LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 28, 2006 Diana Morgan Children’s Champion Award: Orlando Science Center – $48,800  The Bob Allen Outstanding Community Service Award: Florida Senior Programs, Inc. (Foster Grandparent Program of Central Florida) – $60,000   Lake County Camp Boggy Creek – $25,000 Educational Foundation of Lake County, Inc. – $10,000   Orange County …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 28, 2006 – Disney’s Helping Kids Shine Grants, awarded today during a ceremony in front of Cinderella Castle. From developing mentoring programs that teach leadership and responsibility, to creating arts activities that children and adults can experience together, each of these groups will use the collective gift of more than …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - With a $55,000 donation to local organizations, Walt Disney World is opening doors to summer fun for Central Florida youth.     More than 800 young people will benefit from the $55,000 “Summer FUNds” donation from Disney to be shared among 11 agencies in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. Disney identified …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 4, 2006  -  No spares today, as 5,500 Walt Disney World Cast Members donned their bright yellow VoluntEAR t-shirts in bowling centers throughout Orange and Osceola counties.  They rolled a strike by pledging nearly $250,000 to Junior Achievement during the annual DisneyHand-Helping Kids Shine Bowl-A-Thon.  Once again, Disney had the …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 28, 2006 – From teaching teen girls character development, volunteerism and healthy decision-making, 25 non-profit organizations that serve Orange County are planning to spread some magic and make dreams come true with the help of Disney’s Helping Kids Shine Grants. The recipients of the 2006 grants were announced today in …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, is providing the funds through its EARS to You program, which recognizes Cast Members for volunteerism through financial contributions to the charities of their choice.   Disney VoluntEARS are encouraged to apply for an EARS to You grant of up to $1,000, payable …

  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 28, 2006 – From emphasizing the importance of education and providing nutritious meals for kids, two non-profit organizations serving Seminole County are planning to spread some magic and make dreams come true with the help of Disney’s Helping Kids Shine Grants. The recipients of the 2006 grants were announced …

ORLANDO, Fla., April 25, 2006 - With the magic of Disney characters, performances by the children and a line-up of distinguished community leaders who’ve helped make this dream a reality, the Pine Hills branch of Boys & Girls Clubs celebrated the ground breaking ceremony of the new state-of-the-art Walt Disney World Boys & Girls Club to replace …

<p >President, Walt Disney World Resort Meg Crofton serves as President of the Walt Disney World Resort, overseeing a work force of more than 58,000 Cast Members at the world’s premier vacation destination. She administers a property that is more than 40 square miles in size, and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 22 …

Imagine Crush, the sea turtle from “Finding Nemo,” stopping mid-stream, turning to the audience from his movie-screen undersea environment and saying, “Hey you — dude in the green-striped shirt — what’s that on your head?” Walt Disney Imagineers have created precisely this kind of magical interaction in “Turtle Talk With Crush” at Epcot.



The breakthrough experience gives Walt Disney World guests the chance to engage in live, unrehearsed conversations with the animated sea turtle from the Disney presentation of Pixar’s “Finding Nemo.”