The Walt Disney Company announced a $1 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) for a new Corporate Scholars Program, offering scholarships to outstanding African American students. UNCF traditionally serves low-income youth who are first in their families to go to college. More than 50 percent of the students come from families whose […]
Julie Ernst, a teacher at John Marshall Elementary School in Anaheim, purchased two piano keyboards seven years ago with a grant from the Disneyland Resort to start a music education program. Today, the elementary school has a complete lab of 34 keyboards and a full-time music teacher. For more than 20 years, Disneyland Resort CREATE […]
A record 500 Disneyland Resort cast members volunteered more than 39,000 hours of rehearsal time to produce the 17th annual “Flashback,” held at the Hyperion Theater in Disney California Adventure park earlier this month. The musical production, in which cast members produce and perform mini-musicals for family and friends, raised $25,000 for ACT Anaheim (Accelerate […]
As a child, I admired my godfather for being a firefighter. Growing up with a role model like him, I realized the impact one individual can have on a child’s life. This month, I had the opportunity to speak to students at a career day at Orange Grove Elementary School in Anaheim, as part of […]
In celebration of Black History Month, the Disneyland Resort hosted the sixth annual Celebrate Gospel, held for the first time in Disneyland park. Participating choirs represented nine Southern California cities and lifted their voices in a vast array of gospel sounds including traditional, hip-hop and urban contemporary. The Disneyland Resort also celebrated the Chinese, Korean […]
The Walt Disney Company received “Fortune’s” top spot in the entertainment industry and ranked sixth overall in the magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies of 2015. The Walt Disney Company also earned the magazine’s highest ranking for several “Key Attributes of Reputation,” including social responsibility and management quality. In addition, The Walt Disney […]