5 Reading Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

READING, MA — If you’re like many of your Reading 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 Reading area.

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

• Mission of Deeds is a volunteer-supported nonprofit that gives new beds and gently used donated furniture, kitchen items, and basic household goods, free of charge, to people leaving homelessness and others in great need.
• The Reading Food Pantry aims to address the food and personal care needs of our neighbors through high-quality, respectful service in a welcoming environment, with a goal of enhancing well-being in our community.
• Creative Arts has been here to teach students of all ages and abilities to express their creativity through theater, music, and visual arts
• The North Reading Historical & Antiquarian Society is dedicated to the preservation of the history of North Reading.
• Communitas is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities – and their families – in the community.