Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday.
On December 2, people around the world came together to give back and focus on philanthropy, advocacy, volunteerism, and education.
It's a simple idea: Find a way to get your family, your community, your organization to come together to give something more. We agree.
It's an annual event that invites you to make a contribution to a non-profit organization that does good work you support. In the spirit of the day, PennFuture's staff decided to create its own #GivingTuesday Giving Back Award by taking up a collection and distributing the proceeds to regional organizations that do the kind of work we support.
This past Tuesday, presentations were made to four worthy groups in each of our four offices. Each group received an award certificate, a handmade up-cycled trophy, and a check to help them continue their good work.
The staff donation was completely voluntary and no limits were set, but we got excited and were able to present each of our awardees a sum of $437.50!
| PennFuture's 2014 #GivingTuesday Giving Back Award winners |
 Central Giving Back Award (Harrisburg)Harrisburg Rain Barrel Coalition |
 Northeast Giving Back Award (Wilkes-Barre)North Pocono CARE |
 Southeast Giving Back Award (Philadelphia)Vetri Foundation for Children |
 West Giving Back Award (Pittsburgh)Allegheny County Clean Air Now |
If you believe in what we do, please consider PennFuture for your donation dollars during this giving season so that we can continue to help protect the water you drink and the air you breathe, and advance renewable energy and energy efficiency. Even a little can go a long way.
It's something you can do for yourself that will benefit many — and that's #unselfie.
Mary Kane is events and development associate for PennFuture and is based in Harrisburg.
Mary Kane is events and development associate for PennFuture and is based in Harrisburg.
