Volunteer Canada's National Volunteer Week 2018 campaign celebrated the country's 12.7 million volunteers and reflected on the impact they made within their local communities and nation-wide.
In addition to highlighting how volunteers impact the quality of our daily lives, the commercial outlines the benefits of being a volunteer with fun, animated graphics -- from creating meaningful social connections to getting the opportunity to build on existing skills and learn new ones.
Volunteer Canada's National Volunteer Week 2018 campaign also goes to name social and economic value as two benefits of volunteering and states that "volunteers fuel the fires of social change and breathe life into environmental causes." Lastly, the ad concludes with four "c" slogans "confidence, competence, connection and community," all important pillars established by those who give back daily.
Volunteer-Celebrating Animated Ads
This Volunteer Canada Ad Highlights the Joys of Giving Back
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