The Big Help is a community outreach program made famous in the mid-1990s by Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

. It was a yearly event in which kids 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. There were special instances like the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack where they had unscheduled specials. In 2008, a sequel emerged called The Big Green Help

The Big Green Help

The Big Green Help is a reality television series that airs on Nickelodeon. The program shows how kids can find a way to take care of the Earth.-Purpose:The show premiered on Nickelodeon on April 22, 2008, on the same day as Earth Day...

, which was created to get kids interested in global warming

Global warming

Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...

. In 2010, the name "The Big Help" was revived.

Stars

• Mathias Anderle
  Mathias Anderle
  Mathias Cole Anderle is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Puyallup, WA. Anderle's stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop....
  
  
• Bianca Collins
  Bianca Collins
  Bianca Suzanne Collins is an American actress. Bianca is currently cast as Lulu in the Teen Nick television series Gigantic....
  
  
• Tony Oller
  Tony Oller
  Tony Oller is an American actor and musician from Cypress, Texas. He is known for his role as Walt Moore on Gigantic, Jesse in Lifetime's "Unanswered Prayers". and as Daniel "Danny" Neilson on As the Bell Rings.-Career:...
  
  
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas
  Jonathan Taylor Thomas
  Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
  
  
• Kendall Schmidt
  Kendall Schmidt
  Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American actor and singer-songwriter; he is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush and has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, and Frasier...
  
  
• Lucas Cruikshank
  Lucas Cruikshank
  Lucas Cruikshank is an American comedic actor. Living in Columbus, Nebraska, he created the character Fred Figglehorn for his channel, named "Fred", on the video-sharing website YouTube...
  
  
• Katelyn Tarver
  Katelyn Tarver
  Katelyn Marie Tarver is an American singer/songwriter/actress. She is known for her current role as Jo Taylor on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush and as Natalie on the ABC series No Ordinary Family.-Singing career:...
  
  
• Kristen Combs
• Jake Weary
  Jake Weary
  Jake Weary is an American actor, singer and musician.-Movie career:After an initial guest role on his mother's show, Guiding Light in 2002, he was cast as Luke Snyder on the television soap opera As the World Turns....
  
  
• Matt Shively
  Matt Shively
  Matthew James "Matt" Shively, Jr. is an American actor best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP. Beginning in June 2011, he began appearing in the Nickelodeon series The Troop as Kirby.-Early life:Shively was born in Hanford, California...
  
  
• David Del Rio
  David Del Rio
  David Del Rio is an American actor best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series The Troop. He graduated from New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida in 2006, and afterward graduated from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, School of Film and Television.He recently departed...
  
  
• Nathan Kress
  Nathan Kress
  Nathan Karl Kress is an American film and television actor. A professional child model and actor since the age of three, he is best known for his role as Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly.-Early life:...
  
  
• Keke Palmer
  Keke Palmer
  Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...
  
  
• Lindsey Shaw
  Lindsey Shaw
  Lindsey Marie Shaw is an American actress. She is known for her starring television roles as Jennifer "Moze" Ann Mosely on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and as Claire Tolchuck on Aliens in America.-Career:...
  
  
• Drake Bell
  Drake Bell
  Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...
  
  
• Matt Bennett
  Matt Bennett
  Matthew H. "Matt" Bennett is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing the role of Robbie Shapiro in the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious and for starring in the Will Ferrell-produced film The Virginity Hit....
  
  
• Denyse Tontz
• Austin Butler
  Austin Butler
  Austin Robert Butler is an American actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his feature films roles as Jake Pearson in Aliens in the Attic and as Peyton Leverette in the High School Musical spin-off film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, as well as for his television roles as James on Zoey 101,...
  
  
• James Maslow
  James Maslow
  James David Maslow is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and is a member of the boy music group with the same name.-Early life:...
  
  
• Skyler Day
  Skyler Day
  Skyler Day is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her recurring role as Maggie Ritter on the TeenNick series Gigantic. She currently has a recurring role as Amy Ellis on the NBC series Parenthood....
  
  
• Gia Mantegna
• Avan Jogia
  Avan Jogia
  Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor and singer best known for playing Beck Oliver on Victorious.-Early life:Jogia was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is a Gujarati Indian originally from London, England. His mother is Canadian, with her roots originating from Wales...
  
  
• Gage Golightly
  Gage Golightly
  Gage Golightly is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Hayley Steele in the Nickelodeon series The Troop .-Career:...
  
  
• Devon Werkheiser
  Devon Werkheiser
  Devon Joseph Werkheiser is an American actor and musician, best known for his starring role as Ned Bigby on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and for his role in the 2007 TV Movie Shredderman Rules, as the lead character Nolan Byrd.-Personal life:Werkheiser was born...
  
  
• Miranda Cosgrove
  Miranda Cosgrove
  Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her career began at the age of three, where she participated in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock...
  
  
• Matthew Underwood
  Matthew Underwood
  Matthew Dillon Underwood is an American actor best known for his role as Logan Reese on the Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101. His first film appearance was providing "Additional Voices" in My Neighbors the Yamadas in 1999. In 2009, he booked a lead in a new horror movie called Reality Horror Night,...
  
  
• Ciara Bravo
  Ciara Bravo
  Ciara Quinn Bravo is an American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Katie Knight on Big Time Rush....
  
  
• Gabi Wilson
• Malese Jow
  Malese Jow
  Malese Jow is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for playing Geena Fabiano, a girl interested in fashion and designing her own clothes on the Nickelodeon television teen sitcom Unfabulous, and Anna, a teenage vampire on The CW television teen drama The Vampire...
  
  
• Victoria Justice
  Victoria Justice
  Victoria Justice is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious...
  
  
• Leon Thomas III
• Spencer Locke
  Spencer Locke
  Spencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Kelli Goss
• Erin Sanders
  Erin Sanders
  Erin Zariah Sanders is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Quinn Pensky on Zoey 101 and Camille on Big Time Rush. She may also be known for portraying Eden Baldwin on The Young and the Restless in 2008....
  
  
• Grace Gummer
  Grace Gummer
  -Early life:The daughter of actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer, Gummer grew up in Los Angeles and Connecticut with brother, Henry and sisters, Mamie Gummer and Louisa.-Career:...
  
  
• Carlos Pena Jr.
• Jennette McCurdy
  Jennette McCurdy
  Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy is an American film and television actress and country pop singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly...
  
  
• Drew Roy
  Drew Roy
  Drew Roy is an American actor. Roy was raised in Clanton, Alabama. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.Roy appeared in mostly independent film projects from 2006 to 2008, although he scored an uncredited recurring role in Greek in 2007. In 2009, he landed a role on the television...
  
  
• Nick Purcell
  Nick Purcell
  Not to be confused with Dominic Purcell.Nicholas "Nick" Purcell is an American actor best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series The Troop. He is originally from Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire...
  
  
• Simon Curtis
  Simon Curtis
  Simon Curtis is an American actor and singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He gained fame for playing Royce Du Lac in the film Spectacular! ....
  
  
• Noah Munck
  Noah Munck
  Noah Bryant Munck is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Gibby Gibson in iCarly and Bobby Sinclair, the junior lawn-mowing entrepreneur in the TruGreen commercials.-Early life:...
  
  
• Tanya Chisholm
  Tanya Chisholm
  Tanya Chisholm is an American actress and dancer. She is mostly known for her role as Kelly Wainwright on the Nickelodeon sitcom, Big Time Rush. She is also known for her role as Marcie on the Legally Blonde spin off, Legally Blondes, , acting along side Camilla Rosso and Rebecca Rosso...
  
  
• Logan Henderson
  Logan Henderson
  Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor, dancer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.-Early life:Henderson was born and raised in North...
  
  
• Matthew Moy
  Matthew Moy
  Matthew Moy is an American actor.-Television:Moy has appeared in several television shows, including Criminal Minds, Good Luck Charlie, How I Met Your Mother, Zeke and Luther, and a recurring role as Shawn the Mathlete on iCarly...
  
  
• Kendre Berry
• Elizabeth Gillies
  Elizabeth Gillies
  Elizabeth Egan "Liz" Gillies is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her part in Broadway's 13 as Lucy, of which her Victorious co-star, Ariana Grande, was also a part...
  
  
• Alec Medlock
• Robbie Amell
  Robbie Amell
  Robert Patrick "Robbie" Amell is a Canadian actor, who is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP, Picture This, and Fred Jones in the television films Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster...
  
  
• Tyler James Williams
  Tyler James Williams
  Tyler James Williams is an American teen actor and voice actor. He is most recognizable for having played the title character of the Chris Rock-inspired sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Ashley Argota
  Ashley Argota
  Ashley Spencer Argota is an American actress and singer. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She currently co-stars as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon....
  
  
• Jolene Purdy
  Jolene Purdy
  Jolene Purdy is a movie and television actress based in the United States. She is half Japanese and half Caucasian Purdy starred as Cherita Chen in the 2001 film Donnie Darko...
  
  
• Daniella Monet
  Daniella Monet
  Daniella Monet is an American actress, singer, and dancer, best known for playing various TV guest roles and starring as Trina Vega, the sister of Tori Vega, in the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious...
  
  
• Laura Marano
  Laura Marano
  Laura Marie Marano is an American teen actress. She has appeared in Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the main characters. In December, she will be starring in a lead role in the new Disney Channel series Austin & Ally...
  
  
• Ariana Grande
  Ariana Grande
  Ariana Joan Grande is an American actress and singer. She currently plays the role of Cat Valentine in the American sitcom Victorious.-Early life:Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida...
  
  
• Carlie Casey
• Jessica Gorski
• Annamarie Kenoyer
  Annamarie Kenoyer
  Annamarie Kenoyer is an American teen actress, who is known for appearing in several television shows and a few films. Her most noted role is as Ashley Whitaker in Medium.-Career:...
  
  
• Shayna Rose
  Shayna Rose
  Shayna Rose is an American actress and singer.-Private life:Rose moved to Los Angeles in 2002 after declining a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston...
  
  
• Teala Dunn
  Teala Dunn
  Teala Dunn is an American actress, voice actress, singer, and comedienne. She currently has a role in the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? as Lindsey Kingston-Persons, taking Aleisha Allen's place.-Career:...
  
  
• Tristin Mays
  Tristin Mays
  Tristin Mays is American actress. Growing up in New York City, Tristin was with the Ford Modeling Agency where she quickly became one of the top child models in the country. She can be seen in many print ads as a young child alongside some of the industries top young celebrities such as Corbin...
  
  
• Valerie Tian
  Valerie Tian
  Valerie Tian is a Chinese-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Su-Chin in Juno.-Career:In the summer of 2001, Tian auditioned for Canadian director Mina Shum, while she was casting for her feature Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity and won leading role of Mindy Ho...
  
  
• Taylor Parks
  Taylor Parks
  Taylor Parks is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Little Inez in the 2007 film Hairspray....
  
  
• Carly Bondar
• Michelle Kim