Cody Kuiper wrote an article for the UDK titled “#GivingTuesday Initiative Promotes Charity.” The article explains what Giving Tuesday is and the reason why it was created. Cody describes Giving Tuesday in the article as “a movement created by the United Nations foundation to create a national day promoting charitable activities and donations, similar to how Cyber Monday promotes online shopping sales.” Giving Tuesday takes place the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and had an extremely successful debut in 2012. The University of Kansas took part in this event because they wanted to emphasize the importance of giving back to the community. Joshua Lamont, a senior director of communications for the UN foundation was quoted in the article saying, “this time of year is about giving, and not just in the gift wrap sense, but in the charitable sense. Giving Tuesday is a way for people and nonprofits to connect to a bigger movement and inspire supporters to donate and give.”
I think Giving Tuesday is an incredible idea especially this time of year because if people donated the amount of money to charities as they spent at shopping centers during Black Friday and online shopping websites on Cyber Monday, charities would acquire thousands of dollars. Thanksgiving is a time where most people reflect on what they have and to “give thanks” for the things and people in their lives and I find it funny that so many people participate in such events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday after spending a night with their family being thankful for things that they already have.
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