orphanage! Stay tuned for the progress of this great wildfire reforestation project!
Thank you all for your support!

05/09/2023

Drilling Day at Forikolo DEC Primary School
Borehole & Handpump Project:

Thank you for your support and your belief in doing good. This wonderful project is launching because of your generous support.

GLOBAL HUGGERS

Novatae Risk Group
Awr Group
Litehouse Builders
Natural Diamonds
PNA Contracting
Vaggelas Construction Group
View 360 Constuction

Students, parents, and teachers at Forikolo DEC Primary School in Sierra Leone share their excitement as work begins to rehabilitate the school's well.

05/09/2023

https://youtu.be/6QgRwDhnnUU

Project:
BRINGING WATER TO FORIKOLO DEC PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sierra Leone

Borehole Well & Hand Pump

Thank you for your support and your belief in doing good. This wonderful project is launching because of your generous support.

GLOBAL SPONSORS

Novatae Risk Group
Awr Group Inc.
Litehouse Builders
Natural Diamonds
PNA Contracting
Vaggelas Construction Group
View 360

https://thewaterproject.org/community/projects/sierra-leone/well-rehabilitation-wash-project-23413

05/09/2023

https://youtu.be/6QgRwDhnnUU

Project:
BRINGING WATER TO FORIKOLO DEC PRIMARY SCHOOL
Sierra Leone

Borehole Well & Hand Pump

Thank you for your support and your belief in doing good. This wonderful project is launching because of your generous support.

GLOBAL SPONSORS

Novatae Risk Group
Awr Group
Litehouse Builders
Natural Diamonds
PNA Contracting
Vaggelas Construction Group
View 360 Construction

12/24/2022

Thank you Michael A. Delakas from for your willingness to give your time, energy and service year after year! All your efforts to spread cheer to all the children in need is profoundly appreciated!

12/23/2022

9HUGS 9th Annual Toy Drive Celebration Part 111

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Thank you Harris & Alex from NYPD for providing all these amazing toys for this year’s Annual Toy Drive! We want to express our sincere appreciation for your commitment. 🙏🙏🙏

A big thank you to Mrs Alarco, the school faculty and students of PS 193! A big thank you to Mrs Cavallacci, the school faculty and second class students of PS 79. A total of 2,000 books were shipped to Ghana where we partnered with the African Library Project to complete Library # 19 & Library #20. We are deeply moved that so many people reach out and with their donations of books and our collaboration with ALP we have completed a total of twenty libraries in the last 10 years.

LYREIO ORPHANAGE GREECE WILDFIRE OF MATI REFORESTATION MISSION We are so excited super see this project unfold! Thank you all for your support, we could not have done this without you! (A special thank you to Dimitris Philipidis, Steve Giorgalos, Ovelia, Chris, Peter, Eleni, Dina & Vinny)

https://youtu.be/1DBwBgNhWAY The global water crisis is real. Clean water is priceless. Clean water for children means life. It means staying healthy from diseases. It means having enough food to eat. It means the opportunity to go to school and improve their futures. Water, for children, means life. Thank you all for supporting this great project

Thank You to our sponsors and all who donated to make today possible. A special thanks to St. Leo’s Church, Jessica Ramos, Valarie Vazquez, DJ Camilo & all who volunteered, for the support & love you all show the community. @nycmayorsoffice @__jessicaramos__ @djcamilo Our Sponsors @gunityfoundation NOVATE Risk Group @blendlic @blendonthewater @blendastoria @blendwilliamsburg @mojo_foresthills @rabbithole @divebarlic @madeindrwynwood @sliceastoria @pitapangyros @mrdopepic

Dress & Suite Drive Kindly drop off lightly used formal wear on Saturday, April 30, 2022 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Bryant High School 48-10 31st Ave, Long Island City, NY Organized by: Police Department City of NY Patrol Borough Queens North Long Island Volunteer Center White Point Cleaments @mens_wear__house Food Provided by: @thegrandnyc

A night filled with love and warmth by friends, supporters, sponsors, volunteers and hospitality/entertainment industry professionals, as all united to create the magic we experienced at the fabulous Solletto! With everyone’s generosity 710 toys where gathered and are on the way to the children at Rising Ground & Urban Upbound. We would like to thank the gracious Solletto and their incredible staff as well as the production team from Alexandro taking care of all the details to Jonathan @JRSProduction, the very talented DJ’s EJ & Christos, the fabulous MC @Greekinthecity and his dancers that lifted everyones spirits, the 2 highlight of the night 360 booth from @tinophotovideo and the Open Air Photobooth by @genesisevents, the amazing decorations by @eventsbyMariaLo, @floraloasis & @iroses and last but not least… All you huggers that we greatly love and cherish❤️

2021 RECAP!

A huge shout out to @savizzzzle & @danny_hitlist for initiating this amazing mission as well as the awesome volunteers that helped with the distribution of 🦃🦃🦃 @elina.chatzidaki @nikoletareglas @mrdopepic

We would like to express our appreciation to all of you who came to our event and created magic by sponsoring 174 Trees. Thank you all for your continuous love & support. TO SUPPORT THE 1000 TREE MISSION, SPONSOR A TREE BY CLICKING BELOW: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/9hugswildfires?locale.x=en_US Thank you so much for bringing this event to the next level w/ your give-away favors, music & decor! @eliadrop @eventsbymarialo @elektraseklectic 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳174🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 THANKS TO THESE AMAZING TREE HUGGERS: CHRIS GIANNAKAS PETER GIANNAKAS DIMITRA GEORGAKOPOULOS ELENI TSOKANOS STEVE GIORGALOS VINCENT M. QUIJANO MIHALIS GRIGOROPOULOS BESSIE HADJIGEORGHI EVA ANASTASOPOULOS KOLLEN KANARAS FRAN ALONGI GEORGE ARGYRIS OLYMPIA ARGYRIS MARIA BOBORIS KARINA JIMENEZ PENELOPE BOUKLAS THALIA BOUKLAS STELIOS VOUTSAS ERIKA GUERRA OMIROS ALEXIADIS KAITY SINANIS LIZ N. TOULA SAIGALAS EVELYN LIANGAS CHRIS THEODOROU ANGELOS TRIANTAFYLLOU GEORGIA SIDERI CHARLOTTE HAMAMGIAN FRANCHESCA KORMUSIS MICHAEL ELENI KESANIDIS MICHAEL BYC JOSEPH MANESIS ISMAEL NEHHAS 9 HUGS Lu Argyris Christine Koufalis Karanikas Anna Maria Len Petropoulos Mina Alex Perikleous Ovelia Kolleen Kanaras Chris Giannakas Peter Giannakas Elina Chatzidakis Mihalis Grigoropoulos Bessie Hadjigeorghi George Arg Olympia Argyris Georgia Sideri Eva Anastasopoulos