Apr 15, 2021
BOSTON (
WBZ NewsRadio) Thursday marks eight years since the Boston Marathon bombing and to honor the victims and heroes of that day, the city is asking people to show each other some love for One Boston Day.
The city said although the Covid-19 pandemic means residents can t mark the day together in person this year, people are encouraged to perform acts of kindness for one another.
Some of the suggestions from the city and Boston Public Schools include:
Thanking first responders and healthcare workers
Donating money or volunteering with a local charity
Giving food to the Greater Boston Food Bank
country and would accept deportation if that s what it came to. susan candiotti, thank you. want to stay in boston and talk about some daffodils. yellow daffodils will line the route from the boston marathon from hop king ton to boston. they want thousands of bulbs in the ground. diane valley formed a group marathon daffodils. she joins me from boston. diane, i love this idea. tell me why daffodils. well, daffodils are yellow and they re the symbol of hope and spring and they bloom just about the time of the marathon. we had done a daffodil day before the marathon bombing and it was such an innocent and sweet event. we thought it would be a lovely thing to plant daffodils from hopkington to boston and try to lift all of the people involved in the marathon. so lovely.
i know, haven t done it, but i know a marathon is 26.2 miles though i understand you re shooting for the entire route? how many bulbs in total will that be? at the present time we re planting 100,000 daffodils. we know many people will plant their own daffodils. we have a community in vermont that will plant in spirit. do you need help? how can people help you? we need volunteers and we re asking for donations. we re asking for donors to send their donations to marathon daffodils at the cooperative bank at 201 main street in charlestown, mass. you are looking for volunteers as well to plant those bulbs. quickly, where can they get information on this? they can e-mail us at