Doing Well By Doing Good
The following activities do not constitute volunteerism and any corresponding hours will not be counted when logged by employees: (i) volunteer hours for organizations that are not registered 501c3 nonprofits; (ii) participating in acts of kindness not directly associated with a registered 501c3 nonprofit; and (iii) such other activities deemed ineligible by the Wynn Employee Foundation in its sole and absolute discretion. Examples of disallowed activities include, but are not limited to:
- Monetary donations
- Fostering animals
- Preparing, cooking, and serving food to colleagues or a neighbor as part of a potluck or for meal service that is not directly associated with a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization
- Babysitting, child care, or pet-sitting for private individuals not directly associated with a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization
- Yardwork or landscaping that is not directly associated with a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization
- Friend and family member volunteer hours that are not associated with an employee's participation (ex. A spouse, partner, or dependent who volunteers at a nonprofit without an employee also participating)
Good Samaritanism & Micro Volunteering
Micro Volunteering allows anyone, anywhere, the opportunity to participate with or without a computer and are generally tasks that require just a few minutes or a few hours. Examples include, but are not limited to making origami cranes for cancer patients, transcribing videos for the hearing impaired, writing letters of encouragement, or knitting/crocheting hats for babies in neo-natal intensive care!
Good Samaritan hours are acts of kindness done for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals not directly associated with a nonprofit entity including, without limitation, grocery shopping and preparing meals for neighbors who are homebound, collecting litter in your neighborhood, print and assemble coloring books/workbooks for school children, organize a virtual drive, deliver and donate to someone in need, and help build a garden for a neighbor or friend.
Virtual Volunteerism
Virtual volunteerism offers a convenient, flexible way for employees to volunteer without traveling to and from work or home. This approach to volunteerism harnesses technology and has led to innovative models for helping communities and individuals. There are many virtual volunteer opportunities, and the range of services organizations provide continues to grow.
Wynn employees can expand their impact beyond their communities. Virtual volunteerism is a form of personal volunteerism and employees will be responsible to log their personal volunteer hours via their employee dashboard on the Wynn Employee Foundation website.
Career Village
Online platform where students ask career questions that are answered by people working, or that have worked, in that field. Users need a LinkedIn account to start helping students become better informed about the career decisions they are facing.
Catchafire
An established B2B marketplace connecting nonprofits and volunteers for pro bono services. Volunteers provide assistance with accounting, legal, communications, marketing, and other administrative work. Organizations measure value based on savings to utilize a volunteer and not professional services, etc.
iCouldBe
The mission of iCouldBe is to provide high school students with an online community of professional mentors, empowering teens to stay in school, plan for future careers, and achieve in life. iCouldBe is meant to connect the energy and expertise of mentors from various professions with the most vulnerable students in the U.S. educational system.
LibriVox
LibriVox volunteers read and record chapters of books in the public domain (books no longer under copyright), and make them available for free on the Internet. Volunteers are free to choose the books they wish to record; books are recorded in all languages. Most text is sourced from Project Gutenberg.
Love for our Elders
Love for our Elders is in need of your handwritten letters of support for self-isolated seniors all over the globe. Since 2013, tens of thousands of letters have been delivered to over 60 countries and 6 continents.
Volunteer with Love for our Elders
Message of Hope
Message of Hope is launching a new program named Hope Reads. Join them to build the hope library so children in hospital can listen to their favorite stories read by you! Story submissions will be accepted in English and Spanish.
Volunteer with Message of Hope
Missing Maps Mapathon
Natural Disasters kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people annually around the world. Many of the places where these disasters occur are literally ‘missing’ from any map and first responders lack the information to make valuable decisions regarding relief effort. Missing Maps is an open and collaborative project in which volunteers can help to map areas where humanitarian organizations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people.
Operation Gratitude
Volunteers are needed in a variety of ways to support our troops. Examples include but are not limited to handwriting letters of gratitude and making paracord survival bracelets.
Volunteer with Operation Gratitude
Smithsonian Digital Volunteers
The most well-known museum organization in the country offers volunteers the chance to work from home at their own pace. Volunteers provide “digital assistance” transcribing documents to online archives, editing articles, or providing online descriptions of museum artifacts and the organization’s many research projects.
Volunteer with the Smithsonian
Translators without Borders
Virtual volunteers provide translations in dozens of languages on behalf of international organizations focused on crisis relief, humanitarian aid, health and education. Wynn employees are fluent in dozens of different languages, so this may be a great opportunity to share our talents!
Volunteer with Translators without Borders
Zooniverse
The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers.