Help strengthen your community on #GivingTuesday — here's a couple ideas

Tuesday after Thanksgiving is also Travel Deal Tuesday

  • The amount raised worldwide on #GivingTuesday has grown in a decade from $20 million to $2.7 billion in 2022.
    The amount raised worldwide on #GivingTuesday has grown in a decade from $20 million to $2.7 billion in 2022.
  • The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has also come to be known as Travel Deal Tuesday — a national shopping event where consumers can expect to see more deals on travel than any other day in the post-Thanksgiving sales period.
    The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has also come to be known as Travel Deal Tuesday — a national shopping event where consumers can expect to see more deals on travel than any other day in the post-Thanksgiving sales period.

    Thanksgiving Thursday.

    Black Friday.

    Small Business Saturday.

    (Rest and Recovery Sunday, if you planned it right.)

    Cyber Monday.

    Now, today is a couple things ... Giving Tuesday, and Travel Deal Tuesday.

    So keep you hearts, and wallets, out.

    Giving Tuesday (appears as GivingTuesday or #GivingTuesday is social media circles) was created in 2012 as a movement to make a positive impact on communities, outside one's own home, during the holiday season. It's also looked at as a way to make final tax-deductible charitable donations before the end of the year. The amount raised worldwide has grown in a decade from $20 million to $2.7 billion in 2022.

    A short but non-comprehensive list of local organizations that impact lives throughout Osceola County — who could use your support — include:

    Help Now of Osceola
    Hope Partnership
    The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida (including clubs in Kissimmee, Buenaventura Lakes and St. Cloud)
    The Salvation Army (as it looks to replace its fire-destroyed Osceola center)
    Give Kids the World Village
    Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida (reach out to Pantry Planters to be a local pantry and source for food for families)
    Ronald McDonald House

    The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has also come to be known as Travel Deal Tuesday — a national shopping event where consumers can expect to see more deals on travel than any other day in the post-Thanksgiving sales period.

    Flights, hotels, cruises, and international travel can be found by hitting the airlines, cruise lines and your favorite travel websites — sometimes hitting them hard — to find trip and vacation ideas for 2024.