Thanksgiving can be read in different ways, most commonly as a time for giving thanks for that which we have been given. But what if we emphasized the words THANKS and GIVING? What would we do? What would we say? What would or could we give...and to who?

We could begin by thanking people whose work we often take for granted. Look clerks, cashiers, and medical techs in the eye, and say a sincere thank you when they help you. So often, we barely notice them, and everyone likes to feel appreciated.

Leave a thank you note and/or gift for your postal carrier, but be sure you stay within the gift-giving parameters they have to follow. You can give a gift valued at $20 or less, but it cannot be cash, a check, of a gift card. So, that being said, here are some gift ideas to thank your mail carrier: fuzzy socks, chocolate, tea, coffee, lip balm, gloves, a mug, a Christmas ornament, a scarf, a keychain, or a journal.

We can give our time. So many agencies need volunteers. Schools need people to read with their students or act as mentors. Food pantries need people to help. Libraries can nearly always use volunteers to help re-shelve books and do displays. Churches need volunteers to help with kids or with being Sunday morning greeters.

We can take the time to help a neighbor weed or spread mulch...or snow plow their driveway (depending on where you live.) Maybe you have a particular interest, like history or photography you could put to good use volunteering at a museum or gallery. Perhaps you have skills you could teach to others, especially job skills. Animal lovers will be welcome volunteers at shelters. VolunteerMatch.org may help in finding volunteer opportunities that appeal to you.

Do you belong to a choral group that might visit nursing homes to entertain the residents? If you feel comfortable with it, and the facility allows it, could you volunteer to visit the residents, especially those who do not get visits from family or friends?

Most of us donate things or money to charity or other causes. Place a box or shopping bag in a closet near a door and have family members place things they wish to give in it. Whenever the box approaches full, make a trip to the donation drop-off. Thanksgiving and Christmas often provide extra opportunities for giving, perhaps by 'adopting' a family or child anonymously through an agency and providing for them. Consider sending a 'care package' to a soldier overseas.

Participate in a 'Turkey Trot' or similar walk or run to raise funds for charitable causes. Your family may wish to join in with you.

Hospitals are so often in need of blood. If you can, this would be an excellent place to donate.

Maybe getting out and doing something away from your home is not possible. There are other ways to give. Donate to the hungry via feedingamerica.org. Help impoverished people through associations like kiva.org or heifer.org. If your family has older children and adults who are difficult to buy for, consider a gift in their name to a cause they support. There is less 'stuff' for folks to have to deal with and does good as well.

Finally, remember to give thanks for the mere fact that we can give. What is on your THANKS and GIVING list?

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