All across the USA, this heartwarming trend quietly pops up around winter time.
Around trees, lamp posts, in all neighborhoods, there are scarves hanging everywhere – and they’re not there to look pretty.
No, the trend is about something else completely: extending a hand to those in need.
Not everybody has a home to return to after a day out in the cold.
There are thousands of homeless people in the US who are forced to spend their nights out in the freezing cold.
That’s why people are voluntarily tying scarves around trees and other public places and leaving them for people who need them.
Old and new scarves in an array of colors and patterns are left out in the open to offer a little warmth – often with touching messages attached.
”I am not lost. If you are cold and need me, please take me,” reads just one of the notes.
A simple kind gesture… that will mean so much to a person who has very little.
One of the people engaging in the campaign is Elizabeth Sammons.
She’s spent the whole year knitting scarves that she’s now hanging up to help homeless people.
“I think it’s a great thing to be able to do for the community. There’s a lot of people behind it, a lot of support. It’s really nice,” she tells WCCO News.
You can learn more about the heartwarming trend in the clip below:
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