Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are gone, and likely are your food comas and midnight spending sprees.
So why not spend Tuesday giving back, with donations of money or support to charities based in Los Angeles County as part of a national initiative called Giving Tuesday?
Founded by New York-based community center 92Y and the United Nations Foundation, Giving Tuesday is meant to supercharge nonprofit organizations during the holidays.
We've compiled a list of Giving Tuesday partner organizations near you. For a full list of partnering organizations and complete details about the Giving Tuesday initiative, visit givingtuesday.org.
We are on the threshold of the holiday shopping season—also called the season of giving—and Giving Tuesday wants the act of giving to go viral.
Tag your applicable tweets with #GivingTuesday and follow the initiative on Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest, YouTube and Tumblr.
Are Black Friday and Cyber Monday traditions that you participate in, or are you more of a Buy Nothing Day, counter-culture kind of person? Will you likely make Giving Tuesday a regular thing? Let us know in the comments section.
Here are the Giving Tuesday partner nonprofits based in Los Angeles County:
- OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center
- The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
- Healthy Child Healthy World
- Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Do Good Bus
- Dogeared Jewels & Gifts
- Kidsave
- Foster The Future
- Gap Inc.
- GRAMMY Foundation
- MusiCares
- Meals On Wheels West
- Heal the Bay
- OPCC
- Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
- International Medical Corps
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- The Salvation Army Southern California
- eGood
- City of Hope
- Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project
- Couture Los Angeles
- FixNation
- Los Angeles Conservancy
- Los Angeles Urban League
- KIPP Los Angeles Schools
- OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center
- The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
- The ALS Association Golden West Chapter
- Healthy Child Healthy World
- A Dog’s Life Rescue
- Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation
- Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter
- Arts for LA
- Busted Foundation
- Caltech Fund
- Chandler School
- Union Station Homeless Services
