Voices of Public Relations

In 2011, after having successfully won passage of federal legislation formally designating September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, the nonprofit MyGoodDeed set out to organize the single largest day of charitable service in U.S. history in observance of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. MyGoodDeed recognized that this seminal moment represented its most important opportunity to build nationwide awareness of the newly established charitable tribute. Working with HandsOn Network and many others, MyGoodDeed led an extraordinary, integrated communications campaign that inspired a record 33 million Americans to engage in charitable service in honor of the victims of 9/11.

Winuk has a personal connection to this campaign in light of the fact that his younger brother, Glenn Winuk, died a hero as first responder on 9/11. Glenn Winuk was a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician on Long Island who ran into a falling tower of the World Trade Center from his office at Holland & Knight, where he was an attorney. Since this tragedy, Jay Winuk has worked tirelessly to get recognition for his younger brother.