On Tuesday, November 27th, giving will have it's opening day with #GivingTuesday.
#GivingTuesday is a special call to action, culminating with
a new national day of giving around the annual shopping and spending season and
to inspire giving every day.
From the website:
On Tuesday November 27, 2012, charities, families,
businesses and individuals are coming together to transform the way people think
about, talk about and participate in the giving season.
It’s a simple idea. Find a way for your family, your
community, your company or your organization to join in acts of giving. Tell
everyone you can about what you are doing and why it matters. Join a national
celebration of our great tradition of generosity.
And together we’ll create ways to give
more, give better and give
smarter.
How can you get involved as a family?
Beth Teitelman and Fretta Reitzes, co-authors of Wonderplay
and Wonderplay, Too!, share some big ideas here:
- Honor the people in your community who keep everyone safe and healthy. Prepare a meal and deliver it to their place of work. Keep it simple, healthy and tasty. Include hand made cards, placemats, and thank you notes so that everyone in the family gets to contributes something. Deliver the meal together as a family. It is especially meaningful to share this moment together.
- Have a family conversation about your favorite foods and the healthy foods you having been trying to eat. Take some of those foods from your cabinets (non perishable) and bring them to your local food pantry.
- Home Treasure Hunt! Look in your closets at home …kitchen tools, dishes, towels and sheets, toys, books, school supplies. Collect what is not being used, what hasn’t been used in a long time, and the extras you have, and donate to a program that sets up families in new homes.
- Talk as a family about causes that are important to you, perhaps one that has had an impact on your family. Research to find a walk, bike ride, or run supporting that cause and join in as a team. Get your family, friends, and neighbors to support you. Set a goal and raise it for your cause.
- Keep your family’s commitment to giving alive throughout the year! As a family, take out a calendar and mark four days on the calendar (one in each season works well) that are not connected to traditional holidays. Donate food to your local food pantry on those days. Most places are flooded with donations of gifts and food around the holidays. It’s the other times in the year that are more challenging.
You can learn more about #GivingTuesday
and how you can get involved by visiting their website here:
You can connect with them on Facebook here:
and follow them on Twitter here:
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