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SF Post-it Hearts Become Contagious as People Reach Out to One Another

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In the city by the Bay there is a simple message spreading from window to window.

People are posting hearts made of post-it notes as a kind of emotional SOS, a simple way to connect.

Nick Munro of Nob Hill started the trend while he was working from home.

โ€œJust bored, trapped at home like everybody else and I had supplies at hand which were red post-it notes,โ€ Munro said.

Just hours after he showed his heart, he received a response from his neighbor across the street.

โ€œI thought it was heartwarming,โ€ said Vincent Wibowo, Munroโ€™s neighbor. โ€œAnd I thought it was something nice to cheer up the neighbors.โ€

A little love note, it seemed, was contagious. As days passed, more post-it hearts, replies of โ€œhiโ€ and teddy bears have been appearing in windows across the city.

โ€œThese are the things we never would have seen without this coming together,โ€ Munro said.

What began as a gesture of kindness has become a fun game of I Spy for Munro and his wife Courtney.

He also hopes this message will far outlast the crisis.

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