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#GivingTuesday2019

Tuesday, December 3rd
​#LiteracyChangesLives

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What is Giving Tuesday?

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving, an international celebration of the most positive parts of our nature. It is a day to celebrate generosity, community, and goodwill.

Giving Tuesday is an epic movement toward supporting the people who are most in need of support. It is an affirmation of our ability to invest with our gifts, to champion the causes closest to our hearts, and to compel the people in our lives to do the same.

​On the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, we are encouraged to give money, goods, time, and/or services to organizations and foundations at local, state, national, and international levels.

Giving Tuesday has grown rapidly. In 2012, gifts on Giving Tuesday reached approximately $10 million. Last year, on Giving Tuesday 2018, more than $400 million was given to charities from people in more than 150 countries around the world.

​Will you play a part this year?

How can you get involved?

There are many wonderful ways for you to support the Brunner Literacy Center on Giving Tuesday this year. Click on the icons below for more information:

Give a
Gift

Recurring, one-time, and legacy gifts keep services and materials free for BLC students.

​Give
​Goods

Material gifts are appreciated. Click through for a list of items we regularly need at the Center.

Volunteer
Time

Volunteer your time as a tutor, office aide, fundraiser, or in any number of other helpful roles.

Learn
​More

Get educated about illiteracy and the many issues affected by it. The more we know, the more we do.

Rally
​Friends​

Use the power of teamwork! Organize a giving circle, volunteer together, or start a book club.

Spread 
​the Word

Help share the message! Use these hashtags and messages on your social media.

How did Giving Tuesday begin?

It's helpful to understand the history of post-Thanksgiving shopping habits in order to understand how Giving Tuesday came about. Here's the timeline:

1961 - Black Friday 
The term "Black Friday" began in the early 1960s to describe the massive amount of traffic and sidewalk congestion caused by holiday shoppers in Philadelphia, PA. "Black Friday" became widely used in the early 1980s as the definition shifted to describe the day that retailers' profits took them out of the red numbers of debt to the black numbers of profit.

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2005 - Cyber Monday 
Ellen Davis, a strategist and director for the National Retail Federation, coined the term "Cyber Monday" to refer to the Monday following the start of the holiday shopping season. "Cyber Monday" caught on quickly, as many people began to window-shop after Thanksgiving and wait for online-only deals when they went back to work the following week.

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2010 - Small Business Saturday 
Small Business Saturday began in 2010 in Roslindale Village, MA as a counterpart to the mega-retailer shopping that typically occurs on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Small Business Saturday is a movement to promote local economies by encouraging shoppers to speak with their money by supporting smaller, independent retailers in their area.

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2012 - Giving Tuesday 
​Giving Tuesday, begun by Manhattan, NY's 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, began in 2012 as a response to people's consumerist habits in the days following Thanksgiving. Relying largely on online activism and monetary gifts, Giving Tuesday is a movement fueled by generosity.

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2019 Dates

November 28, 2019 - Thanksgiving Day
November 29, 2019 - Black Friday
November 30, 2019 - Small Business Saturday
December 2, 2019 - Cyber Monday
​December 3, 2019 - Giving Tuesday

For more information, visit givingtuesday.org.

How will you get involved this year?
​
#GivingTuesday2019

 

Give a Gift

Financial contributions keep our services and materials free to our students.
Monetary gifts in any amount are much needed and greatly appreciated.
Click the button below to give today!​

Give Your Gift Today

Recurring Gifts
Recurring gifts are a wonderful way to show ongoing support for adult literacy services in Dayton, Ohio. You can set your preferred contribution to occur weekly, monthly, annually, or anything in between. Because your gifts to the Brunner Literacy Center are tax-deductible, recurring gifts also provide an easy way for you to track your charitable behavior when tax season rolls around.

One-Time Gifts
One-time gifts are always welcomed. If you prefer to give at special times of the year, please consider showing your support on Giving Tuesday and joining the global giving movement.

​Legacy Gifts
Consider honoring your loved one, favorite teacher, or personal commitment to education by including the Brunner Literacy Center in your estate plans. Your literacy legacy is a gift that will live on and have a profound impact on future educational opportunities available for adults in Dayton, Ohio.

 

Volunteer Time

There are many ways for you to give your time at the Brunner Literacy Center!
Call us at 937-567-9600 to discuss how we can work together.

Tutoring
You can become a tutor and work one-on-one with a person who wants to learn skills you already possess. If you are able to give an hour or two of your time each week, you can tutor! Schedules are flexible and are set according to your and your student's individual needs. If you can find time for us, we will find time for you!

Volunteering
The Brunner Literacy Center has several options for volunteers who prefer not to tutor but want to lend a hand. Volunteers can also assist with secretarial work, clerical work, cleaning, maintenance projects, and more. Call the Center to find out more about current needs.

 

Rally Friends

Giving is more fun with a group! Get your friends, family, and coworkers involved in the Giving Tuesday movement, and make an even bigger impact on your city. Here are some ideas for rallying your friends around improving literacy skills in Dayton, Ohio.

Giving Circles
Giving circles are groups of people who commit to raise or give money to a cause. One person alone may be unable to give $1,000, but a group of ten friends can give $100 each to have that same large impact on their community! 

Giving circles are a fabulous way to multiply the impact of your financial gifts. These groups can be as formal or informal as you please. For more on the history of giving circles, check out the Giving Circle Wikipedia page.

Volunteering
Volunteering your time and skills is already a rewarding experience, but it can be even better when you volunteer with friends or family! For more information, check out the "Volunteer Time" section above.

Book Clubs
What better way to recognize the gifts of literacy than to read for pleasure with other people? There are lots of book clubs in Dayton, and they can be found all over town. You're sure to find something close to you! Check out Dayton Metro Library's book club directory to see what's out there.

If you can't find one you like, start your own! No organization exists until someone creates it, so if you can't find that perfect monthly meeting of fellow fans of biographies of Latin American painters from the 1800s, go out there and make it happen. Dayton Metro Library has a helpful guide for getting started.

Additionally, consider asking your book club to form a holiday giving circle. Chances are high that the kind of people who read for fun are already convinced of the importance of increasing community literacy. Call the BLC if you would like to receive any of our flyers or brochures, or if you would like a member of our staff to visit your book club to discuss giving options and their impacts!

 

Give Goods

Goods may be donated anytime during our normal operating hours, Monday-Thursday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m, at our Salem Plaza location: 4825 Salem Ave, Dayton, OH 45416. 

The Brunner Literacy Center is in regular need of the following items:

• Postage stamps
  
• Reams of white printer paper
• Individually wrapped chocolates and/or hard candies
• RTA bus passes​
• College-ruled composition books (no spirals!)
• Colored pencils
• Cans of coffee
• Paper cups
• Paper towels and/or napkins
• Antibacterial kitchen wipes
• Windex

 

Learn More

The fact that you're on this page means you're already a step ahead of many people! Until you know a problem exists, you can't appreciate how critical it is, and you can't take action.

The first step is raising awareness through education about the many societal problems of illiteracy. To learn more about how illiteracy hurts our communities, check out these websites:

National - ProLiteracy
ProLiteracy is the largest national organization dedicated to literacy research and activism. They have tons of helpful resources, including quick fact sheets, downloadable communication tools, and the latest research studies.

Statewide - Ohio Department of Education
The state of Ohio offers plenty of resources on their Department of Education website. Here you'll find information about state-level learning standards, your local school district's performance levels, the latest educational news, and much more.

Local - Montgomery County, Ohio City Government Directory
For information about educational opportunities, performance, employment, and more, visit the Montgomery County directory of city and municipal governments and click on your locale to find out what resources exist close to home.

 

Spread the Word

When you're committed to a cause, one of the simplest, most helpful things you can do is to get more people involved. Share the message that literacy is a basic human right, and that illiteracy hurts us all.

Use these hashtags and sample messages on your social media platforms of choice, and get the word out there! Even if people don't know the importance of illiteracy, their lives are still affected by the difficulties it creates in our communities. Let's educate each other.

Our Accounts
Follow the BLC's social media accounts for updates throughout the holiday giving season!
Facebook - www.facebook.com/brunnerliteracycenter
Instagram - www.instagram.com/brunnerliteracy
Twitter - www.twitter.com/brunnerliteracy

Hashtags

• #GivingTuesday - the most important tag of them all! This one connects you to the global giving movement.
• #GivingTuesdayBLC
• #GivingTuesdayDYT
• #BLCGT
• #Literacy
• #LiteracyChangesLives
• #DaytonDoesGood
• #DaytonDonates
• #DaytonGivesBack
• #DoGood
• #SocialGood
• #Unselfie - Share a photo of you and your friends doing good on Giving Tuesday!
• #Volunteering

Messages
​You don't have to be a world leader or billionaire to #giveback. I support Brunner Literacy Center this #GivingTuesday. Will you join me?

Save the date: #GivingTuesday2019 is December 3rd. This year I'm giving to the Brunner Literacy Center. Who will you support? #LiteracyChangesLives

Join the worldwide #GivingTuesday movement. Help grow adult #literacy in #Dayton by supporting the Brunner Literacy Center! #DaytonGives

I’ve joined the global giving movement #GivingTuesday! Join me in supporting adult literacy skills in Dayton by supporting the Brunner Literacy Center.

Give time, money, your voice – give what you can to make a difference this #GivingTuesday, 12/03/19.

Show that the world gives as good as it gets on 12/03 and celebrate #GivingTuesday in #Dayton. #DaytonGives

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