On the morning of October 11th, a plane wrote the word "Hope" four times in the sky above the greater Boston area. The word was seen over Copley square and as far north as Nashua, New Hampshire. Simultaneously, throughout Boston, postcards with the word "Hope" printed on the front were distributed by hand to people on the street. They were encouraged to send their postcard to someone who needs it. Fourty people volunteered to distribute 5000 cards.