Good Will Toward Men... That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown

On average, one holiday shopper spends $704.18 on gifts and seasonal items. If only 20 people spend even just $10 of that money on local, nonprofit organizations, that’s $200 toward improving our community!

While you’re making your holiday shopping list, why not add “donate to local charity” to the top. How about asking your family to donate to your local charity in lieu of giving you another fruitcake or holiday sweater; suggest they donate that money to the CoMoGives campaign and the local nonprofit of your choice. Their donation to the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture could fund a low-income family's garden, (supplementing their grocery bill and ensuring they have access to nutritious foods, a child's field trip to the Urban Farm (and possibly the first experience of harvesting a carrot from the ground!), or a neighbor of the farm being able to walk to the farm and purchase fresh foods from our Honesty Market. And isn’t that what the holiday spirit is truly about?

We appreciate you and all you do to keep our community strong.