Warm embraces, no charge.

• Position: Giving - Hugging movement - Brief Article

Jayson Littman is not especially lonely, religious, or in need of cash. He is just a financial analyst in New York City who happens to think that people could use a hug. This spring, Littman, 26, began dispensing free hugs on Sundays in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Standing in front of a giant "Free Hugs" sign, he and a friend hugged 200 people in two-and a-half hours one Sunday. "There's a lot of war and blood in the world," Littman says, "and this helps to even it out." Often people keep walking, or just stare. "Last time I didn't hug him, and I felt so bad I...