Web Site Promotes New Holiday Tradition

Rather than heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, a group of volunteers plans to spend the day helping the causes they care about -- and they're using e-mail and the Internet to ask America to join them.

The volunteers call their effort Giving Day, and they hope the idea will catch on and become a new tradition for the Thanksgiving holiday.

"Like a lot of people, I was devastated by what happened on September 11," says the founder of Giving Day, Tod Hill, "and I

Print Subscription

Digital Subscription

Already have an account? Log In Now.