As we close out the first month of the Give A Day. Get A Disney Day. program, we’re overwhelmed by the outpouring of support: new organizations wanting to participate in the program, thousands of new projects in the pipeline, millions of volunteers searching and signing up for projects and wonderful stories from our affiliate network, partner organizations and volunteers. We’ve seen tremendous growth across the nation and created an amazing one million volunteer projects.

The innovative and transformative nature of this program gives people who have never volunteered before the chance to engage. It’s providing one million access points for first-time volunteers to mobilize within their local communities. For instance, a teenager who helped at a soup kitchen blogged, “Four and a half hours, and I feel as if I've made an impact, small as it may be. We're teenagers, and we may get caught up in our own personal-circle bubbles, but there's a big planet out there, and we really are the ones who can change it. So if you have a spare half day, get out to the Caring Kitchen. Or any soup kitchen in your area - you'll have fun, your sore wrists will be a prized battle wound, and best of all, you'll never forget the feeling of making a difference, one person at a time.” Read her entire blog post.

Give a Day. Get A Disney Day. is an amazing program and continues to be a huge success. There is still a wealth of opportunities for both volunteers and organizations to get involved in the program. Stay tuned for more stories of impact, and we look forward to hearing yours too.