Give Kids The World Village is a 79-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

 

The Village and its community partners provide children and their families accommodations in fully-furnished villas, transportation, tickets to theme parks, meals, daily entertainment and much more.

 

Each year 27,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Half of all children eligible for a wish through a partnering wish-granting organization choose to visit Central Florida and its collection of theme parks and other attractions.

Our goal, quite simply, is to provide everything these deserving families need to make their trip the vacation of a lifetime. Since 1986, more than 143,000 children and families have had their dreams fulfilled in a whimsical Village unlike any other place on earth.

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Our national contestants are asked to raise funds and awareness for GIVE KIDS THE WORLD VILLAGE. There is no set amount to the donation that can be given and a portion of the total funds raised go toward the purchase of four tickets to the annual BLACK & WHITE GALA for our NATIONAL TEEN, NATIONAL MISS, and two chaperones. The GKTW website can be utilized to help build a fundraising page and/or create fundraising efforts. 

 

For the past 11 years the Princess America Organization and its contestants have raised over $200,000 for this incredible cause! Each year at the national pageant we take the contestants to spend a day volunteering, visiting, and touring the village.