The Volunteer Worker

{{short description|1940 Donald Duck cartoon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Volunteer Worker

| image =

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| director = Riley Thomson

| producer = Walt Disney

| story = Larry Sharpsteen

| animator =

| starring = Clarence Nash

| music = Larry Sharpsteen

| color_process = Technicolor

| layout_artist =

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| studio = Walt Disney Productions

| distributor = Community Chests of America

| released = {{Film date|1940|09|01}}

| runtime = 3 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Volunteer Worker is a 1940 American commercial Donald Duck short film directed by Riley Thomson and produced by Walt Disney for the Community Chests of America.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312}}

Plot

Donald Duck is collecting for charity, but everyone refuses to donate. Saddened by his failure he sits on a sidewalk next to a worker and tells him his troubles. The worker tells Donald that he was helped by charity once, and although he can't give too much, he still wants to donate. Donald is excited by the donation and gives the worker a "I Gave" button, which the worker proudly displays.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on May 18, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941.{{cite web |title=The Chronological Donald Volume 1 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/donald.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=14 February 2021}}

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