As a cast member for 29 years, I am so grateful to work for a company that supports the community the way the Disneyland Resort does. Each year, I nominate the PADRE (Pediatric-Adolescent Diabetes Research Education) Foundation, which serves children with Type 1 diabetes, for a Disney VoluntEARS Community Fund (DVCF) grant. The grants are […]
More than 150 Disneyland Resort cast members, including members of the Disneyland Resort Diversity Resource Group PRIDE, marched alongside Disney Ambassadors and the Main Street Fire Engine in the 35th annual Long Beach Pride Parade. “I love to see our cast members so engaged in inclusion,” said Patrick Reynolds, manager of data integration and reporting […]
Disneyland Resort is ready to celebrate summer with Anaheim residents. The annual series of complimentary Disney movie nights in Anaheim parks kicks off at Ponderosa Park on June 22 with “Finding Nemo.” This year’s movies are all Disney·Pixar animated feature films to celebrate Pixar Fest. Residents can bring lawn chairs and blankets, grab some free […]
From building playgrounds to packing military care packages and providing meals for the local community, the Disney VoluntEARS program is celebrating 35 years at the Disneyland Resort and 10 million hours of volunteer service around the world. Disney VoluntEARS at the Disneyland Resort have collected more than 400,000 toys for Toys for Tots, packed over […]
For nearly 20 years, the Disneyland Resort horticulture team has donated and planted trees in Anaheim elementary schools on Arbor Day. I have been part of the Arbor Day tree plantings since 2014, when I became an arborist manager. This year, we planted two Chinese Elm trees at Loara Elementary. The students helped me backfill […]
Disneyland Resort was honored with the 2018 Governor’s Volunteering and Service Award for Business Volunteer Program of the Year. The award recognizes Disney VoluntEARS as an innovative, high-impact volunteer program that began at the Disneyland Resort 1983 and is celebrating its 35th anniversary. In 2017, Disneyland Resort cast members volunteered more than 85,000 hours at 240 […]