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Good Deeds Day continues to expand worldwide, as the peak event of year-round volunteer activities.

Thousands of Israelis from all walks of life united in volunteer projects across Israel

In honor of Good Deeds Day 2025, thousands of do-good opportunities and volunteering projects took place across Israel.

Nationwide volunteering event aims to unite communities, promote kindness, and support those in need.

Millions unite for good on 18th Int’l Good Deeds Day held globally

More than two million Israelis took part in Good Deeds Day by  volunteering and taking part in thousands of doing good projects.

 108 countries took part in thousands of projects dedicated to bettering society

Good Deeds Day continues to expand its circles of good across the world

The do-gooders took part in diverse projects of good in five locations nationwide, and also advanced positive conversations on social media via the #faming challenge

Co-authored with Nurit Eldar, Shari Arison’s new book looks beyond the illusion into the process of self-discovery.

To be a successful woman in business, you must have the courage to own who you are and what you do.

The main goal of this nationwide and international event is to build stronger communities by getting people to take their first step towards making volunteering part of their daily lives.

Jerusalem Post has again ranked Shari Arison as one of the Most Influential Jews in Finance, Economic and Business, praising her for business acumen and her generous philanthropic work.

Any day can be a Good Deeds Day and Tikkun Olam can begin at home, as a way of life One good turn deserves another, so 1.1 million good deeds deserve at least a mention in a humble column, especially as similar selfless acts are…

Some 1.5 million Israelis are expected to do a good deed as part of the 11th Good Deeds Day.

How to build a prosperous values-driven business, with practical applications for conducting your own personal life as well – this strategy is explained in Shari Arison’s book Activate Your Goodness.

The award is the pinnacle of excellence, presented to honor the collective success of the global initiative.

Free hugs, red roses, kindness, and many good deeds brought a breath of fresh air in an outdoor Good Deeds Fair in partnerships with NYC nonprofits, including NY Cares, Mobile Kitchen Classroom, American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Help the Animals, and more.

Arison Investments drives business outcomes by running programs that show high integrity and strong corporate values.

Shari Arison’s fourth publication applies her vision and insights to the corporate world, illustrating how everyone benefits when companies value people and the planet, alongside profits.

Shari Arison, acknowledged for promoting the integration od values in business worldwide, was ranked 6 in Forbes Israel 50 Most Influential Women in Israel, this third year in a row (No. 3 in 2013, No. 5 in 2014, and now No. 6 in 2015).

Jerusalem Post has again ranked Shari Arison as one of the Most Influential Jews in Finance, Economic and Business. “Good deeds go a long way,” they say of Shari Arison, and honor her No. 17 in their prestigious listing where she is repeatedly ranked (No. 15…

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Shari Airson’s new book, The Doing Good Model, brings practical ways for activating goodness within the realm of business, by leading with values.

Shari Arison discusses her business philosophy, emphasizing that doing the right things for humanity, the world, and the environment actually creates profits.

Shari Arison discusses her new book The Doing Good Model, offering a sustainable business model incorporating 13 universal human values, and her exceptional passion for doing good in the world. The book is a call to action for business leaders to rethink their impact on individuals,…

Numerous projects and impactful social activities took place in Rome this year, which was the capital of International Good Deeds Day 2015 marked in 61 countries worldwide. Shari Arison met HH Pope Francis, and events peaked with a large-scale Good Deeds Day Fair in the…

Good Deeds Day, initiated nine years ago in Israel, is a day that does good deep in your heart, connecting people of all ages, cultures, and religions. Crossing borders to become an international tradition, people from all walks of life unite around the simple idea…

Italy’s radio station RTL reported about Good Deeds Day across Rome on March 15, 2015, as the capital city of this initiative’s activities taking place in 61 countries across the globe.

Shari Arison: “I want to think good, speak good, and do good. And put in contact with each other all the people who want what I want: a better world.” Rome was the capital of over 11,000 impactful projects happening worldwide in March 2015.

In their meeting for Good Deeds Day, Shari Arison gave Pope Francis her latest book, NY Times bestseller Activate Your Goodness. He received copies in three languages, Italian, Spanish, and English.

Shari Arison, acknowledged for promoting the integration od values in business worldwide, was ranked 5 in Forbes Israel 50 Most Influential Women in Israel, this second year in a row (No. 3 in 2013).

In their five-year special edition, Real Leaders has listed Shari Arison as one of 100 visionary leaders, chosen for their impactful leadership in creating a better world.

This second year in a row, Jerusalem Post ranks Shari Arison on their 50 most influential Jews listing (No. 34 in 2013, and now No. 15 in 2014). On top of her business achievements, the paper acknowledges her as a leading social entrepreneur.

Packed with more than 70 volunteers, a Good Deeds Day double-decker took over the streets of New York, stopping at nonprofits along the city route, taking the message of goodness to neighborhoods that need it most.

Shari Arison: “This is an amazing opportunity to send out a call to action to the economic community, companies, employees and their families, and to people worldwide – we invite you all to join us in doing good, making our world a better place,”

To kick off the event in The Bahamas, initiator Shari Arison headed a group of volunteers to improve the grounds at Nassau’s Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home, joined by a team from the Miya Bahamas office and partner staff from The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).

“Shari Arison has built Good Deeds Day into a phenomenon of love,” says Forbes in a special interview with Shari Arison about her global initiative Good Deeds Day.

Forbes highlights Shari Arison’s ongoing commitment to doing good, and hails her continued effort to bring about positive change in the world through her books and initiatives, both in business and philanthropy.

Forbes highlights Shari Arison’s ongoing commitment to doing good, and hails her continued effort to bring about positive change in the world through her initiatives. She explains global businesses can make a difference when they are values-led.

“Awareness and education shape our tomorrow,” said Shari Arison, as speaker at George Mason University’s 2013 winter graduation ceremony, where she was named Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

Shari Arison: “The world needs more intention, first of all, to look at values, to live our values, to have a moral compass in everything that we do. I believe it is possible to do this in any field that you are in.”

George Mason University will distinguish Shari Arison at their winter graduation ceremony this year, and present her with the honorary doctorate of humane letters degree for her contribution to promoting values in the global business and philanthropic arenas.

Upon the release of her new book Activate Your Goodness in Israel, Shari Arison describes the two-year process of collecting stories, both personal and from others worldwide, about the empowering energy of good deeds.

Shari Arison established a new endowment professorship at George Mason University, to help advance values-driven activity in all aspects of life, grounding The Doing Good Model in academic research.  

Shari Arison is No. 34 on the Jerusalem Post Top 50 Most Influential Jews 2013 listing, acknowledging her ongoing global activity and innovative international initiatives, aimed at spreading goodness through values-led business and philanthropic investments that balance between society, economy, and ecology.

Forbes Israel ranked Shari Arison on its prestigious list of the Five Leading Executives in Israel, as the owner of Arison Investments, which includes some of the pillars of the Israeli economy.

Shari Arison talks about her new publication Activate Your Goodness. Thinking deeply on how to use her energy to do good, she initiated Good Deeds Day in 2007, and continues to find ways to positively impact the world.

NYC Service, Habitat for Humanity, Girls Scouts of Greater New York, Jumpstart, GenerationOn, the Halo Foundation, City Arts, and others, joined Shari Arison to inspire people to do good for the benefit of others on Good Deeds Day.

Shari Arison discusses how it’s important for women to connect to and bring out their femininity, because, for a world in need of healing, love and compassion are traits women can express more powerfully. For Shari Arison, kindness and courage are the building blocks upon…

Shari Arison was ranked No. 64 on Forbes  World’s Most Powerful Women 2012, the only Israeli on the list. It is the second year in a row that Forbes includes Shari Arison in this prestigious ranking. On this occasion, Forbes’ Jenna Goudreau interviewed Shari Arison on what it…

Protecting the environment has never been a popular cause for philanthropists, but that is changing with philanthropists such as Shari Arison. The Wall Street Journal lists Shari Arison as one of the world’s Planet Savers, praising her Miya initiative.

Shari Arison talks about why material and spiritual put together are not an oxymoron, and can go hand in hand, As her book Birth explains, spiritual means basic human values. This is why she drives values-based businesses and stresses sustainability, good business ethics and a…

Good Deeds Day seems like an obvious-enough concept based on the idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small. Shari Arison speaks about her simple idea that can change the world.

For International Women’s Day, Shari Arison writes “Power comes from within… With the right combination of knowledge and awareness, the world is open to each and every one of us.”

Shari Arison receives award from the American-Israel Friendship League in recognition of her contribution to advancing the economic relations between the United States and Israel. Read what The Street have summed up from the gala dinner event at NY’s Plaza Hotel.

Shari Arison tells the New York stock exchange “Israel offers incredible investment opportunities”, upon her receiving the American Israeli Friendship League prestigious Partners for Democracy award.

The world’s ten greenest billionaires that Forbes found are altruistic, yes, but most of them are also very much aiming to turn a profit alongside taking care of our planet. Shari Arison is one of the world’s ten billionaires who are most active in green, sustainable…

“True peace that comes from the heart, only comes from within.” Listen to Shari Arison’s interview with Dailymotion.com, explaining her business and philanthropic views and some personal life lessons, as they are also retold in her book Birth

MNow Magazine presents women who make a difference in this world, such as Shari Arison with her book Birth.

Shari Arison talks about her first book, Birth, where she reveals her business-spiritual model for a new global reality, where integrity, vision, and spiritual knowledge is integrated into all aspects of life.

“Like a researcher who dedicates his or her life to an effort to heal illnesses or discover new stars, I see myself as a researcher. A researcher of the self.” Shari Arison provides excerpts from her first book Birth.