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10 Great Movies About Volunteering And Giving Back

February 22, 2013

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It’s a fact: Filmmakers insert products, messages and themes into their movies that influence the way we think and act. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though.

Below are some of the most popular movies of the past couple decades, and they just happen to include strong elements of volunteering and giving back. Browse the trailers below and think about how these films could inspire your volunteers, staff and supporters:

Volunteers

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsFqvkQO2wM

Full Metal Jacket

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_MbPPkhmA

The Hunger Games

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9a5V9ODuY

Pay It Forward

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pCtXRP1edo

Machine Gun Preacher

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eddnloOFjwY

Hotel Rwanda

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYwuXvA589A

The Help

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ajv_6pUnI

It Could Happen To You

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZAfzdzZqRA

The Blind Side

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8H4sshwS0

The Soloist

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Spu2nO0jw

What are your favorite movies about volunteering and doing good?

Topics: inspiration
Shari Tishman

Written by Shari Tishman

Shari led Online Marketing and Communications at VolunteerMatch from 2010-2015. After working with nonprofits for 9 years, she moved over to the corporate sector and is now leading Inbound Marketing for a tech company in San Francisco.

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