Giving Tuesday: Avon Nonprofits That Could Use Your Help

AVON, CT — There’s no single way to show generosity on Giving Tuesday, which falls on Tuesday, Dec. 2, this year, but several nonprofits in Avon are counting on end-of-the-year donations and support.

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all focus on consumerism, while the idea behind GivingTuesday is to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers, and add momentum to their causes.

Here are five nonprofits in the Avon area that depend on community support (donations should be made directly to each of the nonprofits below):

• Avon Food Pantry — The Avon Food Pantry supports residents throughout the year by providing emergency assistance with food items.

• Avon Pet Pantry — The Avon Pet Pantry provides support to pet owners who are struggling to feed and care for their animals during tough economic times.

• Avon Fuel Bank — The Avon Fuel Bank provides emergency energy assistance to residents.

• Avon Special Needs Fund — The Avon Special Needs Fund exists to provide basic need assistance to residents on an emergency basis.

• Avon Senior Center —The Avon Senior Center provides programming and services for older adult residents.

The Town of Avon has set up a web page to help folks donate to these and other community causes via this link.

Several Avon nonprofits helping the community that could benefit from generosity this Giving Tuesday are at this link.

Since 2012, nonprofits, community and grassroots groups, and mutual aid networks worldwide have used the #GivingTuesday hashtag to encourage fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes, according to the nonprofit of the same name behind the movement.

Local nonprofits remain heavily dependent on donor support. Charitable contributions increased 2.9 percent from June 2024 to June 2025, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Report analysis.

Notably, although total dollars raised have increased, year-to-date performance among supersize donors has been softer than in 2024, making small contributions more important than ever.

In the United States, Giving Tuesday is led by hundreds of communities, networks, and coalitions.

The Giving Tuesday movement encourages “radical generosity,” the concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own suffering, according to the movement’s website.

Giving Tuesday was created in New York City in 2012 with a simple goal: to encourage people to do good. Over the past nine years, the idea has grown into the global movement it is today.

Last year, Giving Tuesday participants raised a record-breaking $3.6 billion from 36.1 million participants, bringing the total raised on the day since 2012 to $18.5 billion.