GivingTuesday

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to use their individual power of generosity to support their communities. It is a day with the simple idea of encouraging people to do good, and it’s grown into a global movement that inspires millions of people to give, collaborate, do acts of kindness, and celebrate generosity. GivingTuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is on November 28th this year! Instead of having such a big focus on the consumerism of Black Friday, join us in observing this generosity movement by considering giving a tax-deductible donation.

By making a donation to The Commons you are: 

• Supporting the other organizations we support: Speak Up for the Poor, Flagstaff Family Food Center, Beloved Arise, Life Ansanm, Northern Arizona Interfaith Council

• Helping allow this type of progressive and inclusive theology to remain active and available in Flagstaff

• Making it possibly for us to afford the costs of our Sunday service space and programming (each service costs an average of $550, not including staff salaries)

• Supporting the programs that we sustain: Immigrant Family Food Share, Jubilee Ministry for Young Adults with Disabilities, Flagstaff Youth Co-Op, Kids Ministry, Community Groups, Campouts, Mexico House Building Trips, etc.

• Making our staff healthy and sustainable in order for us to continue to walk alongside people in their lives, questions, heartbreaks, and celebrations; as well as giving us space to dream about more ways to help this community flourish.

If you would like to make a one time donation or set up an automatic monthly donation to The Commons, that would mean the world to us. You can do so by clicking this link. (PS: If you scroll down and click “bank account” instead of “credit/debit” and pay by using your routing/account numbers, this helps there be less processing fees.)

In the spirit of GivingTuesday, The Commons is volunteering at the Flagstaff Family Food Center on Tuesday, November 28th from 10:45am to 1pm. We will be distributing family food boxes from the warehouse on Huntington Dr. If you would like to join us in helping feed our neighbors at the outdoor, drive-thru food distribution, let us know! With the help of volunteers, FFFC is able to give out groceries to over 200 families per day! Volunteer roles include: loading food into cars, controlling traffic, packing food into boxes, and writing down client information. 

Together we can unleash the power of people and organizations to transform communities and the world.