ADVISORY/Groundhog Jobshadow Day: Forty High-School Students Will Shadow a Workplace Mentor at The Walt Disney Co.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Feb. 2)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:    Groundhog Jobshadow Day

         Forty high-school students will shadow a workplace mentor at
         The Walt Disney Co., including music, creative, film,
         television, animation, marketing, communications and
         financial executives.  The mentors will provide the students
         with an up-close look at how the skills learned in school are
         put into action in the workplace.

         Groundhog Jobshadow Day is a national initiative sponsored by
         America's Promise, the National School-to-Work Opportunities
         Office, Junior Achievement and the American Society of
         Association Executives.  This year's goal is to have more
         than half a million students across America learn from job-
         shadowing experiences.

WHEN:    Feb. 2, 2000, 9 a.m. - noon

WHERE:   The Walt Disney Co., Burbank, Calif.
         (Located at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Buena Vista
          Street; use the Alameda gate entrance).