This campaign was created by a cultural center in New York City called 92nd Street Y and last year raised about $116,000,000 online with the help of 700,000 people in over 70 countries, according to givingtuesday.com.
Anyone can help today by providing some of their time, a donation, a gift or even just the power of your voice in your community.
People all of the world rely on the money raised on this day, including several local places.
Onenewsnow.com created a list of the 50 most generous cities in the U.S. where 76,505 American adults were surveyed to see what percent had donated to charities and nonprofit organizations, including churches and religious organizations in the last decade.
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The top three cities on their list include:
1. El Paso, Texas/ Las Cruces, New Mexico
92 percent
2. Lexington, Kentucky
91 percent
3. Memphis, Tennessee
90 percent
Three Ohio cities made it into this list of 50, two of which appearing in the Top 10.
Here is how those three Ohio cities ranked:
6. Cincinnati, Ohio
88 percent
8. Columbus, Ohio
86 percent
49, Dayton, Ohio
79 percent
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