Global Love Day Date in the current year: May 1, 2024

Global Love Day was launched in 2004 by The Love Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2000 with the mission to inspire people to love unconditionally through education, research, and charity.

Harold W. Becker, the organization’s founder, came up with the idea of celebrating Global Love Day one night in November of 2003. He approached the board a couple of days later and received full support.

Members of The Love Foundation began preparing for the very first celebration of Global Love Day on May 1, 2004 by sending e-mails to like-minded organizations, as well as to governors, mayors and councils from around the United States, inviting them to consider acknowledging the day.

The inaugural Global Love Day found support from individuals, groups and organizations in 36 countries and was formally proclaimed by over a dozen governors, mayors and councils in the US. Its theme was “Love Begins with Me”.

Since then, the celebration has spread across the world, becoming truly global. The Love Foundation has over 300 honorary love ambassadors in several dozen countries who promote unconditional love and spread the message of acceptance, forgiveness and understanding.

There are many ways to celebrate Global Love Day and spread awareness of unconditional love. Here are some ideas:

• Think about unconditional love and what it means to you.
• Offer forgiveness to someone who’ve hurt you.
• Make amends with someone you have wronged.
• Reconnect with an old friend you’ve drifted apart from over the years.
• Tell your friends and family members that you love them, even if you do it every day (and especially if you don’t).
• Perform a random act of kindness to make a stranger’s day better.
• Create a piece of art or write a poem dedicated to unconditional love.
• Donate to a charity or volunteer.
• Participate in the annual Art, Essay and Poetry Invitational hosted by The Love Foundation in conjunction with Global Love Day.
• Hug someone who clearly needs a hug (but ask first because consent is important).
• Invite your family and friends over for a meal to celebrate unconditional love.
• Organize a parade, concert, candlelight celebration, or another community Global Love Day celebration.
• Spread the word about Global Love Day on social media using the hashtag #GlobalLoveDay.

In many respects, Global Love Day is similar to Random Acts of Kindness Day and Global Pay It Forward Day. All three observances focus on spreading love and kindness without expecting anything in return.

However, you should keep in mind that they are symbols of what each of us can do every day, not just once a year. We have so much love to give and so much kindness to spread; Global Love Day is the perfect day to start making a difference in the world one day at a time and encourage others to do the same.