In the News ... "West Texas Food Bank participates in ‘Giving Tuesday’, Facebook matches donations"

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• "Please remember your less fortunate neighbors this holiday season"

By Kirsten Geddes, Multimedia Journalist
• KWES-TV

ODESSA/MIDLAND, TEXAS - If you make it through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, why not add another day to your list: Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday, which falls on November 27 this year, is a national day of giving to help kick start the holiday giving spirit. This year however Facebook has partnered with PayPal to ensure that donations go twice as far.

Starting at 8 a.m. central time on Giving Tuesday, Facebook has promised to double funds donated up to seven million dollars across the fundraisers.

The West Texas Food Bank is asking for people to donate to their cause through their Facebook fundraiser, or perhaps even start their own fundraiser for the food bank ...

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