Disney fans are building 24,000 charity kits at D23
A show floor pavilion turns attendees into Honorary Disney VoluntEARS. Eight thousand kits a day, three different organizations, one for each day of the weekend.
There’s a booth on the D23 show floor where you don’t buy anything, but everything is valuable.
The Disney VoluntEARS pavilion invites attendees to work an assembly line, putting together care kits for children and families. The target is 8,000 kits per day across the three days.
Twenty-four thousand by Sunday night.
What the Disney VoluntEARS pavilion builds each day
A different project every day, for a different organization.
Friday, August 14: wish kits for children with upcoming Disney Wishes, in partnership with Make-A-Wish.
Saturday, August 15: welcome kits for military families, with Blue Star Families.
Sunday, August 16: Disney-themed activity kits for children in hospitals, with the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Participants get a photo opportunity on the way out.
Who the Disney VoluntEARS are
Disney’s employee volunteer program, running since 1983.
Cast members, Imagineers, and employees across the company log volunteer hours in their communities. At D23 the program opens to attendees, who serve as Honorary VoluntEARS for the length of a shift.
That’s the mechanism. A convention floor has thousands of people standing in lines, and this is a booth that turns fifteen minutes of that into something a hospital can use.
Where to find it at D23
On the show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center, open across all three days.
No separate ticket, no reservation. Event admission covers it.
The floor this year is the largest in D23 history and the competition for attention is severe. A table where you assemble care kits is up against a TVA walkthrough, a life-size Pixar set, and a 4D theater.
Which is precisely why it’s worth mentioning. It’s the quietest thing on the floor and the only one that leaves the building.
Article compiled with the help of the Pirates & Princesses newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
D23 (July 2026), the official show floor announcement including the daily kit targets, the three partner organizations, and the Honorary VoluntEARS framing
The Walt Disney Company (July 2026), the full show floor experience lineup
ABC7 (July 2026), the confirmation that VoluntEARS activity carries beyond the convention center