Charitable Ideas for Thanksgiving

There are many charitable ideas for Thanksgiving that you can donate your money and time with your family to those in need of company or your time. Some charitable ideas for Thanksgiving that you can with brings smiles to many faces this Thanksgiving. Here are some great charitable ideas for Thanksgiving for you to consider.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving:Visit Nursing Homes

A nice charitable idea for Thanksgiving is to visit your local nursing home with your family. Call your local nursing home and find out what the visiting hours are on Thanksgiving Day and take your family to visit them on Thanksgiving Day. Some elderly will not have any visitors on Thanksgiving Day and would love the company. Prior to Thanksgiving, have your family work together and create some Thanksgiving turkeys made out of pinecones to give to the elderly as a gift. Enchanted Learning has instructions to make a Pine Cone Turkey Craft that is made from a pinecone, an acorn, and construction paper. Visiting the elderly on Thanksgiving is a great charitable idea for Thanksgiving for your entire family.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving: Visit your Local Children's Hospital

A great charitable idea for Thanksgiving is to visit your local children's hospital with your family. Call your local children's hospital on Thanksgiving Day to find out what the visiting hours are for that day and take your family to visit the children in the hospital. I remember when I was little, I had surgery that required a few overnight stays and it was Easter. I had a visitor that brought a little Easter basket with candy. I still remember this after 30 years and any child in the hospital would love a visit and a Thanksgiving gift. Some ideas that you can bring as a gift are Turkey Sucker Covers for lollipops. They cost $4.99 per dozen and are really cute. There are some children that can't have candy in the hospital so you may want to bring some plush toys to give as gifts. Oriental Trading also has plush mini bean bag animals and you can purchase 50 pieces for $39.99. This is such a wonderful charitable idea for Thanksgiving so that your family can bring some smiles to the children at your local hospital on Thanksgiving.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving: Volunteer to help Feed the Poor

Volunteering to feed the homeless is a very much-needed charitable idea for Thanksgiving. To find your local homeless shelter, visit the Homeless Shelter Directory website and click on your state. There are currently 2, 175 homeless shelters in this directory. Call the closest one to your area and ask them how you and your family can volunteer to help feed the poor on Thanksgiving Day. There are many events on Thanksgiving Day to give the homeless a Thanksgiving Day meal and volunteer are needed.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving:Donate to your Local Food Bank

Donating food to your local food bank for Thanksgiving is another great charitable idea for Thanksgiving. The Homeless Shelter Directory website has a list of many food banks that you can easily click on your state to find them. After you find your local food bank, give them a call and find out what they are in need of for the Thanksgiving holiday. This is a great charitable idea for those who already have a full Thanksgiving Day schedule and can't donate their time.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving: Invite Needy Friends for Thanksgiving Dinner

You may have some friends that do not have any family around for Thanksgiving or you may know a family that is hurting in our economy. A great charitable idea for Thanksgiving is to invite them over to share Thanksgiving Day with you and your family. They will be so thankful to have a place to go and to have a wonderful meal prepared by you as well as being grateful for your charitable idea for Thanksgiving.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving:Run in your Local Turkey Trot

Before you start your eating on Thanksgiving Day, take a run in the many Annual Turkey Trots that are around the Country. You can find out where the closest turkey trot is for you at the active.com website. When you go to the active.com website, type in "Turkey Trot" and your city in the search to find out where you can run in a turkey trot. This is a wonderful and healthy charitable idea for Thanksgiving that you can run and have fun before you start eating all day.

Charitable Ideas For Thanksgiving:Donate to a Charity for Hunger

Another great charitable ideas for Thanksgiving are to donate to charity for hunger. End Hunger Network helps protect America's Food Stamp Program. There are hungry people in your own state. You can select you state here and see how your state's Child Poverty Report Card is doing and whom you can contact to get involved. There are many ways you can get involved with the End Hunger Network. You can donate using paypal here.

Sources and Resources:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/pineconeturkey/

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http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/

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http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Time_to_Run_Your_Turkey_Off.htm

http://www.endhunger.com/