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Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Always up for a new adventure. I love Musicals, photography, my family, road trips, and beads. So far I have been fortunate enough to teach in Japan, South Korea, Kenya, and the Canadian Arctic. Currently in my 5th year in the frozen North and up for any new adventure.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Give a Day to Disney - Tuesday, February 9, 2010

When I was living in Japan I had the chance to visit Tokyo Disneyland. It was a fun filled day of rides, food, and silly characters. A and E have also been to Disneyland in California many times but the younger girls never have. So we decided that Disneyland was a place we wanted to go, after all this is a trip that may not happen again. A told us about the newest promotion from Disney called “Give a Day to Disney”. The idea being that you volunteer for a local charity or group and Disney gives you a voucher for a day pass at one of their parks. What a great idea! Now the decision was where to volunteer, our problem being we don’t all live in the same city anymore. R was on the ball and started scouting out charities that were associated with Disney, and what we could access from home or get us all together at a specific time and day. We hit jackpot in terms of achievability for us. We decided to volunteer with a charity that makes blankets for the homeless and those in shelters. As it is still winter we felt that this was a particularly worthy cause; there are often freezing warnings in our hometown when the shelters are open 24/7 to ensure that people have somewhere warm to go, but there are always the ones that refuse to go to a shelter. Making blankets seemed like a good thing to do just for the cause itself; getting a pass to Disneyland was really a bonus as we felt great about giving our time. Kinda gave us all a warm fuzzy feeling :) if you will pardon the pun.

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