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Giving Tuesday: Donate During the Holiday Season
After Cyber Monday, people pause their shopping to help others.
Will donating to charity ever be as popular as shopping during the holiday season?
A partnership of nonprofits hopes so.
As a follow-up to Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, national and local organizations are asking residents to give back on Tuesday.
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The Giving Tuesday website says the effort, coming on the heels of several days devoted to consumerism, is designed "to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations."
The effort includes the Twitter hashtag #GivingTuesday, designed to help spread the word.
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The complete list of participating nonprofits, including those in Virginia, is available here.
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