USA WEEKEND magazine has paired with DisneyHand, the Walt Disney Company's community-outreach arm, to encourage Americans to volunteer on Make a Difference Day, scheduled for October 25. The joint
initiative launches with a cover story in this weekend's edition of USA Weekend, with subsequent issues set to feature personal articles by a range of Disney talent (ABC's Kelly Ripa, George Lopez and
Bonnie Hunt; ESPN's Dick Vitale; and Meredith Vieira of The View and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire). Three million people participated in last year's Make a Difference Day, according to USA Weekend.
During the week before the event, Disney's syndicated "Wayne Brady Show" will feature five segments on volunteers preparing to participate.
