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BLACK FRIDAY...
CYBER MONDAY...
IT'S ALL ABOUT
HOW MUCH YOU
CAN GET...
INSTEAD, THE
LATEST HOLIDAY
SHOPPING TREND
IS FOCUSED ON
HOW MUCH YOU
CAN GIVE.
NEWS 13'S LYSEE
MITRI SHOWS US
WHAT "GIVING
TUESDAY" IS ALL
ABOUT.
THE HOLIDAY
SHOPPING
SEASON HAS
BEGUN--WITH
BLACK FRIDAY.
FOLLOWED BY
SMALL BUSINESS
SATURDAY,
THEN CYBER
MONDAY
2:22 so we're just
going to keep giving
every day. maybe it
might be monday
tuesday, wednesday to
the point where it
might be every day??
2:26
6:01 I just think it gets
out of hand. it's too
crazy. 6:08
6:40 Every year they'll
add a new one ... It's a
lot 6:46
AND THIS YEAR
THERE IS A NEW
ONE... OR AT
LEAST THEY'RE
TRYING.
IT'S CALLED
GIVING
TUESDAY--A DAY
DEVOTED TO
GIVING TO
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
STANDUP: giving
tuesday dot org is
counting down to
november 27th,
promoting more than
2-thousand
organizaitons from
across the country
18:45 if we're going to
have black friday,
cyber monday, I think
giving tuesday is a
perfect way to balance
that out so we're
thinking not only
about buying things
but also giving back to
our communities 18:55
SARAH
WILKINSON IS THE
FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF
PROJECT PEACE
PAL--ONE OF FOUR
NEW MEXICO-
BASED
NONPROFITS
PARTICIPATING
ONLINE.
IT'S A PEN PAL
ORGANIZATION...
CONNECTING
CLASSROOMS
HERE IN
ALBUQUERQUE
WITH
CLASSROOMS
ACROSS THE
WORLD..
STUDENTS SEND
AND RECEIVE
LETTERS AS FAR
AS GHANA
AND
AFGHANISTAN.
WILKINSON SAYS
DONATIONS
WOULD GO TO THE
GROUP'S
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS.
18:05 the schools need
help. facilitators need
help. we pay for
postage, paper and
pens for the
schools.18:14
THAT'S WHY
WILKINSON AND
NONPROFIT
DIRECTORS ARE
HOPING GIVING
TUESDAY
CATCHES ON AS A
NEW WAY TO
BRING THE SPIRIT
OF GIVING BACK
TO THE HOLIDAYS.
LYSEE MITRI,
KRQE, NEWS 13.
WILIKINSON
HERSELF HAD
ONLY HEARD
ABOUT GIVING
TUESDAY A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
SHE SAYS NEXT
YEAR, SHE'S
HOPING TO
PROMOTE IT IN
THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS LEADING
UP TO IT... AND
MAYBE EVEN
PARTNER WITH
OTHER LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
LOCAL SHOPS IN