It’s Giving Tuesday In The Bay

Metropolitan Ministries has doubled the amount of aid to bay area residents this year due to COVID-19 and its impact on our citizens. The coronavirus has devastated millions of lives in 2020. This week, Florida will almost certainly pass the 1,000,000 mark for confirmed cases so far. Many of those affected are your co-workers, friends and family here in the bay area. Last week, we all celebrated surviving the crap storm together with Thanksgiving. Now it’s time to reach out to others and show them it’s all gonna be okay. Giving Tuesday is offically the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. It was created in 2012 to help those in need. The causes range from cancer research to animal shelters…really any cause you’d like to help. At its core, it’s an opportunity to do good in the world. This year has seen the roughest conditions yet for many people. From the pandemic to lost jobs, 2020 has proven to be the most exhausting year in many of our lives. If you are not in a position to donate money, you can always buy some extra food and donate it directly to local shelters via your grocery store. They will take care of everything. You can even donate your time by volunteering at a homeless shelter or food bank. A special fund has been set up to make donations easy and safe. Just go to GivingTuesday.org and insert the name of your preferred charitable organization. You can also check out a charity in advance by hitting up the BBB website, where they will help you check the validity of any charity and things to check before giving money. – Sean Roberts

• Food Bank For New York City Distributes Thanksgiving Meals To Go

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  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Food bank clients receive winter coats as Food Bank For New York City distributes Thanksgiving meals to go at Food Bank Community Kitchen on November 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City)

• Food Bank For New York City, Tracy Morgan, And Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr. Distribute Turkeys To Brooklyn Families In Celebration Of Thanksgiving

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  BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 21: Tracy Morgan, Food Bank For New York City, and Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr. distribute turkeys to Brooklyn families in celebration of Thanksgiving on November 21, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City)

• Recovered COVID-19 Patients Donate Plasma For Experimental Antibodies Treatment

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  SEATTLE, WA - APRIL 17: Melissa Cruz, elevates her arm after donating COVID-19 convalescent plasma as phlebotomist, Jenee Wilson shuts down the machine at Bloodworks Northwest on April 17, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Cruz contracted COVID-19 while she was a health care worker in the emergency room of Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington about a month ago. The plasma will be used in a new experimental treatment in hopes that the antibodies will help others still battling the COVID-19 disease. The plasma donation process, called plasmapheresis, separates blood plasma, from red and white blood cells and platelets, and returns the cells and platelets back to the donor. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
• Food Bank For New York City, Tracy Morgan, And Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr. Distribute Turkeys To Brooklyn Families In Celebration Of Thanksgiving

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  BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 21: Tracy Morgan (C), Food Bank For New York City, and Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr. distribute turkeys to Brooklyn families in celebration of Thanksgiving on November 21, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City)

• Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Poverty Situation

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  SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Needy people receive food, fruit and vegetables from volunteers at a Tafel food bank during the coronavirus pandemic on November 30, 2020 in Schweinfurt, Germany. About 130 needy people will receive food for their families for 3 euros on this day - a total of almost 600 people will be provided for. In 6 trips, volunteers had received fruit, vegetables and food from supermarkets. It took several hours for other volunteers to check and divide the food. Poverty levels in Germany, which in 2019 already rose to a record high, are expected to only be exacerbated by the pandemic. Many jobs in the restaurant, hotel and services sectors have been threatened as lockdown measures remain in place. And donations to charities have gone down significantly since the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

• Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Poverty Situation

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  SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Volunteers sort fruit, vegetables and bread before the opening of a Tafel food bank during the coronavirus pandemic on November 30, 2020 in Schweinfurt, Germany. About 130 needy people will receive food for their families for 3 euros on this day - a total of almost 600 people will be provided for. In 6 trips, volunteers had received fruit, vegetables and food from supermarkets. It took several hours for other volunteers to check and divide the food. Poverty levels in Germany, which in 2019 already rose to a record high, are expected to only be exacerbated by the pandemic. Many jobs in the restaurant, hotel and services sectors have been threatened as lockdown measures remain in place. And donations to charities have gone down significantly since the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)