BEAUMONT, Texas — Giving Tuesday is the kickoff of the charitable giving season and Southeast Texas nonprofit organizations are striving to start the season off strong.
Following the spending on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday nonprofits are looking to you to help them fund their projects.
A large amount of charitable giving happens at the end of the calendar year, coinciding with the holidays and the time when some donors will consider the tax benefits of giving.
12News and the Southeast Texas Food bank have teamed up for the 29th Annual Share Your Christmas Food Drive, which is the Food Bank's largest food drive of the year,
ExxonMobil on Tuesday presented contributions for 2023 to Lamar Institute of Technology and Beaumont ISD in recognition of their dual credit program supporting STEM career pathways.
"To increase an understanding in STEM careers and we can play our part in trying to close the pretty extreme work force gap here in Southeast Texas," said ExxonMobil Complex Manager Mike Mustian.
Mustain says that all Southeast Texas kids should have access to quality education.
"It's about getting back to the children early to let them know they don't have to leave their hometown and the place they grew up. To have a right and meaningful career," he said.
Education First Credit Union made donations to three Southeast Texas nonprofits with funds raised by its employees.
The credit union employees' donations were spread between Boys' Haven, Hope Women's Resource Clinic and the Southeast Texas Food Bank.
"We applied for the grant for Education First, and we are going to use those funds for a computer lab. We just moved our office from a small building to a big building. So that way we can offer those services in house," said Boys' Haven Director of Business Development Nicole Hayes.
Employees of Education First raised $13,000 and passed that money on to local charities.
Here's a list of some Southeast Texas organizations we found via social media that you can support for Giving Tuesday...
- Alzheimer's Association: Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter
- Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation
- CASA of Southeast Texas, Inc.
- DuGood Federal Credit Union - DuGood by Living
- Friends of Kountze Public Library
- Great Dane Rescue of Southeast Texas
- Harvest House
- Reaud Guest House
- Southeast Texas Labrador Retriever Rescue
- Southeast Texas Food Bank
- Symphony of Southeast Texas
You can also simply donate to your favorite cause or nonprofit organization.
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