{"id":6327,"date":"2016-12-07T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2016-12-07T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T18:09:34","slug":"5-ideas-for-giving-back-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestationerystudio.com\/blog\/5-ideas-for-giving-back-this-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ideas for Giving Back This Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are fast approaching and everyone is so busy getting ready.\u00a0 Holiday cards, presents, parties, baking (need I go on?).\u00a0 The holiday season is also about giving back to those who may not be so lucky to be &#8220;busy&#8221; with all the things so many of us take for granted.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re feeling inspired to give back but not sure where to start, here are a few ideas that may inspire you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Host a food drive where you work.\u00a0 You can set up a collection box or site and have employees deliver the items to your local food pantry.\u00a0 Be sure to contact your local food pantry ahead of time to see what they are in most need of.<\/li>\n<li>Host a blood drive where you work.\u00a0 There is almost always a blood shortage and most blood centers offer mobile services.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up to help with your local soup kitchen.\u00a0 Helping those in need where you live is a great way to connect with your community.<\/li>\n<li>Call your local pet shelter and see what supplies they might need (they often are in need of newspapers, blankets and towels).\u00a0 You can clean out your linen closets and help a charity at the same time (win win!).<\/li>\n<li>Donate your gently used coats to those who don&#8217;t have any.\u00a0 Many churches and local food pantries accept donations.\u00a0 You can always find a drop off center at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onewarmcoat.org\">One Warm Coat.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6330\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carts.png\" alt=\"carts\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carts.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carts-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6331\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vernon.png\" alt=\"vernon\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vernon.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vernon-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope these ideas inspire you to give back this year!\u00a0 The Stationery Studio hosted a food drive for our local food pantry this year for #GivingTuesday.\u00a0 We were honored to help those in our community where we work and many of us live.\u00a0 Along with the food donated, TheStationeryStudio.com gave a monetary donation to help with items they need to stock their shelves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestationerystudio.com\/blog\/5-ideas-for-giving-back-this-holiday-season\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>The holidays are fast approaching and everyone is so busy getting ready.\u00a0 Holiday cards, presents, parties, baking (need I go on?).\u00a0 The holiday season is also about giving back to those who may not be so lucky to be &#8220;busy&#8221; with all the things so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,20,1],"tags":[659,317,474],"class_list":["post-6327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","category-inspiration","category-studionotes","tag-givingtuesday","tag-charity","tag-giving-back"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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