Community service has many benefits for those who give back; a better city, new skills, new friendships, the warm knowledge you’ve made a difference.

Now, there’s another benefit: a free visit at Disneyland (or Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, if you don’t mind the plane flight).

The Los Angeles Times detailed the new offer in a recent piece (go to http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/disney-offers-free-park-admission-to-those-who-volunteer.html for the story), but here are the basics:

Beginning Jan. 1, go to http://www.DisneyParks.com to sign up and browse through opportunities for volunteer work. Disney is working with the HandsOn Network, a part of the Points of Light Institute, which operates 250 centers nationwide and connects volunteers to more than 70,000 volunteer agencies.

Up to 1 million volunteers who’ve signed up beginning Jan. 1 will get a free one-day admission ticket for a day’s worth of volunteering at one of the two parks. This is a terrific opportunity, and yet another reminder that doing good can be rewarding in so many different ways.