{"id":2916,"date":"2018-11-20T17:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T22:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:35:26","slug":"get-into-the-holiday-spirit-with-giving-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2018\/get-into-the-holiday-spirit-with-giving-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Get into the Holiday Spirit With #Giving Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 27, marks the seventh year of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#Giving Tuesday<\/a>. #Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. It is a day to celebrate and encourage donations and volunteer activities that support charities and non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting involved with a charity in your community is a valuable investment,\u201d says <a _blank=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dustyns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-homeowners-insurance\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homeowners insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2922 size-medium lazyload\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/STACKED-300x235.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/STACKED.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/STACKED-150x118.png 150w\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"235\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/235;\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/STACKED.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/STACKED-150x118.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The #Giving Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org\/whats-happening-near-me\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> provides a directory to help you find charities and events in your community participating. Actually, thousands of organizations across Florida are participating. They are championing a variety of causes such as caring for seniors, displaced people, children, animals, charities trying to eradicate disease and abuses, those fighting for environmental issues and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ways to Participate<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donate to your favorite charity or non-profit.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer your time at a local organization.<\/li>\n<li>Start your own fundraiser on Facebook. The #Giving Tuesday website walks you through instructions.<\/li>\n<li>Do something kind- pay an elderly relative a visit, bake cookies for a neighbor or offer to sweep sick friend\u2019s driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Document your activity on social media and spread the good cheer!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The entire family can participate. Teaching children the importance of generosity benefits them. They become less self-focused, while connecting with the world and the needs of others.<\/p>\n<p>Giving enhances the life of the receiver as well as the giver, making our world a more compassionate place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanksgiving is an ideal time to express my gratitude to our phenomenal independent agents and their staff for all their hard work to make GreatFlorida Insurance a success. Also, a big thanks to all our customers. It is our honor and pleasure to serve you and your families,\u201d says <a _blank=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dustyns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> is ready to protect your house and family with reliable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-homeowners-insurance\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homeowners insurance<\/a>. Give us a call for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/get-a-quote\">free quote today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-homeowners-insurance\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/HomeBannerFB-300x198.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"198\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" width=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 27, marks the seventh year of #Giving Tuesday. #Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. It is a day to celebrate and encourage donations and volunteer activities that support charities and non-profit organizations. \u201cGetting involved with a charity in your community is a valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":2921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,4,6,1,10,13,7,8,82,89,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-homeowners-insurance","8":"category-auto-insurance","9":"category-boat-insurance","10":"category-commercial-insurance","11":"category-floridainsurance","12":"category-florida-insurance-industry","13":"category-healthcare-insurance","14":"category-motorcycle-insurance","15":"category-renters-insurance","16":"category-rv-insurance","17":"category-travel-insurance","18":"category-umbrella-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13783,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions\/13783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}