Tagged with " Give a Day Get a Disney Day"

In case you weren’t able to catch the Magic Kingdom pre-parade during it’s short run from January through October 2010, we’re providing a video of Disney’s Honorary VoluntEARS Cavalcade from Banks Lee. This video is embedded via the WDWNTube video site:

Here is a video taken by WDWNT Reporter Matt Paul of the “Celebrate Volunteers” press conference held Thursday morning at Epcot:

Canned Goods Set a Guinness World Record, Ship to Food Banks LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2010) –Against the backdrop of a world-record sculpture of canned goods destined for food banks, Disney Parks officials on Thursday announced a major milestone with the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program, a first-of-its-kind effort to help inspire 1 million people to perform volunteer service. Since the program’s launch only six weeks ago, more than 600,000 people in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada have volunteered or signed up for volunteer projects in their communities, announced Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “With the launch of our ‘Give a Day, Get a Disney Day’ program, we hoped [...]

Disney has released more information on exactly what the new year will bring to the Vacation Kingdom of the world, here are some highlights for 2010: Disney has confirmed the Muppet pre-parade for 2010 that was first reported on WDWNT, stating that it will begin January 8: Disney’s Honorary VoluntEARS Cavalcade (beginning Jan. 8) – Each afternoon just before the daily parade at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (and at Disneyland Park in California), Muppets characters and parade dancers will join special floats and vehicles celebrating volunteerism and presenting Honorary VoluntEARS serving as Grand Marshals of the parades.  Kermit, Miss Piggy and Sweetums will be part of the merriment, while the dancers will be donning outfits that celebrate the work [...]

Disney has released a video showcasing their community involvement from the September 29th launch day events of the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotion. Please note that the speakers not labeled in the video (in chronological order) are “Disney Parks” own Jay Rasulo, Meg Crofton, and Rilous Carter: