With shopping holidays like Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, the giving aspect of the holidays tends to get foggy. The Giving Tuesday Movement wants to change that.
Today is Giving Tuesday, a holiday about donating to nonprofits and charities you care about this holiday season. This is the movement’s second year celebrating the holiday, and it was really successful last year. It’s an easy way for nonprofits to gain awareness and donations.
Many people are loving this semi-new holiday, and the movement encourages people to express their love through social media using the hashtags #GivingTuesday and #unselfie. (It also encourages nonprofits to give social media a shot and provides toolkits and logos to use, which is great for those smaller nonprofits!)
Even the White House is celebrating!
The event currently has 8,302 partners (shout out to Morgantown’s own Ruby Memorial‘s Children’s Hospital at WVU for being one of them!) and is looking forward to growing in the future.
Here are just a few of the partners listed on the movement’s site.
Interested in joining the movement, donating or adding your nonprofit to next year’s list? Be sure to check out their website for all the details. Happy Giving Tuesday, everyone!
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