Giving Tuesday 2019: Alexandria Charities To Support

ALEXANDRIA, VA — You may be thinking about what gifts to buy family and friends in between the Cyber Monday and other holiday deals going on. An alternative gift idea could be donating to a loved one's favorite charitable cause on Giving Tuesday, which falls on Dec. 3 this year.

Giving Tuesday started in 2012 to promote charitable giving during the Christmas season. Last year, approximately $400 million in donations was raised online in the U.S.

Whether you want to support global relief efforts or local causes, there are plenty of causes to support on www.givingtuesday.org. If you cannot make a monetary donation, you can help by volunteering or donating skilled services, helping a donation drive, or paying it forward.

Here are some nonprofits to support in Alexandria:

• Advocates for Alexandria Aquatics
• Alexandria Families For Safe Streets
• Alexandria Housing Development Corporation
• Alexandria Jaycees Foundation
• Alexandria Library Foundation
• ALIVE!
• Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
• Arts on the Horizon
• Bethany House of Northern Virginia
• Bishop Ireton High School
• Burgundy Farm Country Day School
• Carpenter's Shelter
• Communities In Schools of NOVA
• Community Health Charities
• Community Lodgings
• DreamDog Foundation
• Friends of Alexandria Archaeology
• Friends of Green Spring Gardens
• Friends of the Alexandria Mental Health Center
• George Washington's Mount Vernon
• Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services
• Gum Springs Youth Athletic Association
• Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
• Hopkins House
• Islamic Relief USA
• Lee Mount Vernon Sports Club, INC
• Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden
• Lu's Labs
• Mosaic Forum
• Mount Vernon At Home, Inc
• Muslim American Society of Washington DC
• New Hope Housing
• Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network
• Operation Paws For Homes
• Operation Renewed Hope Foundation
• Potomac Crescent Waldorf School
• Project Second Chance Inc.
• Rebuilding Together Alexandria
• RunningBrooke
• Santa Claus Yacht Club, Inc.
• SCAN of Northern Virginia
• Senior Services of Alexandria
• St. Louis Catholic School
• Tails High
• Ten Thousand Villages
• The Art League, Inc.
• The Child and Family Network Centers
• The Hollin Meadows Partnership for Outdoor Education
• The Men's Home
• The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Titan Robotics 5587 Boosters (T.C. Williams H.S.)
• TJ Partnership Fund
• TJHSST Band Boosters
• United Community
• UpCycle Creative Reuse Center
• Vindicated Pit Bull Rescue
• Virginia Bronze
• Virginia Chamber Orchestra
• Virginia Theological Seminary
• Volunteer Alexandria
• Wesley Housing Development Corporation
• Woodlawn and Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House