Lovelanders Facebook members holding second For the Love donation campaign

For the second year, members of a popular Loveland-focused Facebook group will be taking donations to give to the city’s unhoused this holiday season. The For the Love – Homeless for the Holiday Drive, which had its inaugural year in 2021, has returned to help collect a variety of items that will then be given to Loveland organizations to go toward the homeless in town. Darrin Williams, creator of the Lovelanders page and an organizer of the event said last year was successful in raising donations and they wanted to bring it back this year. “We reached a lot of people,” he said. For the Lovelanders moderators and organizers, the event is a good way to reach the many Loveland Facebook users and connect them with an event to help others. “It is a good way for people to get involved and utilize that Lovelanders webpage we have to draw attention,” said Bretten MeieSalgado, a page moderator and organizer with the event. “Everything has gotten a lot harder over the last year,” Williams said. “Prices have gone up and everybody’s situation changed. But that hits everybody from the top to the bottom.” Residents wishing to help out have been asked
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