1 comment You don’t have to donate all your time to hand out dinners on Thanksgiving day, you don’t have to spend money you don’t have. If you can just donate ONE item or even ONE dollar you can make a positive difference.
Of course, if you have the time and inclination – go for it! Spend Thanksgiving with those less fortunate or give a hefty donation to a charity, however, don’t make the mistake of thinking that you have to do something big to do something extraordinary.
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Think local – I did a Google search for Thanksgiving Food Donations Boston, MA and was presented with many results. It literally only took me a few seconds! So take the time right now to do your own search – within the next five minutes, you could find and make a donation that will help someone.
My choice? The Greater Boston Food Bank. If you can donate $1 – The Food Bank is able to distribute $4 worth of food which can mean two meals for someone in need. Can you afford to donate a dollar? Click now to donate!
What’s yours? Do you want to share a story of how you helped or even were helped – something that you are thankful for being able to give, or thankful for having received? Share your thoughts or story in the comments section and inspire other readers!
To help give you more ideas for Giving for Thanksgiving, each day leading up to Thanksgiving, I am going to highlight really easy, affordable ways that you can give so check back every day for a new idea.
I’ve always loved giving. One of the ways I’ve given in Thanksgivings past was to put together boxes of food that held all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal – turkey, lots of vegetables from a local farm (I didn’t even know what a rutabaga was until I dug up about 100!!!), apple cider, gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce, etc. The funny thing? I feel like I helped myself as much as I helped anyone who received one of those boxes. I was a teenager and I myself didn’t have a lot but the experience made me realize that despite my own shortcomings, lack of finances, etc. that I could still give.
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