{"id":63442,"date":"2017-11-28T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=63442"},"modified":"2018-01-03T16:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T21:18:40","slug":"giving-tuesday-recap-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2017\/giving-tuesday-recap-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Tuesday 2017:
Partner Stories & Doubled Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’ve been paying attention to our blog this month, you’ve probably noticed references to something called “Giving Tuesday” slipped in among our many holiday gift guides<\/a>.\u00a0But what exactly is Giving Tuesday?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Launched in 2012, Giving Tuesday<\/a> is perhaps best described as a foil for the ever-popular quasi-public holidays Black Friday<\/a> and Cyber Monday<\/a>. Celebrated yearly on the Tuesday that follows Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday encourages observers to use the day to focus on giving back, both in their communities and in the world at large. Here at UncommonGoods, this will be the third year we’re toasting Giving Tuesday by doubling our donations to our Better to Give partners<\/a>. That’s right: On November 28, 2017\u2014otherwise known as today\u2014we’ll double the donation your partner of choice receives when you select them at checkout<\/a>\u00a0from $1 to $2, and, as always, we’ll do so at no additional cost to you.<\/p>\n

Not sure who to choose? We love all of our partners, so we can’t play favorites. We can, however, link you to the four stories we shared this month, one for each partner, to count down to this very day… you know, in case you need a little nudge.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a>, via American Forests<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>First,\u00a0<\/strong>we shared a story from American Forests<\/a>, our longest-standing Better to Give partner, on their efforts to restore hundreds of acres of Texas thornscrub habitat… and save snuggly baby ocelots in the process. “Just before Christmas last December,” they recall, “the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) posted cat photos on their website. While everyone loves cat photos, they aren\u2019t exactly noteworthy in their own right. Except these were not your typical cat photos.”<\/p>\n

Read the full story\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/h6>\n
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