NORTH AMERICA
Atlanta
Partnering with Wellspring Living to support survivors of sexual violence by preparing meals, cleaning the property, and sorting clothing for their retail stores. Another team will join Unearthing Farm & Market to lend a hand on the farm
Austin
Assembling care packages with essential items for individuals experiencing homelessness with Bags of Grace.
Chicago
Supporting 13 local nonprofits, including Howard Brown Health Center (LGBTQ+ initiatives), Orange Tent Project (support for the unhoused), Cradles to Crayons (resources for kids), Greater Chicago Food Depository, Center on Halsted, Digs With Dignity, Gerber/Hart Library, Friends of the Chicago River, Habitat ReStore, Urban Initiatives, Plant Chicago, Breakthrough Fresh Market, and PAWS. Projects range from meal packing to river clean-ups, youth engagement, housing support, and animal rescue.
Cincinnati
Volunteers will spread out across multiple projects: painting, tree maintenance, and clean-up with Keep Cincinnati Beautiful; building compost systems at Civic Garden Center; hands-on homebuilding with Habitat for Humanity; and assembling food packs at Freestore Foodbank.
Cleveland
Partnering with Richfield Heritage Preserve, located just five miles from our Brecksville office! Volunteers will take part in a variety of projects including painting, trail work, cleaning, and more.
Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs)
Helping at Growing Gardens (Boulder), The Gathering Place (Denver), and Concrete Couch (Colorado Springs) — projects include gardening, food access support, and community-building activities.
Dallas/Frisco
Meal packing with Feed My Starving Children, fence painting and grounds clean-up with City of Frisco, Hope Kit assembly with National Breast Cancer Foundation, and goody bag packing with The Birthday Party Project for unhoused youth.
Detroit
Supporting a wide range of local organizations:
· Brilliant Detroit: Outdoor beautification, neighborhood outreach, clothing closet organization, and after-school engagement with kids.
· Children’s Hospital of Michigan: Assemble activity packs for patients.
· Detroit Experience Studio (DES): Beautify and organize the school library, paint, and set up supplies for the fall cohort.
· Focus Hope: Pre-pack food boxes for homebound seniors or organize food pallets.
· Forgotten Harvest Farm: Harvest crops and prevent nutritious food waste.
· Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control: Dog walking, cat room assistance, enrichment activities, and preparing goody bags.
· Greening of Detroit: Plant trees and improve urban green spaces.
· Head for the Cure: Support race logistics, including set-up, tear-down, handing out water, medals, merchandise, and registration.
· Keep Growing Detroit: Farm work, including planting, maintenance, and harvesting.
· Michigan Humane Society – Detroit & Westland: Clean animal cages, assist in shelter, and interact with animals.
· Motor City Blight Busters: Community garden projects, mural painting, and blight clean-up.
· Motor City Mittens: Sort and move donations at the warehouse.
· Noah at Central: Assist with bag lunches for people experiencing homelessness.
· Volunteers of America – Sumby Senior Living: Clean common areas and paint doors.
· Volunteers of America – Westland Thrift Store: Sort and prep items for the sales floor.
Kalamazoo
Partnering with First Day Shoe Fund and the YWCA to support local youth and families. Volunteers will help fit elementary students with new athletic shoes to promote confidence and school readiness, and assist with home repairs like flooring, painting, and minor fixes with YWCA.
Kansas City
Supporting numerous local charitable partners:
· Ability KC: Programs supporting individuals with disabilities.
· Camp Encourage: Assist with outdoor activities and camp support.
· Children's Mercy Hospital: Engage with patients through games, activities, and support services.
· Cultivate KC Community Garden: Gardening, planting, and maintenance of community green spaces.
· Della Lamb Community Services: Volunteer support for families in need.
· Early StART: Creative and educational activities for children.
· Giving the Basics: Organize and distribute essential items to families experiencing hardship.
· HappyBottoms Diaper Service: Sorting and packing diapers for families in need.
· Harvesters Community Food Bank (Kansas City & Lawrence, Kansas): Food sorting, packing, and distribution.
· Hope Builders KC: Community projects including maintenance and improvement work.
· Kanbe's Markets & Pete's Garden: Gardening and support for community food access.
· KC Pet Project: Animal care, feeding, and facility support.
· Rose Brooks Women's Shelter: Facility support and engagement with residents.
· Scraps KC: Environmental sustainability projects.
· Tall Oaks Conference Center: Grounds maintenance and event support.
· Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity: Home building projects.
· Union Cemetery: Landscaping, clean-up, and preservation activities.
· Veterans Community Project: Tiny homes projects and grounds maintenance.
· Westside CAN: Urban orchard projects.
· Young Women on the Move: Mentorship and activity support for youth.
Southern California (Los Angeles & Orange County)
· Para Los Niños: Resume building and career coaching with youth in workforce programs.
· Orange County Food Bank: Packing food boxes for seniors.
· Project Angel Food: Prepping and packaging meals for those in need.
· Harvest Solutions Farm: Planting, harvesting, and maintaining crops on a 40-acre farm.
Memphis
Helping at Youth Villages with property projects, interactive games, clothing closet clean-up, and more.
Miami
Partnering with The Smile Trust and Green Haven Project to support food distribution, community fridges and urban farming.
Minneapolis
Working with Minneapolis Parks & Rec on gardening at the Sculpture Garden, plus clean-up efforts in nearby parks.
Montreal
Preparing meals for families staying at Ronald McDonald House near St. Justine Hospital.
Nashville
Partnering with BELL Garden Nashville: volunteers will help prepare the garden for the growing season by planting, watering, weeding, and spreading mulch.
New York City
VML New York volunteers will be supporting a variety of organizations with hands-on projects:
· (+)Pool: River clean-up event to support sustainability and beautification efforts.
· Ali Forney Center: Volunteer opportunity supporting LGBTQ youth; activities include mentoring and facility support.
· All Stars Project: Youth development through performance workshops, talent show auditions, and community engagement.
· AMA Animal Rescue: Caring for rescue animals through walking, cleaning, organizing, and socialization.
· American Cancer Society Hope Lodge: Medical outreach volunteer activities.
· BABCO: Supporting a local startup founder with business-related tasks.
· Backpacks for Life: Sorting supplies, packing backpacks for veterans in need.
· Brooklyn Cat Cafe: Cat enrichment, toy making, and socialization.
· Card Making – Patient Outreach: Creating cards for patient support.
· City Meals on Wheels: Meal delivery, packing, and kitchen support for elderly and homebound individuals.
· Feeding Westchester: Packing meal kits to support food-insecure communities.
· Grace Giving: Supporting weekly food distribution and community programming.
· Hetrick-Martin Institute: Supporting LGBTQ youth programming and engagement.
· Hoboken Community Center: Food insecurity volunteer support; organizing donations and assisting residents.
· LES Ecology Center: Gardening, composting, and cleanup to support environmental sustainability.
· Little Essentials: Sorting donations and assembling essential bundles for families with young children.
· Rise Against Hunger (In-Office): Meal packaging to support global hunger relief.
· Rise Rockaway: Dune restoration and coastal sustainability work.
· Surfrider: Beach clean-up to support environmental conservation.
Newport Beach
· United Way mural project at a Title 1 elementary school.
· Assembling art kits for students.
· In-class reading with elementary students.
Portland
Helping at Habitat ReStore, Blanchet House (meal service), Schoolhouse Supplies, City Team (hygiene kits + walkabouts), and SMART Reading (book refurbishing).
Rogers, Ark.
Projects include supporting RMHC Arkoma, NWA Trailblazers, Apple Seeds, NWA Food Bank, and more, plus creative self-directed opportunities. The team will also be supporting their client, Dove, with a project supporting the Boys & Girls Club.
San Francisco
Addressing food insecurity locally and globally by partnering with Glide Memorial to serve meals to homeless, elderly, and disabled community members, and with Kids Against Hunger to pack nutritious meal kits for children facing hunger and malnutrition worldwide.
Seattle
Volunteers will support Seattle Parks & Rec and Beacon Food Forest with park clean-up, gardening, and community upkeep. Separate teams will join Whale Scouts for conservation and habitat protection, and partner with Mary’s Place to provide shelter support through cleaning and meal service for families in need.
St. Louis
Helping at Garden of Eden, Guardian Angel (childcare + social stability campus), with projects ranging from gardening and organizing to donations and playtime with kids.
Stamford
Details pending.
Toronto
Volunteering at BGC Toronto, supporting after-school programs with snacks, games, arts, crafts, and sports.
Washington, DC
Helping at SOME (So Others May Eat) with meal prep and clothing closet sorting.
Vancouver
Packaging meals with A Loving Spoonful, which provides nutritious food to people living with HIV and co-existing illnesses.
LATAM
Argentina
Spending time with children in need, packing and distributing food for vulnerable families, painting a mural, and recreational workshops at a local nursing home.
Brazil
– Blood donation drive across São Paulo, Brasília, and Curitiba with a goal of mobilizing 50+ employees.
– Casa Luz Maranhão: spending the day with seniors through bingo, music, and dance.
– Casa do Pequeno Cidadão: supporting kids and teens through recreational and mentorship activities.
– Toca dos Peludos: helping an animal rescue with feeding, cleaning, enrichment, and adoption support.
– Casa João Nery: volunteering at an NGO that supports the LGBTQIAPN+ community.
– Environmental projects (urban clean-ups, tree planting, trail maintenance)—partner to be confirmed.
Chile
Partnering with three groups: donating stem cells with DKMS, installing lighting in underserved neighborhoods with Techo, and donating school supplies to Jardín Almendral.
Colombia
Supporting Banco de Alimentos by organizing and sharing donations from employees.
Costa Rica
Cleaning and donating at two animal shelters, helping an immigrant center, supporting a girls’ shelter, and local rural initiatives like beach clean-ups.
Guatemala
Partnering with animal shelters to provide care, food, and adoption support. Helping a senior home recover after a fire with cleaning, painting, and donations. Spending the day with girls at Hogar de Niñas San José de la Montaña, with activities, toys, and clothing donations.
Mexico
– Alimento para Todos: preparing and distributing 200 food pantries for underserved communities.
– Juda Foundation / Oceanica Canine Shelter: caring for and bathing dogs (50 volunteers).
– Forest Cleaning: maintaining trees, plants, and the San Juan de Aragón lagoon (200 volunteers).
Peru
– Volunteering at Casa Ronald McDonald Perú, supporting families of kids receiving medical treatment in Lima. Activities include games, art, kitchen help, and gardening.
– Continuing tradition of supporting Hogar Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia, sponsoring girls based on their needs.
– Volunteering with Mishis del Kennedy to feed and care for rescued cats.
Puerto Rico
– Centro Corazón Azul: painting and cleaning with a pressure machine.
– Para la Naturaleza: tree planting and reforestation.
– Banco de Sangre: blood donation drive.
Uruguay
Supporting Animales Sin Hogar with maintenance and cleaning of pens and shared spaces at the shelter.
EMEA
Belgium
Helping build a new home for dogs trained to assist people with mental or visual disabilities, or spending the afternoon at a care home with older adults (playing cards, baking pancakes, and more).
Copenhagen
VML Studios Copenhagen is fundraising through an internal challenge program for everyone in the office to participate in. Challenges include a closet clean-out drive to support a local men’s shelter, organ donor registration, and education about how to act when witnessing an overdose.
Czechia
Five areas of impact: cleaning and caring for graves, spending time with seniors, volunteering at animal shelters, cycling for a cause, and helping Roma and non-Roma families improve housing and living conditions.
France (Paris & Toulouse)
From mapping street obstacles for people with disabilities, to internal workshops that spark new responsible initiatives at VML. In Toulouse, teams will refurbish the APF center for people with disabilities and collect donations for animal shelters and food banks. In Paris, activities include making “heart cushions” for breast cancer patients, supporting women’s empowerment groups, and donating toys to kids in need.
Germany
Clean-up projects around local rivers, oceans, and waterways.
Greece
An interactive workshop with S.K.E.P.’s IMPRINTS initiative, bringing together young people with and without disabilities through art, education, and sports.
Hungary
Options include caring for animals, beautifying and supporting a senior home, cleaning a local stream, and landscaping a conservation area.
Italy
Tidying and maintaining green outdoor spaces, fixing play equipment, and painting common indoor areas for the OIDA Association, supporting mothers and children in need.
Luxembourg
Partnering with Stëmm vun der Strooss to turn surplus fruit into jams, juices, and smoothies for social restaurants serving people in need.
United Arab Emirates
With Companies for Good, teams will make toys for underprivileged kids and pack school bags for disadvantaged children.
Saudi Arabia
A day at Riyadh Animal Shelter—touring the space, learning about the animals, caring for them, and donating toys and treats.
Lebanon
Visiting SOS Children’s Village to spend time with kids, play games, and donate school supplies to start the school year strong.
Jordan
Planting 100 olive, almond, grape, and orange trees as part of APN’s Million-Tree Campaign and Green Caravan.
Egypt
Spending Foundation Day with visually impaired elderly women at Dar El Mosennat Al Kafefat, sharing experiences and building meaningful connections that last beyond the day.
Morocco
Partnering with NGO Jood to prepare and distribute meals for people experiencing homelessness.
Poland
Initiatives across our VML Poland offices include:
Warsaw - Cleaning up the Vistula riverbank, spending a day with dogs at an animal shelter, and cycling through the Kampinos Forest to remove invasive plant species.
Krakow - Organizing an impact day for a local orphanage supporting children, the organization’s marketing needs, and fundraising.
Poznań - Taking part in “Let’s Change Poznań Together” to refresh a nursing and educational home for girls and seniors – gardening, painting, bike repairs, and more
Portugal
Seven organizations to choose from: most are foster homes where teams will help make spaces more welcoming, plus an animal shelter and AMI (where volunteers will recycle, sort donations, and create Christmas postcards).
Romania
“Birds & Boards Day” with the Romanian Ornithological Society: some will build bird nests while others clean and refresh educational signs in local parks.
South Africa
From mural painting at a local hospital's labour ward, to community hunger relief efforts, educational activities, and quality time with some furry friends.
• Cape Town - Supporting DARG, Underdog Project, Ladles of Love, EROS School, and Matla a Bana
• Durban - Supporting KZN Dog House, Emmerson House, and LIV Children’s Home
• Johannesburg - Supporting Anchor Legacy after school lunch program, Dlala Nje’s afterschool homework club, Frida Harley Shelter, Mural Painting with CEEP, Tomorrow Trust x Level Up Career Immersion, Ipupeng Seniors Club, MES Impilo, Red Cross, Ratang Bana, Woodrock Animal Rescue
Spain
This year, VML THE COCKTAIL is taking that mission to the streets to create real impact while building healthy habits that last far beyond the day itself. Colleagues from Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo and London will lace up their sneakers, join forces in teams, and take part in a collective challenge: for every kilometer covered – whether running or walking – VML THE COCKTAIL will donate €2 to a charitable organization. By the end of the day, we won’t just have logged kilometers – we’ll have strengthened connections, promoted wellbeing, and turned our collective energy into tangible support for those who need it most.
The Netherlands
Helping at the Reverse Supermarket (where customers donate instead of shop), supporting Cordaan’s elderly and disabled residents, or donating winter clothing and business attire for people in need.
VML United Kingdom
Thames riverbank clean-up, food bank donations, and a 10-mile sponsored walk for charity. A 200-mile challenge from Manchester to London to raise money for Wellbeing of Women, plus volunteering with Maggies to support families facing cancer. Partnering with Food Bank Aid to pack parcels in London and Watford offices.
VML Ukraine
Weaving camouflage nets to support the military and exploring a second initiative to donate supplies to children in orphanages.
APAC
Australia – Melbourne
Teams will give back in a few different ways: donating blood with Red Cross Lifeblood, joining a Clean Up Australia event, and running a donation drive with St Kilda Mums.
Australia – Sydney
Volunteering at Food Bank NSW, donating blood, joining a Clean Up Australia effort, preparing community lunches at the Asylum Seekers Centre, and learning the basics of animal rescue with WIRES.
Australia – Perth
Getting hands-on with a Clean Up Australia event.
Australia – Brisbane
Taking part in Clean Up Australia and donating blood through Red Cross Lifeblood.
New Zealand – Auckland
Partnering with the Whau River Catchment Trust to clean up the river and plant native trees.
New Zealand – Wellington
Planting native trees alongside client GWRC.
China – Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai
Volunteers will collaborate with the Jing’An West Tianmu Road Subdistrict Office and Police Station on an anti-fraud awareness initiative. The project will focus on prevention and education, helping raise awareness among WPP employees, their families, and the wider community.
Hong Kong
VML Hong Kong volunteers will be taking part in four activities across the city:
· Dignity Kitchen Hong Kong: Prepare and distribute meal boxes to street cleaners and the elderly.
· Kadoorie Farm: Upcycle wood into crafts for a charity sale supporting forest restoration.
· Hong Kong Paws Foundation (Bow Wow Inn): Help with dog walking and cleaning at the shelter.
· Pok Fu Lam Reservoir: Join a nature clean-up to collect litter and promote environmental care.
India
VML India teams will join community projects across several cities:
· Mumbai: Volunteers will ride the VML Do Good Bus to a local school serving children from lower-income groups, where they will help paint and beautify the learning spaces.
· Gurgaon & Noida: Volunteers will engage with schools serving lower-income communities to create awareness around menstrual hygiene for girls aged 10–15, alongside distributing hygiene kits.
· Kolkata, Chennai & Bangalore: Teams will host children from underprivileged backgrounds at VML offices for a day of learning, fun, and mentorship.
Indonesia
A month of activities: employee waste collection, free health checks, a blood drive, a market to support employee businesses, and a landfill visit to support education for children who work as trash-pickers.
Malaysia
Activities will be chosen through a charity bazaar vote, with options like supporting a no-kill animal shelter (Second Chance) or the sustainability-focused Biji Biji Initiative.
Philippines
Three ways to contribute: mural painting for pediatric cancer patients with Kythe, joining Hands On Manila’s Servathon (supporting children and fighting malnutrition), and hosting a charity bazaar with proceeds benefiting Caritas, Kythe, and others.
Singapore
Teams will spend time with three different groups—people with intellectual disabilities (MINDS), seniors at St. Luke’s Eldercare, and families supported by New Hope Community Services.
Taiwan – Taipei
Beach clean-up at North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area to promote marine conservation and sustainability.
Thailand
Hosting a Flea Market & Auction Day with clothing donations, live music, and an auction of items from leadership—all proceeds go to a foundation chosen by staff.
Vietnam
Donating books, clothes, and essentials to underprivileged
