Why Amy Grant Says Thanksgiving Is a Time to Give Back

Published: November 26, 2025

By Mallory Mattingly

Six-time Grammy Award-winning artist Amy Grant reflected on the importance of giving back during the Thanksgiving season.

“I’ve realized that any act of generosity, large or small, truly makes a difference, becomes a strand of hope woven permanently into the fabric of life,” Grant said in an essay for Guideposts, reflecting on her time on the 2005 TV show THREE WISHES.

In the show, the iconic Christian singer helped “dreams come true for different people every week.”

“Amy Grant stars in this hour-long unscripted series, in which she leads a team of experts to a small town to ‘grant’ wishes to help make the hopes and unbelievable dreams of deserving people come true. Some of their deeply personal and heartwarming stories are shared as Grant and her team transform these hopes into life-changing reality. The full spectrum of wishes ranges from paying tribute to an unsung hero to helping a despairing family in the grip of a loved one’s life-threatening medical crisis,” a synopsis of the show reads.

“When you give something, you become a part of something bigger than yourself,” Grant said. “And both the person who’s giving and the person who’s receiving feel equally blessed. That’s a beautiful cycle if you ask me. One that’s worth celebrating all year. Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.”

Grant doesn’t just give back during Thanksgiving but throughout the year. In April, she helped auction off several “vintage tour jackets” to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

“I have been a proud supporter of St. Jude for decades. The research and care they provide for pediatric cancer patients is world-renowned,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram page. “My dear friend, Chaz Corzine, is especially passionate about St. Jude after his daughter, Mallory, was a patient there as a child.”

“Chaz decided to auction his personal collection of tour jackets from his time as my tour manager in the ’80s and ’90s,” she continued. “These tour jackets were never for sale and were created only for the band and crew. If you had a favorite tour from those days, bid on a jacket and ALL PROCEEDS will go to the life-saving work done at St. Jude.”

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For Grant, Thanksgiving isn’t just a time to gather around the table and eat a big meal; it’s a time to give back to those who truly need it. How can you express your gratitude to those in your life this Thanksgiving?

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