Giving Tuesday, often stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism, refers to the Tuesday after U.S. Thanksgiving. It is a movement to create an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. Giving Tuesday was initially started in 2011 and called Cyber Giving Monday and was the brain child of the non-profit Mary-Arrchie Theater Company and then Producing Director Carlo Lorenzo Garcia urging donors to take a different approach to filling up an online virtual cart with goods. The push was moved to Tuesday the following year as to not compete with Cyber Monday by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation as a response to commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season (Black Friday and Cyber Monday). This is how Giving Tuesday is explained on Wikipedia.
For me the concept of giving shouldn't be limited to one day. What if I forget that day? What if I can't give on that day? So let me offer this nugget of JR Wisdom. Let's take this season of busy activity and think of it as a Season of Giving. Make it a point to donate to, support on social media, volunteer, or just get involved with a local cause you believe in. Money is not the only way you can give. So let's take this time of year each year and ask this question, Can I Give Back to the Community in someway this season?