Hispanic Heritage Month Virtual Volunteer Event Recap

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Purpose

Employee engagement shouldn't be hard. That's why Percent Pledge offers one-hour volunteer events that require no prep.

In October, 120 employees from 60+ companies joined our Hispanic Heritage Month Community Volunteer Event.

Together, they helped digitally preserve Latinx history by archiving cultural landmarks using HistoryPin.

Why Teams Chose This Remote Volunteer Opportunity

Hispanic Heritage Month honors the history and culture of Latinx communities.

Many companies want to celebrate. But remote teams need events that are inclusive, fast, and meaningful.

This event delivered:

• A remote volunteer opportunity for dispersed teams.
• A fun and educational way to celebrate culture.
• A shared experience that sparked conversation and curiosity.

Inside the Hispanic Heritage Month Event

Hosted live on Zoom, the event brought employees together across 42 cities and 3 countries.

Icebreakers and Culture to Bring Volunteers Together

We opened with fun Hispanic Heritage Month trivia. It was a quick way to break the ice.

Nonprofit Spotlight: The Latino Cultural Arts Center (LCAC)

The Latino Cultural Arts Center shared their mission to preserve and promote Latinx culture.

The Main Event: Virtual Archiving Latinx Landmarks

Volunteers used HistoryPin to digitally archive Latinx sites.

Each person posted murals, museums, or cultural events from their own communities.

We played a playlist of Latinx music while volunteers worked. Songs like "Gasolina" even sparked dancing!

Employees discovered new places from cities where their coworkers live. And they made plans to visit.

In just one hour, the group created 210 digital pins—the fastest team to hit 100 pins ever.

How This Virtual Volunteer Event Made a Positive Impact

This remote volunteer opportunity:

• Engaged 120 employees from 60+ companies.
• Crowdsourced the archiving of 210+ latinx landmarks to support the Latino Cultural Arts Center's HistoryPin project.
• Brought together employee volunteers who joined virtually from 42 different locations across the United States, Canada, and the UK.

This is a great example of our virtual Community Volunteer Events. Bringing together a large, diverse group of volunteers to make an immediate impact in just one hour. And doing so in a way that celebrates different cultures, sparks joy, and builds community. We may be divided about a lot of things in today's world, but the desire to give back and help others is universal.

Volunteer Testimonials: Joy, Gratitude, and Connection

• “Love moments like this. Great playlist to work with, Mick. A simple way to give back to our communities.” — Anujin @ Peet's Coffee
• “I loved this activity from start to finish. We started with some Hispanic + Latine trivia which was a fun icebreaker, then we learned about contributing historical / cultural sites of significance to HistoryPin. I enjoyed seeing folks from all different companies contribute to the same project. Knowing we hit over 150 pins in an hour is awesome. It encouraged me to learn about art exhibits in my state that I wouldn't have known about otherwise. The Spotify playlist was also a nice compliment to the work, though playing ‘Gasolina’ by Daddy Yankee just encourages people to get up and dance. 😆” — Vicky @ Fandom
• “Keep it up with the inspirational stories, we need moments like this to help break up the work.” — Vicky @ Fandom
• “This was pretty simple, fun and informative! Would join again.” — Christen @ Peet's Coffee
• “Thank you for organizing this!! Grateful for the places to explore 💜” — Daniel Gomez
• “That worked! Thanks!” — Rodolfo R. @ Inspirato
• “That was fun! Thank you!” — Laura @ HD SUPPLY
• “Thank you this was fun!” — Mmaolisa @ AAAS
• “Thank you!” — Vicky @ Fandom
• “Thank you!!” — Madeline
• “Thanks for hosting!” — Niket @ Fandom
• “Thank you!” — Kurt Hildreth @ Fandom
• “Thank you!” — Tori @ AppDirect
• “Thank you for the jams!!” — Vashti Sosa
• “Thank you!” — jorgill
• “Thank you!” — Karla @ ILIA Beauty
• “Thanks” — Mary @ DS
• “Thank you and Percent Pledge for putting this together!” — Emily @ Vidmob
• “This was amazing, well put together, thank you!” — Claire @ DRW
• “Thanks so much PP team for hosting and everyone for participating 🙂” — Josh @ Mediaocean
• “Thanks for doing this!” — Nate @ VF Corp
• “Thank you this was great!” — Lori @ Wyndham
• “Thank you, this was great fun.” — Katherine Killerby-Schoeman @ CBRE Global Workspace Solutions
• “This was a great event - thank you!” — Megan @ VF Corporation
• “Thanks for joining everyone and thanks for hosting Mick! 🙏 🙌” — Joel @ Percent Pledge
• “Thank you, great opportunity to support!” — Marlene @ CBRE
• “Thank you!” — Kelli Cochran @ BarkleyOKRP
• “Thank you everyone! This was fun!!” — Karen @ Shutterstock
• “Thank you!!!” — Jo @ Vans
• “Thank you, loved this opportunity!” — Jessie @ Hollywood Casino
• “Thanks all!” — Rodolfo R. @ Inspirato

Why Community Volunteer Events Work for ERGs & Remote Teams

Percent Pledge hosts Community Volunteer Events monthly. Each aligns with a different Heritage Month or Cause Holiday, making them perfect for ERGs.

Unlike traditional programs that take hours to plan, these events are:

• ‍Ready-made: Fully designed and facilitated, no lift needed.‍
• Virtual and scalable: Perfect for hybrid and remote teams.‍
• Inclusive team-building: Great for ERGs and VTO programs.‍
• Consistent: Events run every six weeks to keep momentum going.

For HR and CSR leaders, this "plug-and-play" model makes giving back simple.

👉 Learn more about our Community Volunteer Events

Easy Employee Engagement for HR, People, and CSR Leaders

HR and CSR leaders choose Percent Pledge because we make it easy to engage employees.

With each event, leaders get:

• Built-in facilitation and logistics.
• Easy scheduling in just one hour.
• Scalable programs for any size team.
• Clear impact and engagement you can show leadership.
• Strong alignment with DEI and ERG goals.

If you're short on time but want high impact, this model works.

👉 Learn how our software simplifies remote volunteering

One Hour. Many Teams. Real Connection and Immediate Impact.

This Hispanic Heritage Month event showed how much one hour can do.

Employees connected, learned, and gave back in a meaningful way.

Companies saw big results with zero planning required.

And our nonprofit partner received hundreds of archived sites that help preserve culture.

Want to see how it works?

👉 Request a Live Demo of our volunteer software
👉 RSVP and invite your team to join our next ready-made Community Volunteer Event

One hour can make a real difference.