JS Tip 612: Holiday Giving

A Holiday Tip

Today is Christmas. This is the holiday season. Hanukkah. Kwanza. A time for giving.

We’ve found some nice examples of giving. 

Every year, members of the Texas Border Patrol compete in a chili cook-off. This year, Los Vaqueros of Brownsville won the competition. They gave their winnings—nearly $4,000—to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. 

In 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won a Pulitzer prize for covering the horrendous shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The newspaper’s staff donated the $15,000 prize to rebuild the synagogue.

After winning the 2014 World Cup, German soccer star Mesut Ozil used his $400,000 in winnings to pay for surgeries for twenty-three needy children in Brazil, the host country. He explained it was a “personal thank you for the hospitality of the people of Brazil.”

In the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street, Kris Kringle explains his role: 

I’m a symbol. I’m a symbol of the human ability to be able to suppress the selfish tendencies that rule the major part of our lives. 

It’s a beautiful time of the year.

We love this stuff. 

We appreciate you.