{"id":56114,"date":"2025-11-22T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56114\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:12:08","slug":"generosity-alive-and-well-in-miami-despite-worsening-economy-for-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56114\/","title":{"rendered":"Generosity alive and well in Miami despite worsening economy for many"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#main\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kbindependent.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/kbindependent.org\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \u00bb Generosity alive and well in Miami despite worsening economy for many<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/kbindependent.org\/give\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"KBI Email banner 600\u00d7105 \u2014 light\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KBI-Email-banner-600x105-\u2014-light.png\" alt=\"\"   class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"158\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/miami.salvationarmyflorida.org\/miami\/local-leadership\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Hogg grew up homeless <\/a>for the first eight years of his life, as the family followed his alcoholic father from town to town as he got work as a painter.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he was all about paying it forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-169fe9aaf3dcdbe6232798aa411b8061\" style=\"color:#1c17ec\">Hear nonprofit stories on the Anti-Social podcast:<\/p>\n<p>Hogg echoed her remarks on the important work being done by these nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We deal with natural disasters every day, because whether 50 people have lost their homes or one individual, it&#8217;s the same effect,\u201d Hogg said. \u201cWhen somebody&#8217;s hungry, somebody&#8217;s lost their home, something tragic happened in their lives. That&#8217;s the disaster moment, and that&#8217;s why the Army steps in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe nonprofits were ready this year. The Miami Foundation provides coaching &#8212; as well as pompoms, bells, and other noisemakers &#8212; so groups can hone their message and leverage the contagious energy of collective generosity.<\/p>\n<p>There were also prizes and bonuses for groups that got the most donations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The magic worked right up until the midnight deadline on Friday. You can view the leaderboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemiamiday.org\/p\/leaderboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a lot of people reaching out at like 11:50 at night with complex transactions and wanting to wire resources or bring checks over,\u201d Fishman Lipsey said. \u201cAt the end of the day, all we&#8217;re trying to do is just inspire people to reach into their pocket and open up their heart and give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kbindependent.org\/give\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Invest in Local News for Your Town. Your Gift is tax-deductible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/kbindependent.org\/author\/john-pacenti\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pacenti-1-e1682355459700-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150\" alt=\"John Pacenti\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOHN PACENTI is a correspondent of the Key Biscayne Independent. 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