Help Put the ?Giving? - Americas Best Agents

Thanksgiving Day brings families and friends together in a celebration of gratitude and thanks. However, it is also a time for reflection and for giving back to your community and to those less fortunate. Whether it is a result of the economy, a natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy or other mitigating factors, millions across the United States could use a little help around this Holiday season.

Thankfully there are plenty of church programs, non-profits and other organizations that are dedicated to helping those less fortunate ? not just during the holidays, but during the whole year round.

Here are six of them, with links to ways you can help:

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross provides disaster relief and countless other services that depend largely on a vast network of volunteers. You can assist the American Red Cross simply by making a financial contribution, but there are plenty of other ways to provide, including volunteer work, donating blood and even teaching others.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity believes that every man, woman and child deserves housing that is both safe and affordable. The non-profit group has built thousands of simple and sustainable homes for low-income families around the world thanks to countless of volunteers who volunteer their time and expertise to Habitat builds. A quick and easy way to help is to participate in the Realtor.com Building Hope Challenge in support of Habitat for Humanity.

Meals On Wheels

The oldest and largest national origination dedicated to assisting local, community-based seniors, Meals On Wheels has made delivering daily meals directly to Golden Ager?s its mission ? deliveries that wouldn?t be made without strong network of 5,000-plus community programs and countless, countless volunteers.

St. Vincent de Paul

An international non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the poor, St. Vincent de Paul provides community assistance in the form of services including clothing, feeding and sheltering the less fortunate. Most Saint Vincent de Paul chapters are comprised of and maintained by a staff that is 100% volunteers.

Feeding America

Feeding America is a network of food banks whose mission is to feed America?s hungry and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Feeding America supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 90,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, and Kids Cafes.

No Kid Hungry

Like Meals On Wheels aims to end senior hunger, No Kid Hungry is a non-profit dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America. The organization not only connects kids to nutrition programs, it also teaches families how to cook healthy, low-cost meals for their children.

Realtor.com is proud to be a supporter of Habitat for Humanity?s BUiLD program. Join our Building Hope Challenge to stand with us in contributing to the success of BUiLD.

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