ON APRIL 30TH
Across All Offices
#IPGMediabrandsServes #DayOfService #BeTheChange
IPG Mediabrands Serves is a unified effort across all our agencies and offices. On this day, we will join forces to give back to the communities where we work and live. This collective action reflects the values we stand for and our commitment to being a positive force for change.
One Day. Giving. Growing. All Together.
This isn’t just a day on the calendar – it’s an opportunity to demonstrate the power of what we can achieve when we come together as one organization. All U.S. employees, including remote team members, will have the opportunity to participate through onsite and virtual volunteer experiences. Whether it’s addressing food insecurity, supporting environmental sustainability, or contributing to other local causes, our goal is to make a tangible and meaningful impact through diverse activations.
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this national volunteer effort
IPG Mediabrands Serves Volunteer Opportunities
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New York Nonprofit 1
VOLUNTEER EVENT AT CAPACITY
About: Rise Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to eliminating global hunger by providing food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable populations. The organization mobilizes volunteers worldwide to package and distribute meals, while also implementing sustainable community development projects to promote self-sufficiency.
Volunteering Activity: Rise Against Hunger’s meal packing events are hands-on volunteer experiences where participants work together to assemble nutritious, shelf-stable meals. These meals are then distributed to communities facing food insecurity worldwide, supporting the organization's mission to end hunger and build resilience through sustainable food programs.
Location: 39 W 29th St Fl 3, New York, NY 10001
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
New York Nonprofit 2
About: Grassroots Grocery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding dignified access to healthy food by empowering neighbors to help neighbors. They partner with community leaders and volunteers to rescue and distribute nutritious food directly to those in need, fostering a bottom-up movement to combat food insecurity.
Volunteering Activity: The "Great Sandwich Race" is a dynamic volunteer event where participants race to make as many sun-butter and jelly sandwiches as possible. The sandwiches are then distributed to free fridges across NYC to support communities in need.
Location: 39 W 29th St Fl 3, New York, NY 10001
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
New York Nonprofit 3
About: The Lower East Side Ecology Center, established in 1987, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting urban sustainability in New York City. They offer services such as composting, electronic waste recycling, environmental stewardship, and educational programs to foster community-based ecological responsibility.
Volunteering Activity: The volunteer event with the Lower East Side Ecology Center will focus on beautifying Tompkins Square Park by painting fences to enhance the community space. Volunteers will contribute to the park's upkeep while supporting LES Ecology’s mission of fostering urban sustainability and environmental stewardship in NYC.
Location: Tompkins Square Park - E 10th St, New York, NY 10009
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
New York Nonprofit 4
About: Green Guerillas, founded in 1973, is a nonprofit organization that transforms vacant lots in New York City into thriving community gardens, promoting urban sustainability and food justice. They empower local residents through education, organizing, and advocacy, fostering youth leadership and supporting grassroots groups in cultivating green spaces and growing food.
Volunteering Activity: Volunteers will get their hands dirty at community gardens across the city, supporting neighborhood food growing and nurturing vital pollinator habitat. Each shift and garden location can accommodate up to 25 volunteers.
Time:
Shift 1: 10:00am - 1:00pm (at each garden)
Shift 2: 2:00pm - 5:00pm (at each garden)
Locations:
Morning Lower East Side 1: Miracle Garden- 194 E. 3rd Street, New York, NY
Morning Lower East Side 2: Dias Y Flores - 520 E 13th St, New York, NY 10009
Morning Harlem: West 132nd St Community Garden - 108 W 132nd St, New York, NY 10027
Morning Brooklyn: Ashford Street Abundant Garden - 330 Ashford St, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Afternoon Lower East Side 1: Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer - 115 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009
Afternoon Lower East Side 2: Dias Y Flores - 520 E 13th St, New York, NY 10009
Afternoon Harlem: West 132nd St Community Garden - 108 W 132nd St, New York, NY 10027
Afternoon Brooklyn: Betty's Community Garden at Hull St - 227 Hull St, Brooklyn, NY 11233
Boston Nonprofit
About: Rise Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to eliminating global hunger by providing food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable populations. The organization mobilizes volunteers worldwide to package and distribute meals, while also implementing sustainable community development projects to promote self-sufficiency.
Volunteering Activity: Rise Against Hunger’s meal packing events are hands-on volunteer experiences where participants work together to assemble nutritious, shelf-stable meals. These meals are then distributed to communities facing food insecurity worldwide, supporting the organization's mission to end hunger and build resilience through sustainable food programs.
Location: FPAC Art Space @ the Envoy, 70 Sleeper StreetBoston, MA 02210
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Chicago Nonprofit
About: Rise Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to eliminating global hunger by providing food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable populations. The organization mobilizes volunteers worldwide to package and distribute meals, while also implementing sustainable community development projects to promote self-sufficiency.
Volunteering Activity: Rise Against Hunger’s meal packing events are hands-on volunteer experiences where participants work together to assemble nutritious, shelf-stable meals. These meals are then distributed to communities facing food insecurity worldwide, supporting the organization's mission to end hunger and build resilience through sustainable food programs.
Location: 27 E Illinois St Chicago, IL 60611
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Disaster Relief At Work Nonprofit
About: DRAW (Disaster Relief At Work, Inc.) provides rapid-response aid to communities across the U.S. impacted by natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Founded in 2012, DRAW specializes in delivering essential supplies—such as customized emergency buckets—and volunteer support within the critical first 24–48 hours after a disaster strikes, helping survivors begin their recovery process.
Volunteering Activity: Volunteers will prepare supplies and then assemble a few pallets of buckets/kits for our inventory. Some volunteers will also help recycle used billboard vinyls that we get donated into usable tarps for distribution after storms. Lastly, there's the potential that some of the volunteers will spruce up/prepare donated furniture into like-new condition so that it is ready for redistribution.
Location: 3549 Airport Rd, Suite 107, Waterford, MI 48329
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Los Angeles Nonprofit 1
About: Heal the Bay is an environmental nonprofit organization founded in 1985, dedicated to making the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles safe, healthy, and clean. Through science, education, community action, and advocacy, they mobilize diverse communities to protect coastlines, restore waterways, and promote smart water policies.
Volunteering Activity: Volunteers with Heal the Bay help clean up Los Angeles beaches by removing litter, collecting data on marine debris, and preventing pollution from reaching the ocean. Their efforts protect marine life, improve water quality, and keep the coastline safe and beautiful for the community.
Location: Santa Monica Pier Beach - 1600 Appian Way Santa Monica, CA 90401
Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm
Los Angeles Nonprofit 2
About: Project Angel Food is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that prepares and delivers nutritious meals to individuals facing serious illnesses, ensuring they receive the care and nourishment they need. Volunteers support the mission by helping with meal preparation, packaging, and delivery, providing both food and a sense of community to those in need.
Volunteering Activity: Volunteers in the Project Angel Food kitchen help prepare, cook, and package medically tailored meals for individuals facing serious illnesses. Their work is especially critical in times of crisis, like the LA wildfires earlier this year, ensuring that vulnerable community members continue receiving nutritious meals when access to food may be disrupted.
Location: 230 West Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Time:
Shift 1: 8:00am - 12:00pm
Shift 2: 12:45pm - 4:00pm
San Francisco Nonprofit
About: The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is a nonprofit organization committed to ending hunger in San Francisco and Marin counties by providing nutritious food to those in need and addressing the root causes of hunger. They distribute food through a network of over 350 community partners, including 250 weekly food pantries, serving more than 53,000 households each week.
Volunteering Activity: Volunteers at the SF-Marin Food Bank help sort, package, and distribute fresh produce and pantry staples to support thousands of families facing food insecurity. Their efforts ensure that nutritious food reaches local food pantries and community organizations, making a direct impact on hunger relief in the Bay Area.
Location: SF Marin Food Bank - 900 Pennsylvania Ave, San Francisco, CA 94107
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Montreal Nonprofit
This volunteer experience will take place on Thursday, May 29th
About: The Marché Bon Accueil is a grocery service as opposed to a food bank. Although the distribution consists mainly of food items, we also receive and distribute clothing, toiletries and many other items found within grocery aisles.
Volunteering Activity: The role of volunteers is to sort and prepare food or other items to be distributed at our markets. Tasks also include checking the quality of the food and sometimes dividing large quantities of food into individual portions.
Location: 4755 Acorn Street, Montreal, QC, H4C 3L6
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual Volunteering
About: Our virtual ‘Step-by-Step’ challenge will allow all employees, regardless of their location, to participate in our day of service!
Volunteering Activity: Get outside for a local clean up! All employees participating virtually are encouraged to use the Nike Run Club app to track their steps while they fill up 1-2 garbage bags of trash. You can also track the progress of your colleagues and stay motivated as you all work towards the same goal. Participants can choose to do this in groups around the office or in your local neighborhoods.
Location: Local to everyone
Time: Any time on April 30th