Here’s an awe­some free­bie to kick off 2010 and the new decade

Begin­ning today, Dis­ney Parks is offi­cially launch­ing “Give a Day, Get a Dis­ney Day” — per­form a day of vol­un­teer ser­vice at a par­tic­i­pat­ing orga­ni­za­tion or work on a cer­tain vol­un­teer project in 2010 and you’ll receive a free, one-day admis­sion ticket to a Walt Dis­ney World Resort or Dis­ney­land Resort theme park.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. You must pre-register and sign up for eli­gi­ble vol­un­teer oppor­tu­nity at disneyparks.com. Ticket quan­ti­ties for this pro­gram are lim­ited so I strongly rec­om­mend that you reg­is­ter right away. Must be at least age 6 to participate.

2. Visit www.DisneyParks.com or www.DisneyParks.ca, search for a vol­un­teer activ­ity and sign up. You’ll notice, many of the avail­able activ­i­ties offer oppor­tu­ni­ties for fam­i­lies to vol­un­teer together.

3. Next, you com­plete the vol­un­teer activ­ity selected.

4. Finally, when the com­pleted day of vol­un­teer ser­vice has been ver­i­fied, you’ll print out a voucher online (instruc­tions will be included in a follow-up e-mail from Dis­ney Parks) before redeem­ing it at a Dis­ney Park — in Cal­i­for­nia at Dis­ney­land Resort or in Florida at Walt Dis­ney World Resort – for a one-day, one-park ticket. If a guest deter­mines that they won’t be able to visit a Dis­ney park (vouch­ers must be redeemed and tick­ets used by Dec. 15, 2010), they can donate the ticket to a char­ity des­ig­nated by Dis­ney: Boys & Girls Clubs of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia; Boys & Girls Clubs of Cen­tral Florida; Dreams Take Flight Canada.

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