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Good Deeds Day is a global movement of people who are dedicated to doing good.

Since 2007, millions of people and thousands of organizations from 115 countries unite annually to volunteer and #DoGood.

Every year, we support global changemakers who desire living in a better world to take impactful action by providing tools, inspiration, and a global network – because we believe that every person has the power to create positive change in their community and our world. Read more

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20 Years of Good Deeds Day

2007

7,000 participants in Israel took part in the first Good Deeds Day.

2011

Good Deeds Day went global, with events in over 10 international cities.  

2012

GDD reached Europe and teamed up with MTV Global, reaching over 24 million viewers.  

2013

16,000 volunteers from 50 countries took part in hundreds of projects, including a kick-off with ABC Network in NYC.  

2014

Good Deeds Day events closed the trading day at NASDAQ.

2014

GDD collaborated with leading volunteer organizations as part of a grand-scale campaign to spread more good, and over 500,000 people participated.

2015

The Pope mentioned Good Deeds Day in his weekly sermon.

2015

20,000 people participated in the Rome Marathon finish-line event, which included a Good Deeds Day activity stand.

2016

Good Deeds Day received the Michigan Governor’s Excellence Award (USA)

2017

A massive volunteering and good-deeds fair was held at three different locations in Brazil with over 40,000 participants.

2019

We held our largest Good Deeds Day to date, with over 3,900,000 volunteers from 108 countries. That’s almost 8 million hours of service!

2020

While we couldn’t hold an official event, hundreds of thousands of virtual volunteers showed up

2021

The “Booster” Award from the Marketing Association was given to Good Deeds Day for a groundbreaking campaign: “From Shaming to Faming.”

2021

GOODSTOCK: the world’s largest virtual conference on Doing Good plenaries, panels, exhibits, and talks

2022

During the COVID period, a global virtual conference was held with participants from more than 80 countries.

2023

GDD leader in Croatia introduced the president, Zoran Milanović, of Croatia the GDD movement

2024

 Good Deeds Day reached 115 countries, continuing to expand our global network of volunteers and partners committed to creating positive change worldwide.

2025

Moldova celebrated GDD 10 years anniversary

2025

Taiwan celebrated GDD 10 years anniversary

2025

First intercontinental collaboration – between Togo in Africa and Saint Lucia in the Caribbean

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