Continuing a long-standing tradition, VMLY&R will close its more than 55 offices across the globe for normal business on Thursday, Sept. 30, to give over 12,000 employees the opportunity to support worthy causes and nonprofit organizations of their choice through volunteer projects.This year’s theme for VMLY&R’s Worldwide Foundation Day is “Unite for Good,” which highlights the collective impact of all employees rolling up their sleeves to give back in meaningful ways over the same 24-hour period. Considering the ongoing pandemic, employees have the option to volunteer individually — in-person or virtually, with family members, or with agency-organized local small-group projects.“Without a doubt, Foundation Day is the most connected day of the year for our entire agency family,” said Jon Cook, VMLY&R global CEO. “While each of us volunteers locally, we’re connected in purpose and spirit around our entire world.”VMLY&R Worldwide Foundation Day is a signature feature of the agency’s overall community outreach program. In the U.S., the VMLY&R Foundation is an employee-funded and employee-led organization held under 501(c)(3) status that recently surpassed $2.5 million in charitable donations. Employees are invited to financially support the Foundation through payroll deduction contributions. Foundation members receive tangible benefits, including the ability to secure charitable grants and participate in a $2 to $1 Matching Gifts program.“The variety and breadth of projects is astounding,” said Lauren Ziegler, VMLY&R senior manager of community outreach. “We’re inspired by the fact that the impact of Foundation Day has grown stronger and more widespread during the pandemic.”Additionally, the VMLY&R Foundation supports an array of pro bono services for nonprofits. Each employee also has 16 hours each year of paid volunteer hours — over and above Foundation Day — to utilize however they see fit to improve their community.To learn more, please visit vmlyr.com/foundation.This year, VMLY&R employees will donate their time and talents to dozens of nonprofit and community organizations, including:U.S. Community PartnershipsVMLY&R Atlanta — Unearthing Farm & MarketVMLY&R Austin — Austin Parks Foundation, Austin Pets Alive!, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, Central Texas Food BankVMLY&R Chicago — Adopt-a-Beach at Montrose Beach, Harbert-Payne Park, Heartland Alliance’s Chicago FarmWorks, Lakeview Pantry, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Working BikesVMLY&R Cincinnati — Keep Cincinnati Beautiful VMLY&R Dallas — Afghan Allies, Carter BloodCare, Frisco Family Services, Frisco FastPacs, New Friends New Life, North Texas Food Bank, National Breast Cancer FoundationVMLY&R Denver — Growing Gardens in BoulderVMLY&R Detroit — Arts & Scraps, Forgotten Harvest, Habitat for Humanity, Motor City Mitten MissionVMLY&R Kalamazoo — Animal Rescue Project, First Day Shoe Fund, Kalamazoo Parks and RecreationVMLY&R Kansas City — Bridging the Gap, Cultivate KC, Giving the Basics, Habitat for Humanity, HappyBottoms, Harvesters — Community Food Network, Junior Achievement, NourishKC, ScrapsKC, United Inner City Services, Veterans Community Project, Westside CAN CenterVMLY&R Memphis — Mid-South Food Bank, Memphis Animal Services, Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, Shelby Farms ParkVMLY&R Miami — The Allapattah Collaborative, Be the Change South Florida, Buddy System MIA, Camillus House, Green Haven Project, In Jacob’s Shoes, Ronald McDonald HouseVMLY&R Minneapolis — Ronald McDonald House of Minneapolis VMLY&R Nashville — Hands On Nashville, Thistle FarmsVMLY&R New Jersey — Community FoodBank of New JerseyVMLY&R New York — Ali Forney Center, Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, City Harvest, City Meals on Wheels, Little Essentials, One Love Foundation, Partnerships for Parks in Brooklyn, Surfrider Foundation VMLY&R Rogers — Apple Seeds, NWA Trailblazers, Samaritan Community CenterVMLY&R San Francisco — San Francisco Food BankVMLY&R Seattle — Clark County School District Mentoring ProjectVMLY&R Washington, D.C. — Rock Creek ConservancyGlobal Group Volunteering InitiativesVMLY&Rx — Creating a volunteer program called Patient Foundation Day to help patient groups across all marketsScholz & Friends Germany — #HelpingFriends Rhine flooding cleanup efforts in Dusseldorf, GermanyTAXI Canada — Honoring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation across CanadaVMLY&R Aukland — Partnering with Lazy Sneakers, a local recycling program, as well as a women’s refugee organizationVMLY&R Barcelona — Supporting Collserola Natural ParkVMLY&R Buenos Aires — Volunteering with Fundación Sí, building toys and preparing meals for the homelessVMLY&R Bogotá — Partnering with Red de Arboles, an organization founded to reforest all areas affected by natural and human disastersVMLY&R Brisbane — Partnering with St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland, the organization behind the iconic Vinnies re/CYCLE retail brandVMLY&R Budapest — Outdoor community restoration at Budakeszi Wildlife Park VMLY&R Brazil — Hackathon for social startup New School VMLY&R Chile — Collecting donations for Fundacion Emma, which offers free programs and support for mothers in vulnerable situationsVMLY&Rx China — Rx teams in Shanghai are going to help pediatric patients suffering from hematologic malignancies through the Patient Foundation Day programVMLY&R Dubai — Beautifying the community and planting trees as part of Sustainable City, DubaiVMLY&Rx Germany — Frankfurt Rx teams will continue their fight against domestic violence with the Women's Emergency Hotline as part of Patient Foundation DayVMLY&R Ho Chi Minh City — While in a very serious lockdown, employees are supporting their immediate communities through elderly care, sending food or cooking meals, and moreVMLY&R India — Supporting a readathon with the Simbi Foundation— a foundation that supports education and learning across India and UgandaVMLY&Rx Japan — Rx teams in Tokyo are focusing on NPO Blood Disorder Information and Support Service Tsubasa for Patient Foundation DayVMLY&R Madrid — Spending the day beautifying the garden and outdoor space of a local organization supporting children and adults seriously affected by cerebral palsy, as well as volunteering at a nearby animal rescue shelterVMLY&R Malaysia — Individual acts of kindnessVMLY&R Melbourne — Virtual and individual volunteer effortsVMLY&R Mexico City — Partnering with Voluntarios México to volunteer with RobinFood, Cruz Roja Mexicana and El Pozo de VidaVMLY&R Milan — Supporting the Vanzago Oasis with the World Wildlife FundVMLY&R Montevideo — Hosting a food drive to support access to healthy food in Uruguay through a partnership with RedalcoVMLY&R Nairobi —Participating in the End Period Poverty initiative for a marginalized community in AmboseliVMLY&R Paris — Partnering with ONF: Office national des forêts for a variety of outdoor sustainability effortsVMLY&R Peru — Volunteering at an all-girls orphanage: Hogar de Niñas — Hijas de la MisericordiaVMLY&R Poland (Warsaw and Krakow) — Volunteering with a local animal shelter, beautifying wooded areas of Warsaw, and organizing a clothes and book swap for local homeless shelters VMLY&R Prague — Volunteer activities in district of Prague 7, cleaning and painting along the river VMLY&R Puerto Rico — Partnering with Corazón Azul, Inc. — an organization that offers services to adults with autism; the team will be painting, planting a garden and helping clean housingVMLY&R Singapore — Virtual volunteer activities with Animal Lovers League, Dignity Kitchen and PAssion WaVe VML&YRx Spain — Rx Spain team will be working with a patient group from Achalay that which focuses on mental health, to co-create a new campaign as part of Patient Foundation DayVMLY&R Sydney — Virtual and individual volunteer efforts VMLY&R South Africa (Cape Town and Johannesburg) — Supporting Domestic Animal Resource Group (DARG), The Underdog Project, Woodrock Animal Rescue, and Place A Pup (local animal shelters); a beach cleanup; building Matla A Bana care packs for abused and neglected children; baking bread for the Ratang Bana Bread Project; volunteering in the Impilo soup kitchen; supporting the Ipopeng senior center; and planting trees with GreenworksVMLY&R Thailand — Packing and delivering meal boxes to a local hospitalVMLY&R UK — Individual neighborhood cleanup projects, and group volunteering with Living Under One Sun and the Marylebone Project VMLY&Rx UK — Rx UK teams will work with patient groups at Trekstock, ABC Global Alliance, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Angioma Alliance for Patient Foundation DayVMLY&R Vienna — Planting trees in nearby mountain communityVMLY&R Wellington — Partnering with Lazy Sneakers, a local recycling program, as well as a 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