 It's the holiday season in Boston and with it comes Giving Tuesday, a day of donations and charity. Giving Tuesday is here. For those with extra money to spend after Black Friday, many charities and community groups have their own drives and fundraisers to donate to. BU students and staff are doing what they can to give back to charity and the community. So I interned at a non-profit this semester so I was kind of in charge of making their Giving Tuesday graphics. It was mostly trying to get repeat donors to give back to the non-profit and like engage new audiences to give. This year marks the 9th that BU has contributed to Giving Tuesday, having already raised over $140,000 for charities and community groups by the late afternoon. According to Louise Kennedy of BU Today, BU saw over 2,000 donors and over $401,000 contributed in last year's Giving Tuesday. Some students said they didn't know about Giving Tuesday and wished BU had done more to make them aware of it. I know BU always like sends emails and like publishes things on BU Today about it, sort of encourages us to participate. I don't know how many people read those emails or actually participate and I think maybe they could do more to make people aware of it. So I just think like more awareness would be better on BU's part. I think more people should know about it. This is the first year I knew about it. I think it's a good opportunity to like hold yourself accountable for giving to a good cause if there's a day to do it. So yeah I wish more people knew about it. Donation from BU's Giving Tuesday event helped fund various student groups across campus, including the Community Service Center. We always appreciate Giving Tuesday here at the Community Service Center because as you can see we have a lot of programs that we love to like give out to students and we always appreciate the funds because it does cost a lot and a lot goes into these programs so having the support of our alumni and our students is always really appreciated. It's the season for giving back to the community. Be sure to keep an eye out for a place to donate. For BU TV, I'm Colin Boyd. Back to you.