It’s time for Thanksgiving–the eating holiday. Tomorrow, most of us will enjoy big meals with family and friends. But there are lots of people who will go hungry on Thanksgiving. You can bring hope to those less fortunate by sharing your blessings. Hope is not just an emotion, it can be an acronym: Help Other People Eat.

Helping other people eat is easy. Almost every city in America has a food bank or some organization that feeds people. If your local area doesn’t have one, you can donate with confidence to America’s Second Harvest.  America’s Second Harvest receives a Four Star ranking from Charity Navigator (an organization that evaluates how effective organizations are at doing what they say they do). America’s Second Harvest spends practically nothing on administrative and fund-raising–that means that your donation will go where it belongs: to feed someone.

So loosen your belt, open your wallet, and feel the joy as you give HOPE (and food) to someone who needs it desperately. Now that’s something to be thankful for!