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Winding Down the Give A Day. Get A Disney Day.
Program
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On Feb. 11, it was
announced that 600,000 volunteers have already participated in the Give
A Day. Get A Disney Day. program. Thanks to the exceptional programs
and opportunities provided by the thousands of participating
organizations, it's anticipated that the goal
of celebrating one million volunteers will occur very soon.
As the Give A Day. Get A Disney Day. program is forecasted to
come to a close very shortly, the following measures are being
taken in preparation for the program's conclusion:
- Effective immediately, no new
applications will be accepted from organizations wanting to
participate in the program.
- By Friday, March 5, all flexible
schedule volunteer opportunities (1B projects) and the
ability for volunteers to search for participating organizations
and arrange service (2A projects) will be removed from the search
at www.DisneyParks.com. For users of
1-800-Volunteer or Volunteer Solutions, these are the only types
of volunteer activities associated with your organization through
the VOP (please see Action Steps below for more
information on this change.) At such time, it will only be
possible for organizations to post date- and time-specific
opportunities (1A projects) to the VOP.
- Once Disney reaches its one-million
ticket goal, the program ends and organizations will no longer be
able to post new volunteer opportunities of any kind for the
program.
The
Volunteer Opportunity Portal (VOP) at http://VOP.HandsOnNetwork.org
will continue to be available so that organizations can post date- and
time-specific opportunities, manage their existing opportunities and
verify service completed by volunteers. As the changes listed above are
implemented, you will see fewer options available to manage
your account. Please continue to verify
completed, eligible volunteer service within 72 hours of the service
being performed for all qualifying service provided to your
organization under the program.
Only volunteers who have completed the registration and signed
up for a specific date and time to volunteer before the program
ends will get their vouchers for a Disney theme park ticket once their
service has been verified. Please see the action steps for all
organizations below for further details.
Once the program has ended, we will send a wrap-up communication with
instructions for exporting data related to your organization's
activities, as well as continued opportunities available to your
organization through HandsOn Network.
The level of volunteerism we have seen in the first months of 2010 is
tracking to new highs. Thank you for the vital role your organization
is playing in this landmark program.
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Action Steps for
Organizations with 1b or 2a Opportunities
- On Friday, March 5, flexible
schedule volunteer opportunities (1B) will be hidden, and the
ability for volunteers to search for participating organizations
and arrange service with them directly (2A) will be removed. From
then until the end of the program, it will only be possible for
your organization to post date- and time-specific
opportunities (1A) to the VOP.
- Any volunteers that have already
committed to service through your organization in the Volunteer
Opportunity Portal (VOP) should still perform their service, which
will be honored for this program.
- Once your opportunities are no
longer visible, volunteers who expressed interest in an
opportunity prior to March 5 can still finish the sign-up process
until the one million ticket goal has been reached. They should
follow the instructions and click on the link in the e-mail they
received from HandsOn Network when they first expressed interest
in your opportunity.
- Please continue to conduct
the activities that any volunteers have
already signed up for in the VOP.
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Action Steps for all
Organizations
- Please continue to conduct
the activities that any volunteers have
already signed up for in the VOP. Additionally, please
continue to manage and verify
the completion of service of volunteers for such eligible
activities.
- Please remind any volunteers who
have expressed interest in your opportunities - and with whom
you've already arranged a date and time to serve - that they MUST
complete the sign-up process through
DisneyParks.com before the one-million ticket goal has been
reached.
- You can see whether or not they have
completed the registration and sign up process by clicking on the
"View Volunteer Signups" link in the VOP. If they
are not on the list, then they have not yet finished the
registration process. If they do not finish the registration
process before the program ends, you will not be able to verify
their service and they will not be able to receive theme park
tickets.
- If a volunteer cancels
or is a no-show for an opportunity they
signed up for, you may not verify their service. If the volunteer
cancels or is a no-show for the opportunity they signed up for
after the million ticket goal is met, they will not be able to
search and sign-up for an alternate opportunity under the program
in order to receive a voucher.
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- Organizations - Go to http://answers.handsonnetwork.org
to ask questions, review frequently asked questions, and connect
with customer and tech support.
- Volunteers - Volunteers can go to www.DisneyParks.com for a
comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about the Give A
Day. Get A Disney Day. program.
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