5 Norwalk Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

NORWALK, CT — If you're like many of your Norwalk neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Norwalk area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

• The Human Services Council creates and fosters programs that educate, safeguard and empower the people of our communities.
• Open Doors, a resource for people dealing with poverty and homelessness in the greater Norwalk area.
• Filling in the Blanks fights childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends.
• Builders Beyond Borders is a non-profit organization building character, responsibility and leadership by engaging high school students in local and global community service.
• Circle of Friends reaches out to children, teens, young adults and adults with autism and disabilities and involves them in a full array of inclusive social experiences.