Giving Tuesday & Fun Cities

Today is "Giving Tuesday" and Dangerous Dave talks about giving stats and habits. Plus, the most fun cities in the US according to Wallethub.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please give deeper in the den with dangerous Day. Today
is Giving Tuesday, where we give to others without getting
anything in return except for likes of course. If you
boast on Facebook, follow Cyber Monday, where we give to
online shop small business Saturday where we give to small businesses,
Black Friday where we give to big box stores, and
Thanksgiving where we give thanks Some stats on Giving Tuesday,

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been around for twelve years. Launched in twenty twelve, is
a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and
organizations to transform their communities. Actually started by three tech
companies Mashable, Skype, and Cisco. In a poll, thirty six
percent of people said they've heard of Giving Tuesday, fifteen
percent of participated, and fifteen percent claim they drop more
money on Giving Tuesday than Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

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In a poll, thirty three percent of people admit they
haven't given any money to a charity in the past
year for various reasons. Twenty two percent consider themselves a
small giver about one hundred dollars, another twenty nine percent
donated more than one hundred and less and one thousand
in the past year, and another sixteen percent which say
they've given more than a thousand, and that's where I

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would lie. Thirteen percent of people have donated more to
charity in the past year, twenty nine percent have given
less than fifty eight percent said their track to give
the same. There's a lot of reasons to give. The
most two common ones are it makes me happy, aligns
with my values and beliefs, but ten percent of people
say they do it just for the tax deduction. People
were asked what they'd give money to if they had

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one thousand dollars to donate the most popular response with
charities involving animals. Health based organizations were second, followed by
food insecurity, human services, disaster relief, religious organizations, education, environment,
community development, civil rights, international aid, arts, culture, and political organizations.
Fifty six percent of people said they're more generous than

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their friends, and seven percent Americans would not consider themselves
generous at all. Posting about Giving Tuesday and social media
can be good as long as you don't make it
about your self. Awareness can inspire action, reinforce social norms
of kindness, build community, and broad perspectives on giving. Three
point one billion dollars raised worldwide on Giving Tuesday last

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year that was pretty much the same as the year before,
and you can use online sites Charity Navigator, Better Business Bureau,
Charity Watch, give Well Great Nonprofits, and candid formerly Guide
Start to see how much of the nonprofits budget goes
towards the mission and how much goes to overhead costs
before you contribute. I think that's important know where the

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money is going before you decide to give to an organization.
Happy Giving Tuesdays in the two. If you're an adult
and you have a gambling problem, these top two picks
make a lot of sense. While at hub dot com
ranked the most Fun Cities in America, top two, Las Vegas,
here's your gambling problem, But if your fun adult, Orlando
made the list as well. It's based on sixty five

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different metrics, including things like bars, restaurants, festivals, even factored
in how far you'd have to travel to get your
closest bowling alley or even frozen yogurt shop. According to
the results, and most fun cities in America, Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and New York.

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Vegas ranks first for night life and parties in Honolulu
sixteenth overall, but number one for entertainment and recreation. They
also ranked each city according to how much it costs
to have fun. If that's your main concern, start planning
a trip to Toledo, Ohio. It's the cheapest place for fun,
followed by Wichita, Montgomery, Alabama, Fayettfield, North Carolina, and Oklahoma City.

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Only two cities in North Dakota were ranked. In Minnesota,
the only two cities ranked were Minneapolis and Saint Paul,
and they ranked kind of in the middle. In North Dakota,
Fargo and Bismarck were ranked out of one hundred and
eighty two cities. Fargo ranked number one twenty six in
Bizmarck number one forty eight. Maybe they need to include
fun in the snow too. They came for another episode

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of Deeper in the Den with Dangerous Dave right here.