Posted on Saturday, 21st August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Central Florida based Give Kids The World (GKTW) was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show.  In the segment, President of GKTW Pamela Landwirth talks about the great work done by the organization to bring children with life-threatening illnesses to Orlando.  The full video is included below.  You may never look at “yes” the same way [...]

Tags: Give Kids the World, Jenna Bush Hager, Pamela Landwirth, Today Show
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Last weekend, July 23-25, 2010, contestants from the reality shows Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Big Brother were in Celebration, FL at the Celebration Town Center for a reunion.  The event was part of a fundraiser for Give Kids The World.  During the weekend, some of the celebrities took time out to visit SeaWorld’s Discovery [...]

Tags: Amazing Race, Big Brother, Celebration FL, Discovery Cove, Give Kids the World, Survivor
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Posted on Sunday, 18th July 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Ice Cream For Breakfast is an awareness and fundraising campaign for Give Kids The World (GKTW).  Families at GKTW enjoy ice cream any time of the day, and the idea for the campaign came from one former Wish Family who celebrates the anniversary of their trip to GKTW by eating ice cream for breakfast just [...]

Tags: Give Kids the World, Kurt Warner
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Posted on Thursday, 1st July 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Retired National Football League quarterback Kurt Warner (two-time NFL MVP & Super Bowl MVP) treated 10 families with a child in medical crisis to a week in Orlando, FL as part of the outreach work of his First Things First Foundation.  All families stayed at Give Kids The World (GKTW) Village from June 17 – [...]

Tags: Disney Quest, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Epcot, First Things First Foundation, For Those Without A Voice, Give Kids the World, Kurt Warner, Magic Kingdom
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Posted on Tuesday, 29th June 2010 by Dave Parfitt

You would think a city like Orlando or the greater Central Florida area would have no trouble getting people to come, right?  I mean there are 7 theme parks at Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal combined.  However, tourism is vital to Florida’s economy and big business for the area in general.  Therefore, when the [...]

Tags: Arabian Nights, Baterby's Art Gallery, Cuba Libre, Gatorland, Give Kids the World, International Pow Wow, Kennedy Space Center, Medieval Times, Pirate's Dinner Adventure, Pointe Orlando, Ritz-Carlton Spa, Swan and Dolphin Hotels, Tommy Bahama's Restaurant and Bar, US Travel Association
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Posted on Tuesday, 8th June 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Give Kids The World (GKTW) is participating in the June “Refresh Everything” program sponsored by Pepsi.  If they are one of the top two vote-getters this month, they will receive a cash donation of $250,000 for the Village.  You can vote once a day, every day in June, to help ensure that all of the [...]

Tags: Give Kids the World
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Posted on Thursday, 13th May 2010 by Kathy Werling

This past weekend the Muddy Buddy race was held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Walt Disney World.
This event is great for the participants and spectators.  It’s fun to see many of the teams dressed in costumes as they ride or run the course. There were over 1,600 teams competing in the [...]

Tags: disney world, ESPN Wide World of Sports, Give Kids the World, Muddy Buddy
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