Tag: Veterans
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Tribute Tables Set for Fallen Soldiers at Disneyland for Memorial Day
Tables have been set for fallen soldiers around the Disneyland Resort at multiple restaurants. These empty tables are in honor of those who served the United States and didn’t come back. They were found in New Orleans Square at Tiana’s Palace, Cafe Orleans, and the Blue Bayou Restaurant. These beautiful tribute tables each have a…
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure to Honor Military Service
The Walt Disney Company has a long legacy of honoring those who have served in the military. Back before Disney was a thing, both Walt and his brother Roy O. Disney served during World War I. Built on that foundation, The Walt Disney Company has continued to honor and admire U.S. military service. One way…
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Disney Supports Next Generation of Military Veteran Leaders with $1 Million Donation to Student Veterans of America
The Walt Disney Company today announced a $1 million donation to Student Veterans of America (SVA) as part of its commitment to helping veterans find meaningful careers following their military service. With this donation, Disney becomes the founding sponsor of the upcoming SVA Career Center, which will empower veterans with the tools and guidance they need to…
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‘Veterans Have a Home at The Walt Disney Company’: Disney Salutes Veterans and Military Families
As Veterans Day approaches this weekend, The Walt Disney Company is celebrating and saluting those who have served and military families. That includes many of which who have come to call Disney home after serving their country. On Friday, the company highlighted some of these veterans turned cast members with a special look into the honor, values,…
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Veterans – Day Eleven – 23 Days of Thanksgiving
Today is Veterans Day. This holiday celebrates and honors those who have served in the United States military. Originally this holiday was known as Armistice Day. It marked the end of World War I at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. In 1954, the holiday was renamed to…
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Additional Speakers Announced For Disney Veterans Institute Summit
The Veterans Institute Summit takes place on August 19th and 20th. This summit is presented by the Disney Institute and Wounded Warrior Project. The conference is designed to empower companies to build effective veteran hiring, training, and support programs of their own. Previously, a list of speakers for the summit was announced on the Disney…
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Disneyland Honors the Men and Women of Desert Storm – Thirty Years Ago at Disneyland
This month’s entry is quite appropriate as we enter the Fourth of July weekend. Disneyland has never shied away from patriotic spectacle. Indeed, Walt Disney is quoted as saying, “If you could see in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and my spine is growing this red, white and blue…
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Disneyland Honors Cast Member Veterans During Special Patriotic Flag Retreat
On Monday Disneyland honored veterans and also Cast Members who are veterans during a very special patriotic flag retreat ceremony. This patriotic ceremony honored those who have served the United States of America. The event was heavily attended and recognized veterans for their service. Cast Members who were veterans were given a place of honor…
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Disney Announces Heroes Work Here – a Company-Wide Initiative To Hire, Train and Support Military Veterans
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE “Heroes Work Here. Employ excellence. Hire veterans.” KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13, 2012 − Today at The Walt Disney Company’s (NYSE: DIS) Annual Shareholder meeting in Kansas City, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Iger announced Heroes Work Here, a new company-wide initiative to hire, train and support returning veterans.…
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Cigna Goes the Distance for Wounded Veterans
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (Nov. 09, 2011) — Cigna announced the company will honor the men and women who served and defended our nation with a Go the Distance for Veterans program launching Friday. This unusual running-giving program integrates Cigna’s employee giving campaign and Cigna Foundation grants with Cigna’s fourth annual sponsorship of the…
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Disneyland Remembers 9-11
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs On September 11, 2001 Disneyland was empty. There were no guests flying through space in Tomorrowland, no adventures through the jungles of Adventureland, no laughing place in Critter Country. With all the unknowns of the day, it was decided that it would not be safe to open…