By Linsey Knerl

Will you give more this year? Or are you just in "survival mode?"

Many people are making resolutions to give back to their communities and charitable organizations that have impacted their lives. Others are responding to the calls for aid in Haiti and are finding just a little more in their budget to help the cause. All of this is happening in spite of a down economy, job loss, and tightening budgets. How are we doing it? And are there tips to help others so that they have more to give?

We’d love to hear your tips for giving. It can be ways that you stretch the budget so that you have room for donations, how you stockpile freebies to give to the less fortunate, or how you are giving more of your time and talents during your own time of economic trouble. Maybe you’re not even thinking of giving right now — and that’s OK, too! We’d love to hear your 2-cents! (We encourage you to link to your own blog posts if you’ve covered a similar topic on your own site.)

Let us know your stories here in our comment thread or on Twitter, and you’ll be entered to win one of two $20 Amazon giveaways. (Yes, that’s right! We’ve doubled our prize money!) Dozens of readers have already won. You could be next!

Win a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate

We’re doing two giveaways — one for random comments, and another one for a random tweets.

How to Enter:

  1. Post your answer in the comments below, or
  2. Tweet your answer. Include both "@wisebread" and "#WBAsk" in your tweet so we’ll see it and count it.

If you’re inspired to write a whole blog post, please link to it in the comments or tweet it.

At the end of the drawing, we’ll update this post to include (and link to) all of your helpful responses.

Giveaway Rules:

  • Contest ends Friday, January 29th at 11:59 am CST. Winners will be announced after January 29th on the original post and via Twitter. Winners will also be contacted via email and Twitter Direct Message.
  • You can enter both drawings — once by leaving a comment and once by tweeting.
  • Only tweets that contain both "@wisebread" and "#WBAsk" will be entered. (Otherwise, we won’t see it.)

Good luck!

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