Brenda Bomgardner

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Brenda Bomgardner

Proven Strategies for Getting Unstuck

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Do you know that April is National Volunteer month? It is also National Grilled Cheese Month, Garlic month, Oral Health month and so on and so forth. If you want a complete list click here for even more ways to become aware of opportunities give to a cause or community of your choice.

Also, April is Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month. This is a serious topic and a problem that often goes unspoken. One in four girls are sexually assaulted by the age of 18 and one in six boys is sexually assaulted by same age. It is uncomfortable for people to talk about this problem and I feel it needs to be given a more visible voice. It is one of the reasons I volunteered on the speakers’ bureau at the Wings Foundation for over five years. I saw how giving voice to sexual assault survivors and childhood abuse survivors helped to diminish the stigma and shame carried by being a victim.

It does not make sense that a victim is left with the burden of shame, guilt and brokenness to be isolated by silence and secrecy. However this is what happens. If you are searching for a way to make a difference use some of your energy, time and talent to offer compassion caring to a community who you feel resonates with you.

On a lighter note if you like movies below is a list of the 10 Best Movies about Volunteering and Giving Back.

  1. The Soloist
  2. The Blind Side
  3. It Could Happen to YouEnglish: A teal ribbon, which is an awareness ...
  4. The Help
  5. Hotel Rowanda
  6. Machine Gun Preacher
  7. Pay It Forward
  8. The Hunger Games
  9. Full Metal Jacket
  10. Volunteers

If you want to view the movie trailers visit Engaging Volunteers: Volunteermatch Blog for Social Change. The Examiner.com had a few more movies to add to the list. Be inspired watch a movie and then go give.

  1. Flyboys and Red Tails
  2. Gallipoli
  3. The Dirty Dozen and Inglorious Bastards
  4. The Alamo and Davey Crocket: King of the Wild Frontier
  5. 12 Monkeys
  6. Captain America
  7. Glory

 

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  1. Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPC says

    Brenda! I love this list of movies! Thank you for sharing them!

    I’m such sucker for The Hunger Games! In my opinion, it really is the ultimate movie on volunteering. (Read the entire trilogy after seeing the movie and volunteering is a theme that runs throughout the series.)

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  2. Brenda Bomgardner says

    Tamara, I have been hit with a bad cold and feeling under the weather – actually more like under a Mack Truck that ran me over. Hence, I am now getting around to being able to have a conversation without feeling exhausted. I took a couple days off and had time to watch the Hunger Games for the first time. I loved the movie and agree with you. It is the “ultimate” on the theme of volunteering.

    I know you give a lot of your talents and time to the community locally and beyond. What do you get out of the experience of volunteering?

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