We donate to a local Cat TNR program and https://www.facebook.com/thepipsqueakery which helps wildlife. I'm starting to think if I didn't work in tech, I'd train to be a wildlife rescue person.
Love this idea, Mary!
I donated to a local Seattle pet rescue which I've fostered for, Saving Great Animals, and to a cancer support organization in my home state (NY), Support Connection, which was an important resource for my mom when we first moved to the States and she had recently entered remission
In 2004, I established and volunteer as the ED for www.2ndchance4pets.org. There are more than 500,000 pets that are surrendered to US shelters when they outlive their owners. Our all-virtual-volunteer nonprofit provides free resources to help!
Thinking beyond Giving Tuesday, I have set up a monthly donation (20 bucks) to my local food pantry. With SNAP benefits in question, many food pantries are seeing an overwhelming increase in needs. Donating money vs. donating food allows for them to scale smartly (ie: buying food in bulk) and helps with decreasing food waste on items.
I just learned about this myself, Vera. Our church took donations, because we found that the pantry can buy food for pennies on the dollar, so the money goes much further. Great idea.
ALS United Greater New York is a wonderful organization that has personal meaning to me.
I’ll also take a moment to shout out two of our wonderful nonprofit customers who joined us to ring the Nasdaq closing bell yesterday to kick off GivingTuesday around the world: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Breakthrough T1D.
