Giving Tuesday, I hadn’t heard of it until this year. We get so caught up in Black Friday and Cyber Monday and what we can gain. No don’t get me wrong I have shopped many Black Fridays and there is a thrill in the early morning hours, hot drinks and ridiculous crowds.Excited about what great deals I would score for Christmas. This year I actually skipped Black Friday, I did end up at Target on Thanksgiving evening, I’m very thankful for those individuals who were at work. It was a little surreal, instead of shopping for gigantic TVs (we don’t own a TV) or other fancy electronics I was there for an emergency run on diapers.
This year we are celebrating Giving Tuesday, we are excited and giving back! We decided to tie this in to our celebration of Advent as well. We hung our adorable advent calendar from Tisa’s Creations, and instead of adding a gift to each day of the count down we are giving back. That’s while this is the perfect project for Giving Tuesday!
Giving Tuesday is all about giving back, whether it is buying a cup of coffee for the person in line behind you or donating to a charitable cause online or spending your time serving soup to the needy. Give Forward is a online site that helps Giving Tuesday brings lots of attention to many great causes. We’ve chosen to get behind on in particular. Austin Life Center is a non-profit organization that with the compassion of Christ, transforms lives through education and service that empower life-affirming choices regarding sexual activity and pregnancy. You can help support them by clicking {HERE} and donating this Giving Tuesday!
How will you celebrate Giving Tuesday today? We’re headed out to give forward!
That’s an amazing idea! I love this concept!
What a fantastic idea! This was our first Black Friday that we stayed home! Never missed it! What a blessing! Keeping the focus back on what God really wants us to pay attention to!
That’s so sweet and thoughtful!!
maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I feel like I heard about Giving Tuesday all over the place this year – but never before this year! That’s so awesome that we can share and give to those who need it more.