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What Is GivingTuesday? — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 2 min · 345 words

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What Is GivingTuesday?

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Since its start in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest money-raising days of the year for nonprofits in the United States.

In 2022 and 2023, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion for charity, or aid, organizations, as estimated by GivingTuesday.

This year, GivingTuesday is on December 3.

How did GivingTuesday start?

The #GivingTuesday hashtag started as a project of the 92nd Street Y in New York City in 2012. It became an independent organization in 2020. It has grown into a worldwide organization of local groups that support giving in their communities, often on different dates that have local importance, like holidays.

Now, GivingTuesday, the…

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The Associated Press reported this story. Caty Weaver adapted the story for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-is-givingtuesday-/7873891.html

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