Below is the email that Omicron Delta Kappa Headquarters received from the HandsOn Network.
We are announcing that an astounding one million people are making an
impact on their local communities by committing to volunteering through
the Give A Day. Get A Disney Day. program. The goal of
inspiring one million people to serve was reached quickly. Thank you
for your tremendous spirit, dedication and passion for civic change,
and for helping make this program such an overwhelming success.
What this means to participating organizations:
One million volunteers have either committed to volunteer or completed their service.
If you have opportunities in the
system that volunteers signed up for prior to the end of the program,
please continue to conduct these events and manage and verify
volunteers' service through the Volunteer Opportunity Portal ("VOP"). NOTE:
Even though the program has ended, individuals who have already signed
up and officially committed to a specific activity through
disneyparks.com before the program ended are still eligible for their voucher for a free Disney theme park ticket once their qualified volunteer service has been verified.
Volunteers
can no longer search or sign up for new opportunities through
www.DisneyParks.com. Organizations can no longer enter new
opportunities into the system on the VOP.
If a volunteer cancels or does not appear for the opportunity they signed up for, that volunteer
will no longer be eligible for a voucher for a theme park ticket nor
will they be able to search and sign-up for an alternative opportunity
to qualify for a voucher. Your organization will not need to
accommodate these volunteers with any other activities.
Instructions
for how to manage volunteers and verify service in the case of a
project cancellation or rescheduling will be posted at
http://answers.handsonnetwork.org, under "Latest Updates" (on the right-hand side of the page). Organizations needing to reschedule a changed or cancelled project must notify registered Give A Day. Get A Disney Day. volunteers within five days.Rescheduled projects must occur within 30 days of the original event date.
Though the Give A Day. Get A Disney Day.
program has come to an end and no additional free theme park tickets
will be made available through this program, HandsOn Network can
continue to connect you with volunteers in your area and resources for
helping achieve your organizational mission, year round. See the
section below entitled, "Connecting Organizations with Volunteers."
The
innovative nature of this program exponentially increased
organizations' capacity to both invite and excite people about
volunteerism. Many volunteers served for the first time, beginning what
we hope will be a life-long service journey. We look forward to
organizations carrying on the momentum of this program, reconnecting with volunteers, and accomplishing even more in your communities this year.
