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Someone reaches out.
When someone reaches out for help, we check their story first. Then we share it—safely and with permission—through a network that connects them with caring hearts around the world.
A worldwide community of care
When someone is suffering, love shows up — by the thousands.
Love Transfusion connects people who are suffering with a worldwide community that cares, so anyone who is hurting can feel the world standing with them.
12+ million expressions of support delivered since 2010.
16 Years
501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
12+ million
Expressions of support delivered
105,000+
Followers in our social community
5,600+
Average first‑week expressions per recipient
The idea
Compassion is everywhere. Delivering it is the hard part.
When a famous person gets sick, something remarkable happens. Strangers by the thousands send messages, prayers and love. The person feels carried through it. That outpouring is collective compassion, and it changes what suffering feels like.
Almost no one else gets it. A child in a hospital bed. A mother facing a diagnosis. A man learning to walk again. The people who would care about them are out there. There has just never been a way to reach those people and bring their support to one person, together.
That is what Love Transfusion built. Since 2010 we have gathered caring people from around the world and organized their support so it showers down on one person who is suffering, on the days they need it. It is not therapy and it is not medicine. It is what a caring community does, made possible for anyone. Sixteen years on, it still works.
Watch the first video →
Coming soon.
How it works
Collective compassion, organized and delivered.
Simple for those who give. Life-changing for the one who receives.
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Caring hearts respond.
They respond with a personal message, a hug, or a share. It takes less than a minute, from a computer, tablet, or phone.
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Love surrounds them.
Every expression of support flows through filters for safety and kindness before appearing on a private dashboard where recipients can see and feel the collective compassion surrounding them in real time.
Instead of scattered whispers, they experience a rising chorus—waves of love and encouragement arriving when they need it most. Nothing is asked of them in return.
Recent recipients
Every day, someone reaches out for support.
Every day, we have the chance to show them they matter.
Carson is battling B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Read Carson’s story →
Wednesday is battling Leukemia
Read Wednesday’s story →
Jonah is battling ALD
Read Jonah’s story →Every story is shared with permission from the recipient, or from a parent or guardian.
In their words
From the people we serve, and the people who show up for them.
“Thank you Love Transfusion. You gave me the little hope I needed when I wanted to lose hope. Thank you.”
“I’d just like to say a very, very big thank you to you for doing a post about my nephew. My sister and myself have sat down and read each and every one of the messages of hope that have been posted and we have both been in tears at the amount of love and good wishes coming his way because of this post. I am very proud to be part of the Love Transfusion community and thank you so, so much from the bottom of my heart.”
“I want to thank Love Transfusion for sharing my daughter’s story with all of your followers. The outpouring of prayers and love that she has gotten today has touched our hearts so much.”
“We just wanted to tell you thank you for sharing my daughter’s story, and connecting us with so many prayer warriors and kind people. What you have done is a true gift to me. I (her mom) am reading every comment, in happy tears that so many people care enough to write something and share her story. But your page, is and will always be, in our hearts. God bless YOU!”
“I just truly love all the work you have done with Love Transfusion. You set a wonderful example for so many and have given a lot of people a way to reach out to help others. I think so many would like to help but just aren’t sure how. You have made it so very easy to reach the people that need it the most.”
“Spent some time this morning getting a clearer understanding about this Love Transfusion program. IT IS WONDERFUL!!! What a great idea! There is such a HUGE need for this… It’s a lonely and scary road out there for so many. What a HUGE difference this could make in so many lives.”
Where this is going
No infrastructure for emotional support. Until now.
Throughout history there have been moments when care expands—when new ways to ease suffering and help people heal are discovered. I believe we’re living in one of those moments—now.
As a society, we’ve built infrastructure for every aspect of care—hospitals for physical health, clinics for mental health, churches for spiritual care—but no infrastructure for emotional support.
Picture hospitals where emotional support is offered to every patient as part of their treatment—because healing the heart is part of healing the patient. Communities where no one faces diagnosis alone. A future where anyone facing a diagnosis or loss can choose to be surrounded by community and connection.
Stand with us
Three ways to be part of it.
Every lasting change in how we care for one another begins quietly—with people who recognize what’s needed and choose to be part of the solution.
Get support for someone you love
Someone you love is suffering. Tell us their story. With permission, we share it, and caring hearts around the world respond.
Submit a storyBecome a Love Medic
Love Medics are everyday people who take thirty seconds each day to remind someone who is suffering that they matter and are not alone.
Watch the first videoComing soon.
Give
It costs about $1.50 a day to surround one person who is suffering with organized emotional support. Your gift is tax-deductible. If you’re thinking about a larger gift, talk with Kevin.
GiveOur partners
With thanks to the partners who stand with us.
