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SATW Phoenix awards honor New York, Canada

Five tourism projects -- two in New York City and three in Canada -- are winners in the 2010 Phoenix Awards from the the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW).

Phoenix Awards recognize conservation, preservation, beautification and anti-pollution accomplishments.

In New York,  SATW honored the High Line, a vertical public park, and the Central Park Conservancy.

In Canada, Phoenix Award winners were Miscou Island in New Brunswick, the Trans Canada Trail, and Dr. Mary Majka and Mary’s Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve in Harvey, New Brunswick.

For the Phoenix Awards video, click Phoenix Awards 2010 from SATW Video on Vimeo.

Give a day, get a free day at Disney

Volunteering to help people in your community is its own reward. People who perform volunteer service are nearly unanimous about one thing -- how good they feel about their contributions and how much fun they have making a difference in someone else's life.

This year, the folks at Disney are offering a further reward. One million people who perform volunteer service for a participating organization will get a free one-day admission ticket to a Disney World (Florida) or Disneyland (California) theme park.

You can learn more about the program by visiting disneyparks.com.