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  • 2018 Star Wars Half Marathon - The Dark Side
    runDisney | Star Wars

    Orlando Boy’s Love of Star Wars Draws Him to Participate in Star Wars Rival Run

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, April 4, 2019Tuesday, April 9, 2019

    Orlando Boy’s Love of Star Wars Draws Him to Participate in Star Wars Rival Run Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort This Weekend Daniel Roberts, an 11-year-old from Orlando, is one of the many inspiring runners taking part in the Star Wars Rival Run Weekend presented by OtterBox this weekend at Walt Disney World Resort,…

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    Ace Cafe Hosts Big Game Car Show & Watch Party

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Tuesday, January 29, 2019Tuesday, February 5, 2019

    Big Game Car Show and Watch Party on Tap for Feb. 3 Show off your favorite team gear in your best ride at Ace Cafe during the Ace’s Big Game Car Show. No advance registration nor entry fee is required, and all years, makes and models are welcome. Music provided by Cruisin’ Orlando. Stick around…

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    Young Transplant Recipient Surprised by Minnie Mouse, Trip to Walt Disney World

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Monday, January 28, 2019Tuesday, February 5, 2019

    Eight-year-old meets Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan before surprise trip to Walt Disney World Resort On Good Morning America, the world was introduced to eight-year-old Lexi, whose inspiring story of hope and perseverance and touched hearts across the country. Lexi underwent a successful kidney transplant with her dad’s donation last week following a number of…

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    Charity | Community | Walt Disney World

    Disney VoluntEARS Spend Family VoluntEAR Day at Second Harvest Food Bank

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Monday, December 10, 2018Thursday, December 20, 2018

    Disney VoluntEARs and their loved ones sorted produce at Second Harvest Food Bank for Family VoluntEAR Day of Service A recent $1 million contribution from The Walt Disney Company to Feeding America enabled a gift of $15,000—or 40,000 pounds of produce—to Second Harvest Food Bank Family VoluntEAR Day is a global day of service that…

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    Charity | Community | Disney Company | Disney's Magic Kingdom | Walt Disney World

    Walt Disney World Resort Guests turn wishing coins into support for foster care teens in Central Florida

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, December 6, 2018Thursday, December 20, 2018

    Every day, Guests toss hundreds of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into fountains and wishing wells across Walt Disney World Resort. What they may not realize is that their coins are then collected and donated to nonprofit organizations. In 2018, those hopeful wishes added up to a very real $20,000. For the past two decades,…

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    Charity | Community | Lifestyle

    Ace Cafe Orlando Holds Bike & Toy Drive this Weekend for Central Florida

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, December 6, 2018Thursday, December 20, 2018

    Get in the Holiday Spirit at Ace Cafe Orlando with the News Junkie’s Christmas Bike Drive on December 7th December event lineup at the Motor-Centric Dining, Entertainment and Retail Destination WHEN: Friday, December 7, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – News Junkie’s 6th Annual Christmas Bike Drive Join us at the Ace Cafe for the…

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    Charity | Community | VoluntEARS

    Disney VoluntEARS Give Out-of-this-World Effort in ‘CANstruction’

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, November 8, 2018Monday, November 12, 2018

    Disney VoluntEARS Give Out-of-this-World Effort in ‘CANstruction’ of Toy Story Land-inspired sculpture to Benefit Second Harvest Food Bank In a quest to inspire the Central Florida community to reach to infinity and beyond in helping those in need, Disney VoluntEARS created a larger-than-life sculpture of an iconic attraction in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood…

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  • Disney Hospital Care Package
    Disney Company

    Disney Hospital Care Packages Bring Disney Magic to 445 Children’s Hospitals Across the U.S.

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Monday, July 16, 2018Monday, July 23, 2018

      Disney’s Team of Heroes philanthropic initiative and outreach program launched in March 2018 with Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger’s announcement of a five-year plan to dedicate more than $100 million in company resources to reinvent the patient and family experience in children’s hospitals across the globe. The Walt Disney Company’s support for children’s…

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    Community | Disney Company | Music | Walt Disney World

    ‘Disney Musicals in Schools’ Expands Program

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, July 5, 2018Monday, July 16, 2018

    On with the show! Disney expands musical theatre support to more Central Florida schools in 2018-2019 school year Hundreds of Central Florida students filled the stage and stepped into the spotlight as they took a final bow from the Walt Disney Theater stage at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts—the grand finale of their…

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    Disney Company

    Disney-Designed Children’s Play Area Opens at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Wednesday, June 13, 2018Tuesday, June 19, 2018

    The Disney Reef, a colorful, underwater-themed outdoor play area, has officially opened at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London, England, where it was revealed for the first time to patients and their families. The Disney Reef, positioned in the heart of the hospital, was designed by Walt Disney Imagineers, in collaboration with the hospital’s…

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    Community | Disney Company

    Local students make big impact as Disney Dreamers and Doers Shining Stars

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Friday, May 25, 2018Thursday, June 14, 2018

    Disney selects fifteen Shining Stars for truly showcasing what it means to both “dream” and “do” As one fifth grader was walking to lunch, she noticed her school’s cafeteria helpers sitting on a curb to eat their own lunches. Right then, she decided she would host a fundraiser to raise money to buy them a…

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  • Disney Grants Second Harvest
    Community | Disney Company | Walt Disney World

    Disney Plans to Invest More Than $34 Million in Community Support in 2018

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, April 19, 2018Friday, May 4, 2018

    It’s time to celebrate! As part of its plan to invest more than $34 million in giving in the Central Florida community in 2018, Disney has out-of-this-world plans to surprise five nonprofit organizations this week to award $500,000 as they reach for the skies and dream of making a big impact in Central Florida. Throughout…

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  • Disney Adoption
    Charity | Community | Disney Company

    Disney Legal’s Pro Bono Adoption Program Helps Create ‘Forever Families’

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Friday, December 8, 2017Wednesday, December 27, 2017

      On November 17, 2017, more than 32 Disney lawyers, paralegals and administrators were part of some real-life magic at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, California, for the 18th annual National Adoption Day in Los Angeles. The Disney volunteers were on hand to assist with the adoption of 17 children, joining…

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    Disney Company

    Walt Disney World Hosts Largest Greek-American Association in the World

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Friday, August 11, 2017Thursday, August 17, 2017

      Walt Disney World Resort hosted the largest and oldest Greek-American association in the world July 24-30 as the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) held its annual convention at the Resort for the first time in the organization’s 95-year history. AHEPA is comprised of more than 500 chapters chartered in the United States, Canada,…

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    Community | Disney Company | Education | Music

    Disney Musicals in Schools: Talent, teamwork and skills for a lifetime

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Monday, July 3, 2017Sunday, July 23, 2017

      From the moment they took the stage in the Walt Disney Theater, through each well-rehearsed line and lyric, to their final bows, the hundreds of Central Florida students who took part in the Disney Musicals in Schools program made the most of their recent moment in the spotlight at the Dr. Phillips Center for…

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  • DDay tribute at MK
    Community | Disney Company | Disney's Magic Kingdom

    A heartwarming tribute to World War II, Vietnam War and Korean War veterans

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Tuesday, June 27, 2017Friday, June 30, 2017

      On Tuesday, June 6,, in remembrance of the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, a special Flag Retreat ceremony at Magic Kingdom Park honored five Central Florida military veterans who served in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War. The recognized veterans – Clarence Butts, Frances Condon, Robert Feeney, Damian Quiles and Frank…

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  • Dreamers & Doers Full Circle
    Community | Disney Company

    Disney in the Community: Disney Dreamers and Doers program comes full circle

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Friday, May 12, 2017Saturday, May 13, 2017

      In 1984, Edith Bradshaw was a senior at Apopka High School in Orange County. Her leadership and responsibility characteristics helped put her among the first 159 Central Florida students named in the inaugural class of Disney Dreamers and Doers, celebrating elementary, middle and high school students in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties…

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    Community | Disney Company | runDisney | Sports

    For These Princesses, It’s More than a Race – Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Wednesday, February 22, 2017Sunday, February 26, 2017

      Katie Karp, from Winter Garden, Fla., was an active 12-year-old (lacrosse and running) when she was diagnosed with bone cancer (osteosarcoma). Karp underwent a rare surgery to have 12 inches of her thigh bone removed and replaced with an internal prosthetic. She was one of a few children in the world to have had…

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  • Disney at Otronicon
    Disney Company | Education | VoluntEARS

    Disney Engineers Inspire Kids at Otronicon

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Thursday, February 2, 2017Sunday, February 5, 2017

      Disney engineers showcase theme park innovation to inspire local kids and families at annual STEM-focused event Guests visiting a Disney Park often wonder, “How’d they do that?” During the recent Otronicon event at the Orlando Science Center, dozens of technically minded Disney VoluntEARS showcased the creativity, innovation and technology behind the magic as a…

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    Paraplegic Man Participates in First of Four Races During Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

    ByMaria H. (ndm#130) Friday, January 6, 2017Sunday, January 15, 2017

    Adam Gorlitsky, (Charleston, S.C.) took part in the Walt Disney World 5K on Thursday despite being paralyzed from the waist down. With a throng of spectators cheering him on along the way, Gorlitsky, 30, participated in a portion of the 5K with the use of a robotic suit that enables him to stand and walk….

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