''The Big Help'' is a community outreach program created by

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in 1994. The program featured children who volunteered in their community and reached out to let Nickelodeon know what they were doing. The network contacted some of them to create commercials for Nickelodeon about various volunteer opportunities to inspire other children to be big helpers in their communities. There was also an event in which children from around the country would call in to try to get one of their local parks refurbished by Nickelodeon, the ten with the most votes would get refurbished by Nickelodeon in an eight-hour special. In 2001, following the

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, Nickelodeon aired unscheduled specials under ''The Big Help'' branding for relief. In 2008, a sequel emerged called ''The Big Green Help'', which was created to promote messages of

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. The name ''The Big Help'' was restored in 2010. The program was silently discontinued in the mid-2010s.

Stars

* Lucas Cruikshank * Larisa Oleynik * Katelyn Tarver * Jake Weary * Matt Shively * David Del Rio * Nathan Kress * Jennette McCurdy * Keke Palmer * Lindsey Shaw *

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* Matt Bennett *

Austin Butler Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor, singer, and model. Butler began his career on television, first in roles on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, most notably on ''Zoey 101'' (2007–2008), and later on teen dramas, ...

* James Maslow * Skyler Day * Gia Mantegna * Avan Jogia * Gage Golightly * Isabella Castillo * Devon Werkheiser * Miranda Cosgrove * Matthew Underwood * Ciara Bravo *

Malese Jow Elizabeth Melise Jow (born February 18, 1991), known professionally as Malese Jow, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Geena Fabiano on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Unfabulous'', Lucy Stone on the Nickelodeon musical sitc ...

* Victoria Justice * Leon Thomas III *

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* Erin Sanders * Grace Gummer * Carlos Pena Jr. * Drew Roy * Nick Purcell * Simon Curtis * Noah Munck * Tanya Chisholm * Logan Henderson * Matthew Moy * Kendré Berry *

Elizabeth Gillies Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26, 1993), also known as Liz Gillies, is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager and made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the Musical theatre, musical ''13 (musical), 13'' (200 ...

* Robbie Amell * Tyler James Williams * Ashley Argota *

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* Daniella Monet * Laura Marano *

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* Annamarie Kenoyer * Shayna Rose * Teala Dunn * Tristin Mays * Valerie Tian * Taylor Parks * Amanda Bynes *

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References

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kKZjKyTLnFg - The Big Help, Big Helpers in Action, Hospital Volunteering

External links

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