5 New City Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

NEW CITY, NY — If you’re like many of your New City 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 New City area.

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

• Center for Safety and Change: works with victims, survivors and family members, offering lifesaving and life-changing programs and services to thousands in Rockland and beyond.
• Hudson Valley Dog Sanctuary: provides high quality pet care services and products to income-eligible seniors at no cost and to others on a sliding scale basis.
• Jawonio: supports children, adults and families with intellectual/developmental disabilities, behavioral health challenges, and chronic medical needs.
• United Hospice of Rockland: serves individuals in Rockland and lower Orange counties.
• Keep Rockland Beautiful: leads efforts to clean, protect and beautify Rockland's environment by educating and empowering people to share in the care and stewardship of communities.