Giving Tuesday is December 2

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Giving Tuesday (also called GivingTuesday) was created by 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation in 2012 as a response to rising commercialism and consumerism during the holiday season. Instead of feeding into the trends, the initiative encouraged consumers to think about giving some of their spending money to charitable causes. The Tuesday following Thanksgiving, which is about the time of the traditional start of the shopping season, has been d