Six Disneyland Resort cast members graduated from a four-year machinist training program offered by Fullerton Community College in partnership with the Disneyland Resort giving them certification to be eligible for job advancement. The program prepared them for career advancement and consisted of courses for credit at Fullerton College. They gained hands-on training in attraction maintenance […]
Disneyland Resort recently was awarded the Corporate Partner Award by the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF), an organization that grants scholarships to Hispanic students in Orange County, for contributing more than 20 years and more than $100,000 of support. During that time, members of the Hispanic Organization for Leadership Advancement, a cast diversity resource group, […]
The annual Disneyland Resort Toys for Tots Drive is a longstanding tradition of The Walt Disney Company, dating back to the inception of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves’ program in 1948 and Walt Disney’s original logo design for Toys for Tots. For the past two years, I have had the privilege of managing the drive, […]
This year, the holidays at Disneyland Resort were made bright by the Gallardo family from La Habra, Calif. who joined Disneyland Resort and Siemens, sponsor of the “it’s a small world” attraction, in “flipping the switch” to officially light the “it’s a small world” Holiday attraction for the season. The Gallardos were selected by Siemens […]
Disneyland Resort, Angels Baseball and the Anaheim Ducks together received the 2014 National Philanthropy Day award for Outstanding Large Business for their combined work on Accelerate Change Together (ACT) Anaheim, a three-year and $3 million commitment to benefit underserved Anaheim youth through a highly collaborative effort. This year, $1.5 million in inaugural ACT Anaheim grants […]
During a recent airing of ABC’s “The Chew,” Disney announced it will donate $1 million to Feeding America, an organization that serves more than 12 million children each year, to support food banks nationwide that provide nutritious food to kids after school. The donation will benefit more than 60 food banks, including Second Harvest Food […]