Tag: Give Kids the World
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A Walt Disney World Trip Alternative
Take twelve college students, Tiara Todd as chaperone, two off-site rental condos, a minivan, and a “hamster-mobile”, mix them all together for one alternative experience to Central Florida. Let me back up a second – this was no normal vacation trip. This time, I was leading a group of college students on a week-long “alternative…
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It’s A Wonderful (Correspondent’s) Life
I know, I know, it’s cliche to write the year-end retrospective article around New Year’s. However, I can’t help it. It’s my nature as a scientist to analyze, evaluate, and reflect, and it’s amazing to think about all the different experiences I’ve squeezed into 2009. There were trips to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal…
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A Special DIS-apalooza Weekend
Greetings Everyone: I wanted to recap DIS-apalooza weekend, December 10-14, from the perspective of your special correspondent. It was a special weekend indeed. Get it? Special weekend? Special correspondent? Oh gimme a break, I’ve been dealing with a cold since I returned from the weekend, and it’s the best I’ve got in my sinus pressure…
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Give Kids The World: the 8th Wonder of the World
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Pamela Landwirth, President of Give Kids The World. Pamela has an extensive background in the theme park and resort operations industry from her 16 years at the Walt Disney Company. She discussed some of her experiences with Disney including the opening of EuroDisney (now…
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Become a “Voluntourist” for Give Kids The World Village
The DIS and DIS Unplugged have been involved in a number of fund-raising efforts for Give Kids The World (GKTW), and this has led to lots of discussion on other ways people can give back, or visit the GKTW Village. So how does one go about visiting the Village, or, better yet, become a “voluntourist”,…
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View from the Mud Pit: Muddy Buddy Orlando 2009
10 years ago, the Muddy Buddy Series was founded by Bob Babbitt with two men and a horse (sounds like a sitcom). Bob quickly realized he needed to lose the 2,000 pound animal with a mind of its own, and reformulate the event. The horse was replaced with a mountain bike, and in 1999 the…
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Men, Muscles, Mud. The Adventures of Six Dirty Dis’ers
Today finally was the day that many of us were excited for! The Muddy Buddy took place today at Disney’s Wide World of Sports.