What Is GivingTuesday?

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What Is GivingTuesday?

GivingTuesday is held annually the Tuesday after Thanksgiving - after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, there is Giving Tuesday.

GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past ten years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of radical generosity to transform communities and the world.

At Whitney Young, GivingTuesday is an opportunity to give back to the Annual Fund. Your generous donation is tax-deductible, very needed and much appreciated. If you donate $500 or more to our GivingTuesday campaign, your name will be included on our Champions Among Us donor wall. And new this year...the first 100 people who donate $100 or more will receive a one-of-a-kind sweatshirt that will only be available for this year's GivingTuesday campaign!

If you have questions about GivingTuesday, please contact us at friendsofwhitneyyoung@gmail.com.

About Us

Founded in 1975 and located in Chicago's West Loop, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (WY) has a tradition of academic excellence and ethnic and cultural diversity.

Whitney Young High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award in 2020 and is ranked the 4th best high school in Illinois (U.S. News & World Report, April 2021), and the 2nd most diverse high school in Illinois (Niche, June 2021). Whitney M. Young Magnet High School offers a very rigorous college preparatory curriculum with two programs: Magnet High School program grades 9–12, and Academic Center grades 7 & 8. Demographically, the school is a microcosm of the entire city, as its enrollment is drawn from the city at large.