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Map of Good Deeds

The Map of Good Deeds is an animated map that shows where acts of kindness and recognition are happening across your team, followed by a snapshot of where you and your team stand in the season.

2 min readUpdated June 20, 2026

Opening the Map

  • From Wellspring — tap the Map of Good Deeds card ("See kindness ripple across the map"). See Wellspring.
  • After a Drop Dare entry — the map plays as part of posting your entry, then takes you back after a few seconds.

The Animated Sequence

When the map screen opens, the following happens in order:

  1. Drop animation — A running water-drop character crosses the top of the screen for a few seconds.

  2. Camera zoom — The map starts at street level and smoothly pulls back to show the wider area, with a slight tilt.

  3. Ugo appears — Give River's mascot, Ugo, appears in the top-right corner of the screen with a motivational quote bubble. The quote is randomly selected from a curated library of encouraging messages.

  4. Season Standings appear — A card opens showing your current season standing:

    • Charity rank — your organization's charitable giving rank for the current season
    • Your rank — your personal rank, shown with your avatar and a rank badge
  5. Quick navigation buttons — Below the standings, three shortcut buttons let you jump directly to:

    • River (your River feed)
    • Home (the main home screen)
    • Rankings (the River Rankings leaderboard)
  6. After a Dare entry — the map closes on its own after about four seconds and you're back where you were.


Reading the Season Standings Card

Element What it means
Charity rank card Your team's overall charitable rank in the current season
Your rank card Your individual rank among all participants in the current season
Rank badge A numbered badge showing your exact position
Avatar Your profile photo, confirming the rank is yours

Map Markers

The map displays markers indicating locations where team members have posted recognitions. Marker density shows where recognition activity is most concentrated geographically. If your organization operates across multiple offices or regions, you can see which locations are most active.


Ugo and Motivational Quotes

Each time the map opens, Ugo shows a different encouraging quote. For more about Ugo, see Ugo, Give River's Mascot.


Tips

  • To explore the rankings after seeing your season standing, tap the Rankings shortcut.
  • The map uses your device's location services to center the camera. If you haven't granted location access, it centers on the location saved in your profile instead; if there's none, it opens on a zoomed-out view of the United States.
  • Season standings shown on the map reflect your rank at the moment of the recognition, not in real time after other activity.

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