Hollywood teams up with Hillary Clinton to boost volunteering and childhood education

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are teaming up with Hollywood to bring important Clinton Foundation objectives to the forefront, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Tomorrow, the creators of the most popular television shows will take part in a brainstorm to encourage volunteering and early childhood education in the United States. Joining the talk is Shonda Rhimes (Scandal), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), Jason Katims (Parenthood), Steven Levitan (Modern Family). Actor, producer, director and activist, Rob Reiner will moderate the discussion supported by the Producers Guild of America.

Particularly, the organizations ServiceNation and Next Generation will help this group come up with ideas to get Americans spending time contributing to charitable causes (think: if everyone spent as much time volunteering as they did watching their favorite show).

THR reports Zach Maurin, Executive director of ServiceNation, giving his take on the collaboration with the Clinton Foundation and Hollywood:

"The public often doesn't see the impact of national service." Maurin said. "It's out of sight, out of mind. It makes partnering with the entertainment industry even more valuable. We think this culture campaign, as well as the advocacy that we are doing, is going to help change the equation and put volunteering back on the to-do list for Americans."

The second component of the Clinton Foundation's objectives is early childhood education, communicating ideas to parents like talking and reading to children from a young age to prime them for school.

Next Generation vice president Ann O'Leary says, "Hollywood can really help us -- through their shows with babies or infants or toddlers -- by sending messages about what parents really can do and how they do it."

Other big players in the entertainment industry will be part of the talk: CBS chief Nina Tassler, Shine America CEO Rich Ross, and Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly.

Do you think these writers and executive can get more Americans not just talking about volunteering and childhood education, but improving it, too?