Capital IDEA Houston celebrates GivingTuesday this year with a Giving Houston Hope campaign to raise $10, 000 toward supporting our mission, joining millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement on December 1, 2020
HOUSTON, TX; November 23, 2020 – This GivingTuesday, Capital IDEA Houston will inspire generosity by encouraging Houstonians to help us as we continue to Give Houston Hope by raising $10,000 to go toward continuing to connect individuals and families earning low wages to living-wage career opportunities.
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on December 1, 2020, and throughout the year.
As we go through this pandemic, Capital IDEA Houston has continued its search for improved and innovative ways to serve, and strives to lead the Houston community through economic rebound and restoration by providing resources to connect unemployed and underemployed individuals to training and certification in high-wage, high-demand careers.
“We want to continue to transform lives in under-served areas of Houston and Harris County- especially those hardest hit by COVID-19- by removing the barriers to training and providing necessary support,” said Michelle Paul, Executive Director. “The need for providing access is great, and insomuch as this pandemic has changed the world around us, it has also brought us increased opportunities to bring hope to people we didn’t have the ability to before. The #GivingTuesday movement allows us to share our mission with persons outside of our immediate area and encourage others to join in and support our mission.”
GivingTuesday was launched in 2012 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 generosity.
People demonstrate generosity in many ways on GivingTuesday. Whether it’s helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving to causes we care about, every act of generosity counts. GivingTuesday has raised billions of dollars for critical causes around the world and gets 21 billion impressions on social media from people and organizations speaking up for the causes that matter to them and encouraging others to get involved in their communities.
"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 Capital IDEA Houston’s GivingTuesday initiative can visit www.capitalideahouston.org/donate.
For more details about the GivingTuesday movement, visit the GivingTuesday website (www.givingtuesday.org), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday), or follow @GivingTuesday and #GivingTuesday on Twitter.
About Capital IDEA Houston
Capital IDEA Houston is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to lift individuals and families out of poverty and into the middle class by providing educational and social support. This program was developed by The Metropolitan Organization (TMO) in response to a House Meeting Campaign in member institutions and is modeled after Project QUEST in San Antonio.
About GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past eight years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts, and everyone has something to give. GivingTuesday strives to build a world in which the catalytic power of generosity is at the heart of the society we build together, unlocking dignity, opportunity and equity around the globe.
