I got the email. The one in October from The Mission List asking me to join their efforts as Ambassador for #GivingTuesday. I never responded. As they say these days, "My bad."
I promised myself that after I turned 50, my Second Chapter would be dedicated to paying it forward to those in need.
#GivingTuesday fit perfectly into my plan.
My life was terribly busy when I received the notice from The Mission List, and their notice blended in with all of my other emails. I should have stopped whatever I was doing to read it, because I know that ANY email from The Mission List is an important one.
I may not be an Ambassador for The Mission List, per se, but I wholeheartedly believe in their mission of #GivingTuesday.
All I know is I want to give back, and spread that message, on the same day that thousands of others are giving back worldwide.
Tomorrow is THE day. Tuesday, December 3 - #GivingTuesday.
Tomorrow is a call to action to "celebrate giving and encouraging more, better and smarter giving during the Holiday Season. It's an organizing principle to encourage creativity and energy of people all over the world to work together for good."
For me, giving back has always been a very personal experience. The organizations I donate my time and effort to are organizations that have touched my life in some way. There are also organizations whose work and dedication for a cause has touched my heart.
Let's all put philanthropy back into the giving season. The whole idea is about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, one person at a time. United, we can make the world a better place. We can make a difference.
FYI: In case you are interested, this is how the idea of #GivingTuesday began:
What will you do on #GivingTuesday? Leave a comment here, or spread the word through social media. Let's take a step forward by giving something wonderful to one another.
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Perfect timing. I was just thinking about what charity to give to for the holidays--my local food bank. Your post provided that perfect nudge.
Thank you... and how fabulous to see all your great photos.
Cathy, I support #GivingTuesday as you do. I am glad that attention is being focused on giving back, especially during the holiday season. Thank you for helping to spread the word.
Thanks for this post, Cathy. You are so wonderfully giving and I'd like to learn from your example.
I love this concept. I will have to think but Tomorrow will be the day to give.
I have been so busy the past month or so that I completely forgot about it. I think that I will promote my Giving Tuesday post from last year and try to decide where I want to give to tomorrow.
I am going to give to my local JCC, especially like to give to the JFS to help senior programming and services.
Thank you, Helene! Great post. Great point about choosing something that resonates with you personally to get involved in.
#GivingTuesday is something that everyone can and should get behind! I wholeheartedly support it. This year we started small by collecting gloves to donate. I took note of all of the ways to give being shared and will try to do them throughout the year!
Thanks for spreading the word and reminding us to give 🙂
I love this; and I have to check my emails for notices from the Mission List as well. You are such an unofficial ambassador for social good Cathy.
Estelle