Give a Day Program

[lkat]

Got vouchers this morning!!!!!

[schaery]

Woohoo! Got my voucher today. Will use it for a FastPass since I bought a package with tickets.

[MouseUnlimited]

The Give-A-Day Incentive has been a huge success, and Disney has almost reached their goal of 1 Million volunteers.

With this said, there are rumors that they'll stop taking registrations soon - unless they change their goal and extend the program. Nobody is sure what they're going to do...but we are sure that they're almost to 1 million.

Hurry!

[sammielynn]

I heard from one of the project coordinators that they are planning to phase out the offerings. Those without a specific date of service (like Project Linus) will go first. The Project Linus coordinator in my area has had 936 volunteers, and is still receiving interest e-mails.

[gpp2001]

I just wanted to share with everybody that the Project Team that is working on the Magic Kingdom/Fantasyland Project including the Imagineers and staff in both Los Angeles and Orlando volunteered a day to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity. They actually had two teams out on the same day - one in Los Angeles and one in Orlando. They then donated their tickets back to Habitat. DH worked with the team in L.A.

He said there was a lucky couple that had volunteered on the same day and were very excited to be working with actual Disney Imagineers!

Karn

[MouseUnlimited]

I heard from one of the project coordinators that they are planning to phase out the offerings. Those without a specific date of service (like Project Linus) will go first. The Project Linus coordinator in my area has had 936 volunteers, and is still receiving interest e-mails.

What's most depressing about this entire offer from Disney is that there are people who wouldn't normally even CONSIDER volunteering their time for anything if it wasn't for something in return. While I give kudos to Disney for doing their part to kick people in the rear, I'm also ashamed that it took something like this for people to get off the couch and help.

I just wanted to share with everybody that the Project Team that is working on the Magic Kingdom/Fantasyland Project including the Imagineers and staff in both Los Angeles and Orlando volunteered a day to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity. They actually had two teams out on the same day - one in Los Angeles and one in Orlando. They then donated their tickets back to Habitat. DH worked with the team in L.A.

He said there was a lucky couple that had volunteered on the same day and were very excited to be working with actual Disney Imagineers!

Karn

Very awesome!

[fourfoxesinpa]

What's most depressing about this entire offer from Disney is that there are people who wouldn't normally even CONSIDER volunteering their time for anything if it wasn't for something in return. While I give kudos to Disney for doing their part to kick people in the rear, I'm also ashamed that it took something like this for people to get off the couch and help.



Very awesome!

It's not just volunteering - all across our culture, it's regularly asked "What's in it for me?"

It is unfortunate that some people just never give of themselves to others but I think it's fabulous that this program is bringing new volunteers to the table. It just might open their eyes to the fact that we all have a responsibility to help others. For kids who don't have parents who regularly serve in their community, this could be the start of a lifetime commitment to help others. We do volunteer our time to numerous causes (right now as I type, DH and DS are helping our public library move books) but never knew anything about Project Linus. We loved making our blankets and learned so much about the organization that we want to continue helping them.

[MouseUnlimited]

It's not just volunteering - all across our culture, it's regularly asked "What's in it for me?"

It is unfortunate that some people just never give of themselves to others but I think it's fabulous that this program is bringing new volunteers to the table. It just might open their eyes to the fact that we all have a responsibility to help others. For kids who don't have parents who regularly serve in their community, this could be the start of a lifetime commitment to help others. We do volunteer our time to numerous causes (right now as I type, DH and DS are helping our public library move books) but never knew anything about Project Linus. We loved making our blankets and learned so much about the organization that we want to continue helping them.

You're exactly right. I just stopped before I turned it into a political debate

I hope the people who ARE doing this only for the Disney ticket might actually learn something from it. I won't hold my breath though!

[~Kathie]

In the March 5, 2010 edition of the Orlando Sentinel.


Are days numbered for “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day”?

[3dog2kidmom]

I'll admit it... we only volunteered to get the Disney tickets so we could squeeze in a park day before our cruise. I don't think anything is wrong with that. Kudos to those people who do have time and are able to volunteer regularly just because it makes them feel good or it's the right thing to do. Hopefully that will be us someday. It was fun doing a service project with the kids and we will probably do others in the future, meanwhile I work full-time, DH works 3 jobs, and with the kids' school and sports there really isn't time for much else. I suspect many families today especially in this economy are in similar situations.