Americans Continue to Show their Generosity of Spirit!
In spite of the fact that 2020 has been a difficult year, many Americans have stepped up with generous, charitable donations as well as acts of kindness. Moreover even if your gesture was small, it probably made a big impact on those who were the recipients.
A nonprofit organization founded by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg that promotes resiliency called Options B joined up with Survey Monkey to learn how giving people were this year, which has been hard on many financially and/or emotionally. The “#OptionBThere” for the holidays initiative found that almost half of all Americans expect this holiday season to be harder than usual. However their research also shows that “we’re giving and receiving more meaningful support than we have in past years—and many people say the simplest acts of care are the ones that help the most.”
The survey results found that:
90 percent of participants said they supported others by doing things like texting, calling, sending a care package, helping with errands or chores, or simply acknowledging someone's struggles and validating their feelings.
62 percent said they gave more of this type of support to others than they had in previous years.
80 percent said they received support from someone this year—and many said the kindness came from people they hadn't expected.
#OptionBThere found that a more thoughtful way to extend holiday greetings was to say something like you are thinking of the person rather than the traditional happy holidays. Also instead of asking if you can do something, just rake their leaves or shovel their snow. Other ideas include giving to a charity you know they care about or putting together a care package for them or for someone they are worried about. Best of all be sure to make plans for next year when we will be able to once again gather together.
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Source: optionb.org/optionbthere/holidays