"Magazines take a few months to put together, so I'm writing my annual holiday donations column in October. It isn't even Halloween yet! Things look bleak right now, but by the time you read these words, who knows? Maybe Zohran Mamdani will be mayor-elect of New York, all those candidates you wrote postcards for will have won, Donald Trump will have run off to a Buddhist monastery, and JD Vance will have quit to start the Cat Lovers for Taylor Swift Fan Club."
"Food prices are soaring, and SNAP benefits are being snipped and even canceled. As more people turn to food pantries and soup kitchens in these tough times, these essential charities are under incredible stress. My neighborhood food pantry has had to shrink its catchment area-and it's one of the city's better-funded. This holiday season, be a good neighbor and write a generous check to your local food pantry."
"Doctors Without Borders (MSF). I don't usually feature big NGOs, but with the world in crisis in so many places, sometimes it makes sense to support a charity that is already scaled up to help worldwide. Right now, 1,000 MSF staffers are working overtime in Gaza, treating every conceivable need: wounds and burns, maternal and pediatric services, malnutrition (yes, the famine is real), mental health support, and lots more. An unrestricted gift to MSF aids in cri"
The world looks bleak and holiday donations can provide crucial relief. Food banks face soaring prices and cuts to SNAP, driving more people to pantries and soup kitchens and stretching resources thin. Local food pantries have reduced their catchment areas, even when relatively well funded, so donors should support both neighborhood pantries and those serving low-income communities. Large NGOs can offer scaled, rapid responses across multiple crises. Doctors Without Borders has roughly 1,000 staff working in Gaza on wounds, maternal and pediatric care, malnutrition treatment, mental-health support, and other urgent needs. Unrestricted gifts increase flexibility and impact.
Read at The Nation
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