In a year when gifts are down for the biggest US charities, three generous donations were featured on the Today show, including a 5-year-old boy who decided to give his old toys — and forego new ones on his birthday — to help the Ronald McDonald House charity.

Another of the gifts was from a pair of newlyweds who became homeless shortly after their wedding, but who have pledged to give $5,000 each year to the Salvation Army, who helped them when they were down.

WATCH the video below, or on MSNBC…