Mission

Our hopeful mission, by annually organizing the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ("9/11 Day"), is to provide a positive and forward-looking way for Americans and others to forever honor and remember the 9/11 victims, survivors, and the many that rose in service in response to the 9/11 tragedy, including first responders, recovery workers, volunteers, public safety officers and members of our military.  

It is easy and free to participate. All you need to do (joining millions of others around the world) is observe the anniversary of 9/11 by performing good deeds, supporting charitable causes, volunteering and engaging in other acts of compassion.

In 2011, for the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, our nonprofit group, MyGoodDeed, partnered with HandsOn Network to successfully co-lead efforts to organize the single largest day of charitable service in United States history. A record 33 million people engaged in charitable service in observance of 9/11.  This year, we are working with many other organizations as well to continue to promote and build upon the 9/11 Day Observance. Please feel free to read some of the recent media coverage about us, listed under Latest News, and take a moment to view some of our wonderful (and short) Public Service messages by clicking here. (You may need to download the free program Quicktime.)  Also visit and "like" our 9/11 Day Facebook page, and follow-us on Twitter. 

A Bit More About Our History

The 9/11 Day Observance was originally created in 2002 by David Paine with his friend Jay Winuk.  David and Jay had worked together in New York City, long before the 9/11 attacks. Tragically Jay's younger brother Glenn was one of the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11. Glenn Winuk was a partner at the prominent national law firm Holland & Knight LLP, which in 2001 had one of its largest offices located a block from Ground Zero in New York City. For almost 20 years Glenn also was a volunteer firefighter and EMT, specially trained and certified in building collapse rescue operations, working out of the Jericho Volunteer Fire Department on Long Island. When the World Trade Center was attacked, Glenn helped to evacuate his law offices, then raced into the WTC's South Tower to participate in the rescue efforts. Glenn died in the line of duty along with many others when that building collapsed. His partial remains were found in March 2002, a borrowed first response medical kit by his side. (The Winuk family was one of approximately 40 percent the families that recovered remains from the 9/11 tragedy.) In 2003 David and Jay formed the nonprofit group One Day's Pay in honor of Glenn and all those who perished.  The organization was later renamed MyGoodDeed. 

In the years thereafter David and Jay were joined by more than 22 other leaders in the 9/11 community to help build support for the 9/11 Day Observance, including Alice Hoagland, mother of Flight 93 hero Mark Bingham, Cindy McGinty, a 9/11 widow and co-founder of the Massachussetts Military Heroes Fund, Edie Lutnick, director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, and Mary Fetchet, co-founder of Voices of September 11. Then, in 2009, with widespread support of the 9/11 community and strong bi-partisan backing, they were able to secure passage of federal legislation incorporated into the Edward M. Kennedy ServeAmerica Act, that formally recognized and lead to the official establishment of September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance under federal law and Presidential Proclamation. To date, more than one million people from all 50 states and 165 countries have visited the 9/11 Day website.

MyGoodDeed Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in good standing under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Contact Us 

For more information please contact us at info@911day.org, by calling 949-675-7800, or writing to us at MyGoodDeed, 503 32nd Street, Suite 120, Newport Beach, California 92663