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Giving Tuesday: A Chance to Give Back During the Holiday Season

Auburn Youth Resources, Washington FIRST Robotics and King County Habitat for Humanity are among the nonprofits trying to encourage people to pause in their shopping and find a way to help others.

 

Will donating to charity ever be as popular as shopping during the holiday season?

A partnership of nonprofits hopes so.

For many people, the holiday shopping marathon began on Thanksgiving day, with some national chains opening their doors just hours after the traditional turkey dinner. Then comes Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, which has morphed into Cyber Week.

Now, there's a new campaign asking you to open your wallet _ Giving Tuesday.

The Giving Tuesday website says the effort, coming on the heels of days devoted to consumerism, is designed "to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations."

Several Seattle-based nonprofits are participating in this inaugural effort. Auburn Youth Resources administers the services provided at Enumclaw Youth and Family Services, and Washington FIRST Robotics organizes the annual robotics competitions that Enumclaw High School students have been participating in the last few years. Participatns also include larger organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and InvestED.

The effort includes the Twitter hashtag #GivingTuesday, designed to help spread the word.

What do you think? Can a social media push get people giving more of their money and time to charities during the holiday season?


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