{"id":5312,"date":"2015-11-26T11:59:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2016-05-31T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T11:30:34","slug":"the-friends-of-the-museu-nacional-join-us-on-the-givingtuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/en\/the-friends-of-the-museu-nacional-join-us-on-the-givingtuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friends of the Museu Nacional join us on the #GivingTuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anna Fabra<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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For the first time in our country, the #GivingTuesday<\/a>, A Day to give<\/em>, will be held on December 1st 2015, the day dedicated to the action of giving. This is a global movement which counts on the presence of more than 70 countries, which for the past four years has been celebrated on the first Tuesday of December.<\/p>\n

The aim of #GivingTuesday is to dedicate a day to the whole of the world to celebrate the action of giving<\/strong>, either with food, money, time (volunteering), second-hand objects, etc.\u00a0 But above all, with the perspective of being a starting point for continuing to give and promoting philanthropy the other 364 days of the year.<\/p>\n

Where has the initiative come from?<\/h3>\n

The idea of the #GivingTuesday emerged in 2012 from the NGO 92Y Street<\/em> of New York, dedicated for more than 100 years to social works, and of the United Nations Foundation, which has provided its experience in the strategy and diffusion of solidarity projects.<\/p>\n

The initiative is carried out by means of a website platform which\u00a0 provides visibility in a joint way to solidarity projects and aims to mobilise all the citizens, families, organisations and companies so that they contribute to this world day of donation day.\u00a0 Each participating country has its own platform, and in ours you can find it at givingtuesday.cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From among the projects that have a presence, there are social, educational, sports, environmental, health, scientific and international cooperation projects, and there are also cultural<\/strong> ones, such as the one of the Friends of the Museu Nacional!<\/p>\n

The participation of the Friends of the Museu Nacional<\/h3>\n

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What is our aim?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Friends of the Museu Nacional are participating in this first edition of the #GivingTuesday with the aim of raising funds for the educational and social projects of the museum<\/a><\/strong>. All the money that is collected in the form of new Friends will be totally destined to providing support to these projects which are so vital for the museum. The new membership fees go from \u20ac18 to \u20ac2,000, and you can consult all the categories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya<\/p><\/div>\n

The Friends of the Museu Nacional d\u2019Art de Catalunya <\/strong><\/p>\n

For around the past 20 years, the Friends of the Museu Nacional have been working on spreading and getting our artistic heritage closer to the people.\u00a0 With this aim in mind, we organise various activities (commented visits, talks and conferences, excursions, trips, etc.). This participation of the citizens in the cultural life<\/strong> produces intangible benefits which undoubtedly lead to a positive impact on our society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, as Friends we also contribute to generating a Philanthropic cultural citizenship<\/strong> thanks to the campaigns of collective funding for acquiring and restoring works of art, for purchasing books for the library or for providing support for the educational and social projects of the Museu Nacional.<\/p>\n

So far, the Friends of the Museu Nacional have carried out various campaigns of support in the museum<\/strong> such as the following:<\/p>\n