How to Give Back During a Global Pandemic We can still show connection and come together on behalf of our communities even while practicing physical distancing. There are so many ways to give back to communities and causes in ways that comply...
Want a little help planning your GivingTuesday Campaign? Our GivingTuesday Planner walks you through the key stages of getting your campaign ready. Get the workbook:
In this guide, you will find an overview of the communications best practices for a successful GivingTuesday. In this guide, you will find: Key messages Campaign assets Media & PR tips Planning guide Links to our other comms resour...
The GivingTuesday charity toolkit is a great resource to help you get started with your own GivingTuesday campaign. See what the movement is about, get some tips and get involved - download the toolkit now: Charity Toolkit
On December 3rd 2019, millions of Canadians celebrated GivingTuesday, the global day dedicated to generosity! Canadians from coast to coast to coast rallied together to “do good stuff” such as donating, volunteering, fundraising, or spreading the w...
The GivingTuesday Toolkit for Businesses has tips and resources for companies, local businesses, companies and brands. Get your company involved or engage businesses that support your charity. Get the toolkit.
We're so pleased to announce that #GivingTuesdayKids is happening!! Please watch the video and see below for ways you can get involved and help us amplify this important movement! Led by 12-year-old Khloe Thompson and a team of youth ambassadors, #G...
The GivingTuesday Civic Toolkit is a resource and guide for anyone who wants to get a GivingTuesday movement started in their community (whether it’s a small town or a big city). It’s for charities, schools, community organizations and individuals wh...
Check out some amazingly GOOD STUFF that’s happing for GivingTuesday this year. You can also browse the interactive partner map to see what's going on in your area. These are just a few of the creative and inspiring activities taking place across th...
Is your organization new to social media? GivingTuesday is a great opportunity to try new ways of engaging your supporters and telling your story. To learn the basics of social media check out our Introduction to Social Media guide:
Canadians are known around the world for being kind and lending a helping hand to people in need. In June, GIV3 and our partners at CanadaHelps called on Canadians to celebrate the 5th annual Great Canadian Giving Challenge, a national contest that g...
The Orange Door Project is The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s response to one of the most urgent social issues facing Canadians today – youth homelessness. From Dec 3-22, customers can donate $2 at the checkout in their local store or on OrangeDoor...
Need some ideas to help you plan your GivingTuesday activities? Our new Campaign Ideas Toolkit has examples, suggestions and tactics organized by objective. Check out the toolkit for advice on creating campaigns to: Acquire new donors; Drive increme...
Since its launch in 2013, the GivingTuesday movement has grown in awareness, participation and impact. Much of the success of GivingTuesday is due to a distributed model where leaders in countries and communities around the world step up to organize...
November 27th was no ordinary day. From coast-to-coast-to-coast, millions of Canadians rallied together to donate, fundraise, volunteer and other good stuff, in celebration of #GivingTuesdayCa. DONATIONS CONTINUE TO GROW Once again, GivingTuesday sa...
GivingTuesday partners have some really GOOD STUFF in the works this year. Check out the interactive partner map to see what's happening in your area. Here are just a few of the creative and inspiring activities taking place across the country. Shelt...
It's been another GREAT year for the Great Canadian Giving Challenge! From coast to coast to coast, Canadians gave generously, making 2018 our best year yet! For a fourth year in a row, GIV3 and CanadaHelps challenged Canadians to give their favouri...
This resource is designed to engage law firms in your community, along with their clients, to support your local GivingTuesday movement. Share this one-page introduction to get them involved in a global campaign – it’s good for business! GivingTuesd...
Contribution by: Sally Writes There are almost 6 million seniors in Canada - a figure that now outnumbers the young. As healthcare improves and life expectancy increases, we have become an aging population. It is very easy to be complacent about gro...
GivingTuesday highlights a way of living that many religious Canadians embrace as a core practice: generosity! Our Faith Based Organizations Toolkit will help you engage and empower your community, members, parishioners, staff and volunteers to parti...
Contribution by: Sally Writes Did you know that over 2 million Canadians committed to volunteering their time for GivingTuesday in 2018? And that was in addition to all the other GOOD STUFF people did, like food and clothing drives, giving blood, adv...
Why set a goal for your GivingTuesday campaign? Because...successful GivingTuesday campaigns have a goal! Our research shows that organizations that set a goal are far more likely to succeed. Without this your campaign may lack focus and direction....
There are lots of ways that stores, retailers and restaurant owners can get involved. GivingTuesday is a great opportunity to do more for the causes you support and engage employees, customers and your community.
This post from GivingTuesday.org is part of a new series to profile some of the exceptional leaders driving #GivingTuesday movements in their countries and cities around the world. We hope that this series will inspire prospective leaders, connect an...
AN AMAZING 5TH YEAR!! November 28th, 2017 we celebrated the 5th annual GivingTuesday, THE global day of giving. We're excited to report another record-breaking year, kick-starting the holiday giving season for Canadians and people around the world....
Partners are planning some really GOOD STUFF for GivingTuesday. There are creative and inspiring activities happening in communities across the country. Find out what’s happening in your area – have a look below or browse the interactive partner map....
An estimated 6.2 million people in Canada did something to support their favourite cause for GivingTuesday in 2016. Whether donating money or volunteering valuable time and talent, participation continues to gain momentum. According to a survey carri...
Dementia is a growing problem among aging populations. In Canada alone, there are an estimated 500,000 dementia patients. As we learn more about the causes of dementia and other age-related illnesses, middle aged and older people are being encourage...
MyEffect shares strategies to recruit and engage volunteers from the next generation. We are no longer in an era where donations are the only way to make a difference - nor is it the preferred among Millennials. Experience driven, younger generation...
Are you on the fence about GivingTuesday? The buzz about GivingTuesday is growing. It’s a critical time, and your team has a full plate. Is GivingTuesday worth it? The data is clear…Yes! GivingTuesday started with a simple idea – to be a counterpoint...
Here's another resource to help you engage businesses in your community for GivingTuesday. If you're organizing a local movement, want to rally support from companies, or would like to help them get the most out of GivingTuesday, here's a one-page in...
Holy Name of Mary College School (HNMCS), an independent all-girls’ school in Mississauga, Ontario, is committed to paying it forward. On GivingTuesday in 2016, the students spent more than 1,200 hours in community service. In a single day, they pack...
The results of the third annual Great Canadian Giving Challenge are in – it’s another amazing year! As many charities well know, summer months often mean a drop in donations. This year, Canadians from coast to coast to coast helped change this trend...
photo by JD Mason The holidays are a joyful time of the year filled with decorative shop windows, lit festive trees, and overall wonder and cheer. We all look forward to the season where we can simply be together with our families. Yet, for those...
We have an active Community Partnership Team and we used GivingTuesday as a platform to promote our mission and the impact that we have made over the past 10 years. For GivingTuesday we had 2 specific objectives: 1) raise $1,000 from employees by D...
ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR November 29th, 2016 was GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that began in 2012. We're happy to report that 2016 was another record-breaking year, kick starting the holiday giving season for Canadians across the country...
GivingTuesday continues to break records. Once again Canadians answered the call for the biggest ever global day of giving. You can read more about the results here. Check out some highlights:
It was another big year on social media for GivingTuesday in Canada. Our partners created an amazing amount of new and compelling content and along with their supporters, shared by the thousands. Check out some of these highlights compiled by GivingT...
