Washington Gorge Action Programs Joins the GivingTuesday Movement
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Washington Gorge Action Programs is participating in GivingTuesday for the first time this year in an effort to highlight everyone who helps makes the agency successful, and it will be setting a new goal to raise $50,000 for the Covid-19 Relief Fund which will all go directly back to support Skamania and Klickitat County residents in need.
WAGAP Press Release:
WAGAP Joins the GivingTuesday Movement
The Global Generosity Movement Brings the World Together on December 1, 2020
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. The generosity season kicks off this year by inspiring people to give back on December 1, 2020, and throughout the year.
“The GivingTuesday movement gives us the opportunity to highlight our amazing volunteers and donors for their dedication to our programs through the donation of their time, talent and funding,” said Leslie Naramore, Executive Director of Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP). “Neighbors helping neighbors, that’s truly what it’s all about,” she said. “We hope these stories inspire others to join nonprofits, such as WAGAP, and help make a difference.”
Launched in 2012, GivingTuesday started as a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate the power of communities coming together.
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Naramore expressed that people can demonstrate generosity in many ways on GivingTuesday and throughout the year. “Whether it’s helping out a neighbor or stranger, showing up for an issue or people you care about, or giving to causes that you find important, every act of generosity counts,” she said. “We are also doing an important fundraiser this year to help rebuild our Covid-19 Relief Fund, but we want to emphasize that it is the person to person connections made by our volunteers, staff and supporters that make it possible for WAGAP to succeed as your Community Action Agency for Klickitat and Skamania Counties.”
"GivingTuesday inspires people all around the world to embrace their power to drive progress around the causes they care about, not just on one day but throughout the year." said Asha Curran, GivingTuesday’s CEO, and co-founder. "With country and community leaders, millions of organizations, and countless givers of all kinds, GivingTuesday is creating a shared space where we can see the radical implications of a more generous world."
Those who are interested in joining WAGAP’s GivingTuesday initiative can visit wagap.org to learn more about its mission: Strengthening community by inspiring hope and helping people help themselves.
For more details about the GivingTuesday movement, visit the GivingTuesday website, Facebook page or follow@GivingTuesday and #GivingTuesday on Twitter.
Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Community Action Agency dedicated to helping individuals, families, and communities address basic human needs, including food security and energy assistance in Klickitat and Skamania Counties. For more than 50 years, the organization has offered support services to help people help themselves and reach self-sufficiency. Learn more at wagap.org
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