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What's After Cyber Monday? Giving Tuesday

Fairfax Library Foundation, Volunteer Fairfax, SCORE Foundation among the nonprofits trying to encourage people to pause in their shopping and find a way to help others.

 

Will donating to charity ever be as popular as shopping during the holiday season?

A partnership of nonprofits hopes so.

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Several Northern Virginia nonprofits are among those using their websites and social media to kick off the first ever Giving Tuesday. See the full list of participating Virginia-based nonprofits here.

A follow-up to Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, national and local organizations are asking residents to give back on Tuesday. 

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The Giving Tuesday website says the effort, coming on the heels of several days devoted to consumerism, is designed "to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations."

The effort includes the Twitter hashtag #GivingTuesday, designed to help spread the word.

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