About Giving Tuesday with Volunteer New York!, Nonprofit Westchester, & The Journal News

What is Giving Tuesday?

#GivingTuesday is a first-of-its-kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners -- charities, families, businesses and inidividuals -- to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. Coinciding with the Thanksgiving Holiday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season, #GivingTuesday will inspire poeple to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they support and help create a better world.

Taking place December 2, 2014 -- the Tuesday after Thanksgiving -- #GivingTuesday will harness the power of social media to create a national moment around the holidays dedicated to giving, similar to how Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become days that are, today, synonymous with holiday shopping.


Click here for a list of Holiday Volunteering Opportunities

How is Volunteer New York! Involved?

In advance of December 2nd's #GivingTuesday, when nonprofits hope pre-holiday shoppers will consider making donations, The Journal News and lohud.com, in collaboration with Nonprofit Westchester, have compiled a searchable database of nonprofits in Rockland, Westchester and Putnam Counties.

Within this database are opportunities to support local nonprofits by donating money, or volunteering (powered by Volunteer New York!'s own volunteer search engine) and donating your time to the organization -- which is just as valuable, if not more.

#lohudcares database is now available here: data.lohud.com/lohudcares

Ways to get involved!

Download the Why We Give Infographic

Post an #Unselfie (download toolkit)

Join the movement on GivingTuesday.org

Text GIVINGTUESDAY to 22828 for updates

If you're interested in donating time or money to Volunteer New York! on December 2nd, 2014 contact us to find out more.