"Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" program launches; spend a day volunteering in 2010 and receive free one-day admission at Disney Parks

During 2010 Disney will offer one million people who volunteer with a participating organization a free one-day admission ticket to a Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort theme park.

While the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program kicks off Jan. 1, guests can currently learn more about the program and how to get their free one-day admission to a Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, or a Disneyland Resort in California theme park by visiting DisneyParks.ca.

“In 2010, we want to recognize and add one more reason for celebration: the contributions people make to their communities every day,” said Jay Rasulo, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.  “We want to inspire one million volunteers – people who will invest time and energy to make their own communities and neighbourhoods a better place.”

The campaign officially launched today, with events across North America to celebrate the program.  Disney Parks is working with HandsOn Network, the volunteer arm of Points of Light Institute.  Volunteer Canada, an international partner of HandsOn Network, will bring the campaign to Canada.   

Starting Jan. 1, 2010, Canadian guests can go to DisneyParks.ca to search for volunteer opportunities available in their area. 

Please note that several of the opportunities will be for projects that entire families can participate in together.

To raise awareness for community volunteerism and the ‘Give a Day, Get a Disney Day’ program, Disney VoluntEARS joined local volunteers in cities across the United States and Canada today.  Work projects involving 1,000 volunteers were coordinated by HandsOn Network in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami, and by Volunteer Canada in Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.