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The World At Your Fingertips

Give Kids the World 2024

The Most Magical Place on Earth

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Give Kids the World

Today we went to the Magic Kingdom Disney Park. We took the ferry over to the entrance, which was a nice way to start off the day. The first ride we went to was Pirates of the Caribbean, which was really fun. Next we walked through the center of the park past the castle...

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Final Day of Service

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024Give Kids the World

Today, our final day at Give Kids The World, we ended our service with two more shifts. After our final morning shift in the cafeteria, our group spent one more relaxing day at the community pool near our condos laying in the strong sunshine and throwing around a football that one of our group...

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Halloween Extravaganza!

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024Give Kids the World

Just as we have done for the past two days, we served breakfast at Cafe Clayton at 7:30 in the morning. We split up into our separate shifts and began serving food at 8:00 a.m. Some of us served food at the hot food bar and waffle makers, while others helped clean tables and...

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Pizza, Pools, and Disney Springs

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Give Kids the World

Today we started by working the breakfast shift in Cafe Clayton at Give Kids the World. We have this shift everyday, so it went pretty smoothly since we knew what to expect. We then went to Disney Springs for lunch and shopping after volunteering. After a few hours of walking, we went back to...

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Giving Kids the World!

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024Give Kids the World

Today was our first opportunity to volunteer at the Give Kids The World Village. Our day started with a meeting at the volunteer services building, where we were given our assignments for the rest of the week. Around the village, there are many places where we could have been assigned, however for each morning...

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The Start of a Great Week

March 23, 2024March 23, 2024Give Kids the World

We all arrived at MFS around 6:45 a.m. and, after arriving at the airport, we had two hours before boarding. We then had a two-hour flight to Orlando. After getting to Orlando, we got lunch at Chick-fil-A, dropped our luggage off at our condos, and went to Walmart to get supplies for the week....

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