Global Week of Service
Join us for Ancestry’s second-annual Global Week of Service – a time where our Ancestry family will come together virtually from around the world to volunteer and make a meaningful difference in our communities where we live and work.
Each day will feature volunteer activities tied to one of Ancestry’s Corporate Responsibility focus areas:
Monday: Preservation Day
Tuesday: Sustainability Day
Wednesday: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Day
Thursday: Education Day
Friday: Make Your Mark Day
Sign up below and join us in amplifying our impact in the community! To accommodate the hybrid work environment, each opportunity is designed for you to participate from the office OR from home. Please be sure to select where you plan to participate from when you sign up so we can ship supplies to the correct location. Kids, partners and pets are welcome to participate with you at home!
Email Jillian McCoy (jmccoy@ancestry.com) if you have any questions.
Schedule
Ongoing
Sustainability Champion Program
CR Pillar Supported: Sustainability
Dates: Ongoing
School Supplies Drive
CR Pillar Supported: Education
Date: August 1 - September 16
Operation Encouragement
CR Pillar Supported: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Date: August 1 - September 16
Monday, September 12 (Preservation Day)
World Memory Project (AWAP)
CR Pillar Supported: Preserving At-Risk History
Time (MT): 10:00 - 10:55 AM
Tuesday, September 13 (Sustainability Day)
ReThink Plastic (Global)
CR Pillar Supported: Sustainability
Time (MT): 10:00 - 10:55 AM
Clean Air Educational Webinar
CR Pillar Supported: Sustainability
Time (MT): 12:00 - 12:55 PM
Wine To Water (US)
CR Pillar Supported: Sustainability
Time (MT): 2:00 - 2:55 PM
Wednesday, September 14 (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Day)
Be My Eyes
CR Pillar Supported: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Time (MT): 8:00 - 8:55 AM
Global Day of Understanding Company-Wide Workshop
CR Pillar Supported: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Time (MT): 10:00 - 10:55 AM
Be My Eyes
CR Pillar Supported: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Time (MT): 4:00 - 4:55 PM
Thursday, September 15 (Education Day)
Education Access (Global)
CR Pillar Supported: Education
Time (MT): 10:00 - 10:55 AM
Friday, September 16 (Make Your Mark Day)
CR Pillar Supported: Supporting Our Employees & The Causes They Care About
Time (MT): Open Day: Take Volunteer Time Off (VTO) to support the causes you are most passionate about!
Utah Veterans Cemetery Clean-Up
CR Pillar Supported: Supporting Our Community
Time (MT): 10:00 – 1:00 PM MT
World Memory Project
September 12th | 10:00 - 10:55 AM MT
What: The Ancestry World Archives Project (AWAP) is an established community of volunteers that has spent years preserving historical documents and making them available online for free.
As part of Ancestry’s philanthropic initiative to make culturally important records available to everyone, regardless of subscription status, Ancestry is a long-time partner of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 2011 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry worked together to create the World Memory Project using software and processes developed by AWAP to allow anyone, anywhere to help build the largest free online resource for information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II.
Join us in making an impact by preserving records to help families discover what happened to their loved ones and restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history. Please watch this video to learn more about how AWAP has impacted individuals like Holocaust survivor, David Bayer.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: September 5
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Rethink Plastic (Global)
September 13th | 10:00 - 10:55 AM MT
What: Gain valuable knowledge on plastic pollution while discovering tangible solutions! Plastic Oceans & WeHero are enabling Ancestry to help empower youth to reduce plastic pollution. After completing a Plastic Oceans workshop, a water bottle will be donated to a student in a developing community. Our goal is to help remove single-use plastic from people's everyday life. Join us to learn about Plastic Oceans, to connect over a fun activity, and to share personal tips and recommendations for reducing our own plastic waste.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: September 5
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Clean Air Education Webinar
September 13th | 12:00 - 12:55 PM MT
What: Each day we see how the actions of our ancestors can have a profound impact on the present and the future. We know that sustainable business practices are vital for the well-being of future generations, and we encourage our workforce to join us in helping create a more sustainable world. As a proud sponsor of the Coalition for Clean Air, we are thrilled welcome experts at the Coalition for an insightful webinar about simple changes you can make to help clean the air in our communities.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: September 5
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Wine To Water (US)
September 10th | 2:00 - 2:55 PM MT
What: With ever increasing natural disaster and challenges from climate change - now more than ever is the need for access to water. So we’re providing filters! Each participant will build a filter that provides clean water to twelve people for ten years. The filter is then mailed to the areas that need clean water the most. Join our live event to hear from the team at Wine To Water on the story of the organization, and why the filters are so important. The Wine To Water filter build offers a meaningful, hands-on experience that will impact communities around the world with clean water. Build relationships, purpose, and passion as you connect and give back.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: August 12th
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Be My Eyes
September 14th | 8:00 - 8:55 AM MT
What: Globally there are 43 million people living with blindness and 295 million people living with moderate-to-severe visual impairment. With access from your smartphone, you can help a blind or visually impaired Be My Eyes user. This experience starts with a live kickoff call to educate participants about Be My Eyes and to conduct training on how to best support those that are blind or visually impaired with the provided app. Participants will then create their volunteer profiles and begin connecting with individuals across the globe that speak their native language.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: September 5th
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Ancestry's Inaugural Global Day of Understanding
September 14th | 10:00 - 11:15 AM MT
What: As part of Ancestry’s participation in the CEO Action Pledge for Diversity & Inclusion, we are proud to host Ancestry’s first-ever Global Day of Understanding. Aligned with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion day of Ancestry's Global Week of Service, we will welcome Farrah Qureshi, CEO of Global Diversity Practice, and Dr. Kellie A. McElhaney, Founding Director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at University of California Berkeley, to facilitate fruitful discussions that will help foster a deeper sense of belonging for all.
This company-wide workshop will center on the importance of psychological safety in the workplace and the potential multiplier effect for prioritizing and uplifting the safety of underrepresented groups and perspectives. Psychological safety is about creating an environment in which people believe that they can speak up candidly with ideas, questions, concerns, and even mistakes to help make inclusion a reality. The intention of the program is to offer a space for information sharing, candid dialogue, and peer insights.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Be My Eyes
September 14th | 4:00 - 4:55 PM MT
What: Globally there are 43 million people living with blindness and 295 million people living with moderate-to-severe visual impairment. With access from your smartphone, you can help a blind or visually impaired Be My Eyes user. This experience starts with a live kickoff call to educate participants about Be My Eyes and to conduct training on how to best support those that are blind or visually impaired with the provided app. Participants will then create their volunteer profiles and begin connecting with individuals across the globe that speak their native language.
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: September 5th
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Education Access: STEM
September 15th | 10:00 am - 10:55 am MT
What: At Ancestry we are committed to empowering the next generation of history makers and we are proud to enable young people, worldwide to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The Education Access Project will deliver packs to organization across the globe for kids to learn about STEM and spark interest in a future in tech. You’ll be adding your own touch and message to each pack you create, drawing fun pictures on the bags and leaving letters of encouragement, so the students know they have someone cheering for them!
Where: Zoom & In-office (details included in invite following registration)
Deadline to Register: August 12th
A recording will be available on Treehouse following the event for those who are unable to attend.
Utah Veterans Cemetery Clean-Up (Utah Employees Only)
September 16 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM MT
What: We are very excited for you join Ancestry’s Global Week of Service with us at the Utah VA Cemetery on the 16th of September! We will be helping to pull weeds, pick up trash, clean headstones and other needed service at the cemetery. Please bring gloves!There will be a food truck available for lunch compliments of the Honor ERG! The food truck is TBD; For dietary needs we will provide a menu as soon as we set that up.
Where: At the Utah Bluffdale Veterans Cemetery (17111 1700 W, Bluffdale, UT 84065). There is a small parking lot at the front of the building, but we can use the driving lanes along the cemetery to park as well.
Deadline to Register: September 5th
Sustainability Champion Program
Ongoing
What: Join Ancestry on our sustainability journey by becoming an Ancestry Sustainability Champion through two simple steps!
- First, complete the LinkedIn Learning course in Bridge (here)
- Then, using the key learnings from the course and cheat sheet, create and submit your personal sustainability action plan (here).
Where: Virtual (here)
Operation Encouragement
August 1 – September 16
What: Ancestry Employee Resource Group Honor invites you to join them in writing anonymous letters of encouragement to deployed military service members! You can use letter templates or coloring pages Honor has prepared, or write your own. Please keep the letters anonymous and don't include glitter, confetti, photos, candy, or any food items. Letters can be scanned and emailed to honor@ancestry.com or dropped off/mailed to Ancestry’s Lehi office (1300 W Traverse Pkwy, ℅ Molly Howe, Lehi Utah 84043).
Where: Virtual
Template: See here
School Supplies Drive
August 1 – September 16
What: Help Ancestry empower the next generation of history makers by donating school supplies for students as they head into this school year. In each office location, donation bins have been set up to collect school supplies that support local nonprofit organizations.
Organizations Supported
- Lehi: Boys and Girls Clubs of Utah County
- San Francisco: Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco
- Dublin: St. Andrews Resource Centre
- London: School Drive
Supplies Needed
- # 2 Pencils
- Crayons 24/Pkg
- Pink Erasers
- Pencil Boxes
- Wide Ruled Papers and Plain Papers
- Composition Notebooks
- Spiral Notebooks
- 1″ Binders
- Pocket Folders
- Youth Scissors
- Backpacks
- Washable Markers 8/Pkg
- Colored Pencils
- Subject Dividers
- Glue Sticks
- Blue/Black/Red Pens
- Rulers
- Hand Sanitizers
- Highlighters
- Pencil Sharpeners
Where: Supplies bins in the lobby of Ancestry’s Dublin, San Francisco, Lehi and London offices to support local nonprofits.
Donation deadline: September 16
Have questions about your experience?
We’re here to help!
Get in touch with us here or give us a call. Feel free to also chat with Kai and he’ll fetch a member of our team to help!
