Our Volunteer Day History

Since 2013, our company has dedicated the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to volunteering together in person. From the very beginning, this annual event provided a strong team-building opportunity, a spirited gathering of team members from coast to coast in support of a shared goal. Volunteer Day, as it became known, quickly grew into a favorite all-hands activity and one to be embedded within our company’s larger mission.

Due to the challenges and limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and amidst the increasingly critical opportunity to assist vulnerable and marginalized neighbors in need, Macro seized the opportunity to adapt our giving mission and carried out a far-reaching, month-long program, dubbed MacroGives. At a time when being together in-person was not possible, Macro rallied—for four weeks, in seven states—and contributed in a variety of meaningful and impactful ways.

MacroGives builds upon the Volunteer Day tradition as an entire month of service-oriented activities and charity-driven initiatives. Much like that first Volunteer Day in 2013, MacroGives brings our team together, wherever we are, and amplifies the impact we make on the world.