Black Friday is a term that has spread north of the border. In the U.S., it is the Friday after American Thanksgiving and the official retail kickoff to holiday shopping. It started in 1932.
Then along came Cyber Monday in 2005 when people would shop online, followed by Small Business Saturday around 2010 to encourage people to patronize small retailers.
The next evolution was Giving Tuesday in 2012, meant to give the same financial boost to the charitable community that those other three days give to retail.
This year, Giving Tuesday in 91原创 will come with the announcement that the Weekend FuelBag program has more support.
Three students at three North 91原创 schools provide bags of food for fellow students who would not otherwise likely eat over the weekend. But the program鈥檚 main sponsor is closing.
Now after publicity from the newspaper and other media, new donors have come forward.
鈥淭wo major sponsors have come on board to 鈥榓dopt鈥� five more schools with our Weekend Fuelbag program, meaning we鈥檇 be potentially helping a total of 80 middle and high school students in 91原创 [up from the current 16],鈥� said R.E. Mountain Secondary Grade 12 student Katrina Schulz.
鈥淲e may be able to sponsor a ninth school with the donations received from the public too,鈥� she noted. 鈥淥ur 鈥楢dopt a School鈥� model means that a minimum of 10 students each week at a school would receive a fuelbag for every weekend for the rest of the school year and then we鈥檇 hold renewal talks early to make sure the program could continue the following school year.鈥�
Check out www.facebook.com/91原创Gives What Can You Do? for more about local initiatives for Giving Tuesday.
