The Senior Solution: Detroit Area Agency on Aging Joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement Pledges to Raise Money of Holiday Meals on Wheels Card Campaign #sharethelove

Detroit Area Agency on Aging has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. See www.DetroitSeniorSolution.com/donate

Occurring this year on December 1, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick-off the holiday giving season and inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and to give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.


Meals on Wheels

Detroit Meals on Wheels feeds 6,000 homebound seniors daily. But due to Federal funds being unavailable during the holidays, campaigns, fundraisers and private contributions help raise funds to feed seniors. “This year’s holiday meal deliveries are made possible by the contributions from corporations like Ford Motor Company Fund, UAW Ford, DTE, DAAA employees and hundreds of individuals, partnering organizations and churches. These contributions allow the Detroit Area Agency on Aging to feed a needy senior on Easter, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas,” said Paul Bridgewater, president and CEO of Detroit Area Agency on Aging.
See www.DetroitSeniorSolution.com/donate.

92Y − a cultural center in New York City that, since 1874, has been bringing people together around its core values of community service and giving back − conceptualized #GivingTuesday as a new way of linking individuals and causes to strengthen communities and encourage giving. In 2014, the third year of the movement, #GivingTuesday brought together 30,000 partners in 68 countries and registered 32.7 million impressions on Twitter, with its eponymous hashtag mentioned 698,600 times. Since 2012, online giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving has increased more than four-fold, based on findings by Blackbaud and the Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, produced in partnership with the Case Foundation.[1]

“We have been incredibly inspired by the generosity in time, efforts and ideas that have brought our concept for a worldwide movement into reality,” said Henry Timms, founder of

#GivingTuesday and executive director of 92Y. “As we embark on our fourth year of #GivingTuesday, we are encouraged by the early response from partners eager to continue making an impact in this global conversation.”

Those who are interested in joining DAAAA’s #GivingTuesday initiative can visit, www.DetroitSeniorSolution.com/donate

For more details about the #GivingTuesday movement, visit the #GivingTuesday website (www.givingtuesday.org), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday) or follow @GivingTues and the #GivingTuesday hashtag on Twitter.

About Detroit Area Agency on Aging

DAAA is a private, non-profit agency that serves older persons age 60 years and over, adults with disabilities and caregivers in the City of Detroit, the five Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Harper Woods and Highland Park. Services are funded through the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 as amended and state Older Michiganians Act funding as well as other resources. http://www.DetroitSeniorSolution.com

About #GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday is a movement to celebrate and provide incentives to give—the 2015 iteration will be held on December 1, 2015. This effort harnesses the collective power of a unique blend of partners—nonprofits, businesses and corporations as well as families and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. #GivingTuesday inspires people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they celebrate and help create a better world. #GivingTuesday harnesses the power of social media to create a global moment dedicated to giving around the world.

To learn more about #GivingTuesday participants and activities or to join the celebration of giving, please visit: Detroit Area Agency on Aging Giving Tuesday Profile Page