#GivingTuesday 2016
USA Today Network Mary Bowerman and Jillian Vandiveer 9:05 a.m. EST November 29, 2016
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Giving Tuesday is coming. What will you give?(Photo: Leylaynr, iStockphoto)
Need to recover after binge shopping through Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Pay it forward with Giving Tuesday.
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is marked each year as Giving Tuesday, a national call for people to donate to charity in the wake of the retail frenzy that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
In 2012, the 92nd Street Y, a New York City nonprofit, started a global initiative called #GivingTuesday.As partnership with the United Nations Foundation, thesocial media-based movement that hopes to shift the holiday spirit from getting to giving, encouraging donations of time and resources and promoting change in communities that need it.
Heres a look at some of the ways you can participate:
Donate to the charity or organizationof your choice.
From the American Cancer Society to your favorite environmental organization or alma mater, no gift is too small on #GivingTuesday.
Who should you give to? Here are twohelpful guides:
Help others and yourself. It pays to give back.
Some companies are offering incentives for choosing to give on Giving Tuesday. World of Beer taverns nationwide are participating in a Can for a Can, initiative. Bring a canned good to your local World of Beer and get a canned beer on the house.
T-Mobile is taking its T-Mobile Tuesday giveaway to another level this week, by giving away $50, $250 or $5,000 to customers, which T-Mobile will then donate to the customers local Boys & Girls Clubs,Tech Timesreported.
On Tuesday, T-Mobile customers and non-customers alike can send a text to 20222 with the word TUESDAY and make a $5 donation to Boys & Girls Clubs, which T-Mobile will match up to $80 per person.
HeinzKetchup will donate up to $1.57 per person to Stop Hunger Now when people snap a selfie with a Heinz bottle at participating restaurants. Snap a picture with a Heinz Ketchup bottle and text it to 85548 and Heinz will donate a dollar to the organization. The company will donate an additional 57 centswhen people post thephoto on social media with#heinzselfieforgood.
From #GivingTuesday to the end of the calendar year, Crown Royal will donate a $1 to Packages From Home for every person that signs upwithGoodWorld, a tech startup that facilitates charitable giving on social media.
Short on cash?Give back Nov. 29 by offering your time and volunteering at a local shelter, food bank or school in your community.
See more ways to participate in #GivingTuesday.
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