Today, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is #GivingTuesday - a global day of charitable giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.
#GivingTuesday invites shoppers at the beginning of the holiday season to take a different approach to filling up an online virtual cart with goods and to give time, expertise, money, or the power of your voice in order to help others.
At a time when we are all experiencing the pandemic, generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across the globe. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others and is a fundamental value anyone can act on.
Below are just a few of the organizations you can contribute this #GivingTuesday, and support throughout the year!
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Lutheran Social Services of Southern California |
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#GivingTuesday is here! Get in the giving spirit this year and join a global movement of generosity!
It may seem like the world has slowed down this year, but our work certainly has not, and we need your help now more than ever. Help us in our mission to #GoBeyond this holiday season, as we look to provide sustained hope and empowerment to those in need. Join the effort now!
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Lutheran Retreats, Camps, and Conferences |
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Lutheran Retreats, Camps & Conferences (LRCC) is inviting you to celebrate and support the ministry of camp by joining us for #GivingTuesday on December 1, 2020. Today, we’re asking you to join our #BetterTogether campaign. While we know it’s better to be physically together, it’s not safe to gather at camp. Our challenge is to survive the pandemic so that LRCC is ready to host groups when it is safe to gather again. We need to be together virtually, on #GivingTuesday. Will you join us?
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ACTION Food Pantry, San Gabriel Valley |
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The ACTION (Area Congregations Together in One Name) Food Pantry, an interfaith ministry supported by churches of our San Gabriel Valley Conference, usually serves over 100 families a week, including single parents, the working poor, senior citizens, disabled, unemployed persons and the homeless. Because of the pandemic, they now are serving over 300 family units. ACTION also gives out food baskets for Thanksgiving and Easter, and Christmas. Donate here.
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church
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During the pandemic, St. Mark’s has been as active as ever in our ministries of worship, community building, education, and justice, from Zoom worship and breakout room connections, to drive-thru school supplies and grocery giveaways, to youth ministry and weekly Bible studies, to community organizing, voter education, and public demonstrations. As we enter into a lockdown winter, we invite you to join us in deepening our pandemic ministries.
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My Friends House Inc. is a 501 (c)3 organization focused on providing healthy food and services to the underprivileged. Our goal is to continue our weekly food distribution in urban communities which help hundreds of families per week and thousands per year - and even more so now due to the impact of the pandemic. Please help us continue our efforts and expansion of our community outreach.
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Staffed by students, scouts, members of the Culver City Senior Center, and members and friends of local churches and Grace, Culver City, Grace Diner has served full table course meals to the homeless, people living in their cars, senior citizens, veterans on limited budgets, the developmentally disabled, and families with children.
During this pandemic, they have pivoted from serving meals once a week every week to five nights a week, working with local restaurants and the city's FeedCulver program to provide for 1000 people weekly. They also have opened a food bank, providing produce on Thursdays and groceries on Fridays. Help them out here!
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Bethania, Solvang Emergency Feeding Program |
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Bethania had been filling the gaps in our community when it came to food insecurity. When it became clear that quarantine and the corresponding job loss and school shutdowns pushed many who were already struggling to feed their families into dire straits, Bathania sprang into action, getting approved to receive food from the Food Bank of Santa Barbara, which distributes millions of pounds of USDA food annually. You can help them here!
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Supporting ELCA Good Gifts is a creative, meaningful way to support the ministries of the ELCA that mean the most to you and your loved ones. Items in the Good Gifts catalog are real examples from projects currently supported through different churchwide ministries. The projects have been planned by our partners – meaning that each community receives exactly the kind of support they need and none of what they don’t. Donate here.
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Southwest California Synod of the ELCA| (818) 507-9591| news@socalsynod.org| www.socalsynod.org
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