{"id":180869,"date":"2026-02-17T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180869\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:25:14","slug":"last-call-for-handmade-hearts-to-uplift-san-diego-women-living-with-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180869\/","title":{"rendered":"Last call for handmade hearts to uplift San Diego women living with HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hearts.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hearts.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful hearts with motivational phrases, including &quot;The light of love is always in us&quot; and &quot;Live Your Truth.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-368553\"  \/><\/a>Completed hearts must be dropped off or mailed to Townspeople by Monday, Feb. 23. (Photo courtesy of Townspeople)<\/p>\n<p>There is one week left to submit heart-shaped artwork for From the HeART, Townspeople\u2019s fourth annual community art installation uplifting women living with HIV in San Diego County.<\/p>\n<p>Community members are invited to contribute handmade hearts filled with positive messages, artwork, poetry and words of affirmation.<\/p>\n<p>The project centers on visibility and community care for HIV-positive women and femmes, who often face stigma, isolation and barriers to health care, relationships and parenthood, according to the nonprofit. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the installation aligns with Townspeople\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/townspeople.org\/about-townspeople\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mission<\/a> to prevent homelessness and support medically vulnerable residents. <\/p>\n<p>Participants can <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TownspeopleHasHeart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download a heart template<\/a>, decorate it and optionally include their name and contact information on the back. Completed hearts must be dropped off or mailed to Townspeople, 2047 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, by Monday, Feb. 23.<\/p>\n<p>The hearts will be displayed in the San Diego-based nonprofit\u2019s windows along El Cajon Boulevard through March 31, coinciding with Women\u2019s History Month.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/townspeople.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">townspeople.org<\/a>.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Completed hearts must be dropped off or mailed to Townspeople by Monday, Feb. 23. (Photo courtesy of Townspeople)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[982,74,76,75,85763],"class_list":["post-180869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-el-cajon-boulevard","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-townspeople"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}