Through the annual Disneyland Resort Ears to You grants, nearly 300 cast members earned the opportunity to turn close to 60,000 hours of volunteer service into monetary donations given to a nonprofit organization of their choice. This year, Disney VoluntEARS who each volunteered a minimum of 10 hours donated more than $220,000 to organizations including Boys and Girls Club of Tustin, Dusty’s Riders, Seal Beach Animal Care Center and National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

“I’m thrilled that the time I’ve spent volunteering each Saturday at the Seal Beach Animal Care Center will now become a $1,000 grant to help the center find homes for cats and dogs,” said Disney VoluntEAR Amy Brennan. “Animals have been a positive part of my life since I was a child,  and this money will now enable other children and families to experience that joy.”