Originally Posted By wahooskipper Ursula, that is a good idea but Disney already does an awful lot for charity. No, of course I do not donate JUST for the tax benefit but it is a nice benefit. If the lure of a Disney ticket gets a kid to volunteer for the first time I would hope that she/he will learn that it is more about the ticket and continue to volunteer without reward. But, I don't mind the use of the carrot for that first foray.
Originally Posted By Hista98 Honeslty i think the promos are stupid, they don't work that well. what happend to the only propmo was during an anniversary year the rest of the time it was just normal diseyland. if anything should be promo this year it should be DL's 55th. I think that people wil lnow be volenteering for the worng reasons, just to get something out of it.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo True Hista, but for some, they may discover they like it or it is not as difficult as they thought and will continue to do it. Now that would be great!
Originally Posted By utahjosh Yes, how horrible it will be: Millions of hours of community service and fun days at Disneyland. I shudder at the thought. Won't someone think of the children!!?
Originally Posted By magic0214 Okay, I am seeing what u are saying Ursula (Happy B-Day by the way) I think this is a good promotion now as far as promotions go. My homepage is Disney.com, and by the video on the homepage, it sounds like you will still get in free on your birthday next year too? Anyone know???
Originally Posted By Ursula <Ursula, that is a good idea but Disney already does an awful lot for charity.> Yes, I know. I am a VoluntEar myself. Anyone wish to sponsor me in the CHOC Walk??? I should also say that most of my opinions on this stem from what I saw at the D23 event. They had various things people could do in exchange for Mouse Ear hats. I did my part, cutting and tying knots into blankets for kids. I spent about 20-30 minutes doing it. I know people had a lot to do and see that day and several people did cut a few strips and tie a few knots and then leave. But, I lost count on how many people came up, touched a blanket (i.e. NOT do a thing) and then go and collect their Ear hat. It was disgusting and sad.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 I am curious about the specifics of this. How many hours will you have to work to earn a ticket? Will you need to do the hours in one day? Will someone verify the hours? What happens when a family with 3 children 4,5 and 6 show up at a charity unexpectedly because they want to make sure the whole family gets a ticket? Many charities require background checks for volunteers, how will that be handled. I think it is an interesting promotion. Though I am really promotioned out. It will also be interesting to see how Disney plasters this throughout the parks.
Originally Posted By dshyates I think this is the dumbest promotion yet. Don't get me wrong in that I think that its great that Disney is encouraging volenteerism, but this is more of a program than a promotion. And the way they rolled this out with the media coverage and all just seems a little slimey to me.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << And the way they rolled this out with the media coverage and all just seems a little slimey to me. >> So they should roll this out in secrecy so that no one knows about it?
Originally Posted By grlweatswchpstx I don't see the problem with offering to plant trees in exchange for people seeing Earth, I would have seen it anyway and it is nice to know that they are offering something worthwhile instead of something that will be wasted, like a free I dunno, cup or something in exchange for seeing the movie. And just because they are advertising that they are trying to help the Amazon doesn't mean its a bad thing that they are doing it, they just happen to not be as noble about it as making an anonymous donation. Anyway, I think this promotional idea is good, it gives a nice reward to persons who already volunteer and will get new people involved in it, and yes some will be doing it for selfish reasons, but others may find it to be something they genuinely enjoy and will keep doing.
Originally Posted By yoyoflip93 Lmao, comment #30 is epic. Seriously, I think some people here are being too cynical about this. Sure, there will be alot of people who will volunteer selfishly, but in the end, shouldn't the volunteer work be what matters in the end? So many people will be taking time out of their lives to help others, and that's bad because???? It's like Disney can't ever do anything right for people on this site.
Originally Posted By retlawfan Personally, I volunteer many, many hours per year, and am volunteering additional hours this year with Habitat for Humanity to help build some local homes for some very worthy families. I don't expect any "reward" for my efforts, but I appreciate the promotion just the same. Through it, more people will volunteer (Is it REALLY volunteering if there is a payoff at the end?), and hopefully they'll learn the good that comes of the process, and continue. Also, I'm hoping more people volunteer with the organizations I'm associated with. I wouldn't be associated with them if they weren't worthy causes, but it has been SO hard to find new volunteers over the years. We'll take all the help we can get!
Originally Posted By dshyates "So they should roll this out in secrecy so that no one knows about it?" Well, I'm sure they could have reached their million volenteers simply by putting it on their WDW and DLR websites and in their Disney Parks national TV and print media ads without calling all the news stations and having me down there doing live shots for the evening news.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 If this gets more people to volunteer and do good for their community, why is it a bad thing? Regardless of how or why they helped, I think volunteering is a good thing.... I hate how some people complain about something they really have no business in complaining in...
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I agree, William. Regardless of WHY they volunteer, people will be helping their fellow man. Even if people are volunteering simply because they want a park ticket, someone will benefit from their "greed," if you want to call it that. Why is this a bad thing? Do some of you have nothing better to do than complain?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The people who are volunteering just to get a free day at Disneyland are going to be so unproductive that it won't really matter in the grand scheme of things. I volunteer for a non-profit and if I my heart wasn't into it, I know I wouldn't get anything done.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 The people who are volunteering just to get a free day at Disneyland are going to be so unproductive that it won't really matter in the grand scheme of things. << Even if they are unproductive, how is it effecting you or those who complain in any way? This is a good situation, because as times get tough, the first things people stop doing is donating to charity.... So if Disney is able to only get 10% of the people volunteering to actually work hard for the charity or organization, and then only 10% of them enjoy it so much they go back, that is still a plethora of new volunteers and that is not a bad thing no matter how much people want to be upset about this...
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "So many people will be taking time out of their lives to help others, and that's bad because???? It's like Disney can't ever do anything right for people on this site." It's not that Disney can't ever do anything right. They certainly did a good job on the Sleeping Beauty walkthrough reopening in my opinion. I just hate it when a for-profit company pretends it's doing something nice when they are really in it for the profit. Basically, Disney thinks it will make more money doing this promotion than without. It's simply a modification of giving away free tickets all the while hoping they will spend money in the park in order to help fend off the recession. I would like to see them do this promotion during the next economic boom. They won't, because they won't have to give away free tickets to attract people to the parks. It's not real charity. Why doesn't Disney just give money to charity? Why don't they just beef up their Voluntears program if they are feeling so charitable? They won't. They want you to do it, and in return they'll give you a ticket with a real value way less than whatever price they are asking for it these days. Want to be charitable and feel good about it? Volunteer for a non-profit and *don't* take participate in this promotion. That's what I intend to do.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Want to be charitable and feel good about it? Volunteer for a non-profit and *don't* take participate in this promotion. That's what I intend to do. << Everybody volunteers for something... Nobody does it for nothing... Whether it is to feel "good" about themselves, or because it will look good on their resume... or because it will "enhance" their chances to get into heaven. You are fooling yourself if you think there are people out there who volunteer out of the good of their own heart expecting nothing back in return...
