During the club's 2013 rookie minicamp, the Vikings invited Gophers WR Connor Cosgrove, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, out to Winter Park as a guest to speak with the team.
The first ever "Vikings Football Day" was held at Mall of America Field on Saturday, April 27, 2013.
Vikings DE D'Aundre Reed appeared at the Minneapolis Children's Hospital's "Shave The Day" event that benefits local kids battling cancer on April 11, 2013.
Viktor the Viking appeared at Super Hero Day at Amplatz Children's Hospital on March 28, 2013.
Brandon Fusco, Rickey Young, Viktor the Viking, and Vikings Cheerleaders joined Mpls. City Council Member Sandra Colvin Roy and Judson McNeil of Toro in helping Hiawatha Elementary School design a new playground.