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‘Tis the season! December and the holidays is a time to celebrate the spirit of giving. But who says you have to limit your gift giving to friends, families and coworkers? The holidays are also a great time to support local and national causes alike! Even better, with so many organizations to choose from, it’s easier than ever to support a cause that speaks to you personally.
At the same time, there are are so many organizations asking for help that it can be hard to decide who deserves your time and attention. To help you with this decision, we’ve listed a small handful of our own favorite local groups:
San Francisco Food Bank. The San Francisco Food Bank is on a mission to end hunger in the area. And to help do that, they distribute more than 41.5 million pounds of food a year! They'll be sponsoring multiple food drives with both schools and businesses during the month - and if you can’t make a planned event or if you’re too busy to stop by one of their donation drop-off spots, you can always support them directly online!
San Francisco SPCA. Who doesn’t love helping adorable puppies and kittens? Our local SPCA is a wonderful group, and the perfect group to support to help ensure that local animals are given food, warmth, shelter and care during the holidays. If you’ve thought about supporting this group with your time - or even with your spare pennies! - now is the perfect time to do it! (Of course, we’d advise planning on helping these guys for more than a few weeks if you plan on volunteering with them - as any shelter staff member or volunteer will tell you, cute animals need help year-round!)
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation. The holidays can be particularly rough for families in hospitals - and are especially heartbreaking when the patient is a child. The UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation exists to help families who are in this extremely upsetting state. In addition to collecting gifts for the children staying in the hospital, this foundation collections items that help family members just as much. Even donations of basic toiletries that families may need replaced as they’re sitting by a child’s bedside can bring a little bit of joy to what might otherwise be a depressing holiday season for these people.
These groups are just three examples of local organizations that are working to give back to the community this season - not to mention year-round! If these three don’t speak to your personally, though, have no fear. Thanks to websites such as greatnonprofits.org, it’s easy to look up organizations that are working out of San Francisco this season. With just a few clicks, you can find a group that you’ll feel good making a difference with!
What do you think - will you donate to one of these groups? Or did we not mention an organization that you personally love to support?
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