Disney to Assist Hurricane Relief Effort

cherrynegra

cherrynegra

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist Central Florida
families and Cast Members adversely impacted by Hurricane Charley, the Walt
Disney Company and Walt Disney World Resort today announced an array of relief initiatives.
"Our Disney family always steps up in times of crisis to assist those in
need," said Al Weiss, president of the Walt Disney World Resort. "We are
joining with other caring corporate citizens to provide much-needed help and
compassion in the community and within our own company."

The following relief is being offered to the community:

* DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, has
announced a contribution totaling $100,000 to the American Red Cross and the
Heart of Florida United Way.
* Walt Disney World will conduct a food drive with employees to benefit
the Second Harvest Food Bank, which provides food supplies to agencies
throughout Central Florida.
* Walt Disney World will provide work crews to assist with the recovery
effort.

Walt Disney World also is offering the following relief assistance to Cast
Members:

* Up to $5,000 for Cast Members who have sustained catastrophic damage to
their primary residence or severe personal injury through the Walt Disney
Company's Disney Operation Care (DOC) program.
* Up to $1,000 to assist needy Cast Members with recovery from the storm
through the Walt Disney World Cast Member Hurricane Relief Fund. The Walt
Disney World Resort has initially contributed $50,000 to the Fund. Cast
Members worldwide also may contribute to the Fund, which is held at the Vista
Federal Credit Union.
* Complimentary rooms at resort hotels for Cast Members who have
experienced catastrophic hardships or have unique medical needs.
* Resort hotel rooms at a 50 percent discount for Cast Members who have
experienced discomfort due to the storm, such as loss of electricity.
* Increased childcare capacity for school-age children at on-property
childcare locations.


SOURCE Walt Disney World
 
Joalovar

Joalovar

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Wow, impressive, those actions represent a face of Disney that we would like to see more often.

After all not everything is greed and big bucks at the mouse... :animwink:
 
joefox97

joefox97

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I think a page is turning in the history of Disney... a lot of people are seeing the Disney Difference that Walt Disney World resort does that hasn't been company-wide for quite some time. Paul Pressler and Cynthia Harriss did a lot of damage to the West Coast parks and to the Disney store... it's interesting that Walt Disney World resort is being asked to manage the replacement Disney stores in Burbank and New York... I am confident that the reason that Disney is starting to let WDW manage these stores and that "the Mouse" is being as generous as it is on the hurricane issue is because people are realizing that Al Weiss and his wonderful team (including my favorite exec in the world, Lee Cockerell) at WDW are doing things right -- and that they are doing even better with business results than any other business unit. They spend more, they do more, they donate more, they maintain more... but they also make more money and have better reviews than any other business unit.... hmmm, could that be the Disney Difference in action?

Kudos to the management team at WDW resort and to the entire Disney company for the generosity, and I have my fingers crossed that Al and his team continue to have even more influence on the day-to-day operations at the Disney Co.

Joe
 
mrtoad

mrtoad

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I think that is excellent! :)

I wish other organizations or rich individuals would do this like pro athletes for instance or movie stars. If every pro athlete gave up say 3 % of their income to help in times like this it would be amazing. If say Shaq who makes somewhere around $25,000,000 a year (just salary, not endorsements) gave 3% of his salary you are talking $750,000 which he will not miss. I saw an interview with him about 2 years ago where he said he yet to spend a dime of his NBA salary. He lives off of his endorsement deals.

I know it is not his or any other athlete or movie star's obligation to do this but it is something that I think would give something back to the community.
 
brisem

brisem

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It's great to see Disney in the forefront of something good. Let's hope this is the catalyst of bringing the magic back.
 
FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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mrtoad said:
I think that is excellent! :)

I wish other organizations or rich individuals would do this like pro athletes for instance or movie stars.

I know it is not his or any other athlete or movie star's obligation to do this but it is something that I think would give something back to the community.[/QUOTES]

I wish the same thing but in the land of rich and greedy people who live in mansions and have majorly expensive cars, you don't see acts like this very much. Especially from corporations.

Bravo to Disney to assist a little bit but a lot in the huge relief effort. Much faster then the governments response.
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Woody13

Woody13

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Both the state of Florida and the federal government have moved very quickly to respond to this disaster with search & rescue, law enforcement, emergency supplies and loans to rebuild.
 
FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Agreed, the fastest ever. They tend to move slow. However, the good natured people of florida move faster

But from the reports I hear, very few people are getting the governments relief so far. I dunno, correct me if im wrong
 
Woody13

Woody13

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Both the state and federal governments have been very responsive in providing emergency services such as food, shelter, medical care, search & rescue, debris clearing, sanitation and law enforcement. The power, water and telephone companies are very busy doing their business as well. The insurance companies are pumping billions of dollars into the disaster area to expedite recovery efforts.

The federal government has approved low interest loans of up to $200,000 for residential dwelling repairs and $400,000 for commercial property repair.



 
PaisleyMF

PaisleyMF

Active Member
Bravo

Disney always have a way to do what some other should also do. When people are happy your workplace is a happier one. I do remember when Gloria Estefan did a concert for Hurricane Relif (with the help of comic relif) for Andrew. Now acts like Backstreet Boys and Nsync (both from Orlando) and some other acts that called Orlando Home should do the same. Even Universal and Disney come up together for this matter. But Still a standing ovation to Disney "BRAVO"
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