Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
In this second part of our episode on Give Kids The World Village, Live Life Forward continues to explore the magical nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.
Life Forward host Beth Troutman meets with Give the World Village President & CEO Pamela Landwirth and Boston Market CEO Frances Allen to learn about the Village and its partnership with Boston Market.
“It’s just amazing to wake up and see these children and families who are going through so many struggles but having the time of their lives,” Pamela said. Boston Market has been involved with Give Kids The World Village for 10 years, helping families come together for delicious homestyle meals while they’re at the Village.
Frances is passionate about making the lives of the families at the village as stress-free as possible, so they can enjoy every minute of their trip.
“We take (cooking) off their to-do list,” she said.
The highlight of Beth’s time with Pamela and Frances is a tour of a building that features gold stars on the ceiling for every single Wish kid who visits the village. Each star represents a child’s story, and the ceiling painted to look like a sky glistens with the memories of children who came to the village. Some of the kids fought and can come back to visit their star, and some lost their battle, but their star forever remains for the families who survive them.
Next, Beth visits Katie’s Kitchen, the dining hall at Give Kids The World Village, to get a firsthand look at how Boston Market is dedicated to serving the families staying at the Village. Beth then introduces the Maguire family to Maricela Goldstein, the winner of 2018’s Boston Market coupon book sale. Maricela truly has a heart for giving and has come down several times to volunteer at the village. Boston Market and Give Kids The World are both dedicated to bringing families together.
Beth closes her visit with the most unforgettable Winter Wonderland you could imagine—one filled with joy, love and laughter.
Henri Landwirth, the founder of Give Kids the World Village who passed away last year, was passionate about doing service work for children, in large part because his own childhood was marked by tragedy—both his parents were killed in the Holocaust, and he endured living in Nazi concentration camps from age 13 to 18.
Learn More: gktw.org
In this second part of our episode on Give Kids The World Village, Live Life Forward continues to explore the magical nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.
Life Forward host Beth Troutman meets with Give the World Village President & CEO Pamela Landwirth and Boston Market CEO Frances Allen to learn about the Village and its partnership with Boston Market.
“It’s just amazing to wake up and see these children and families who are going through so many struggles but having the time of their lives,” Pamela said. Boston Market has been involved with Give Kids The World Village for 10 years, helping families come together for delicious homestyle meals while they’re at the Village.
Frances is passionate about making the lives of the families at the village as stress-free as possible, so they can enjoy every minute of their trip.
“We take (cooking) off their to-do list,” she said.
The highlight of Beth’s time with Pamela and Frances is a tour of a building that features gold stars on the ceiling for every single Wish kid who visits the village. Each star represents a child’s story, and the ceiling painted to look like a sky glistens with the memories of children who came to the village. Some of the kids fought and can come back to visit their star, and some lost their battle, but their star forever remains for the families who survive them.
Next, Beth visits Katie’s Kitchen, the dining hall at Give Kids The World Village, to get a firsthand look at how Boston Market is dedicated to serving the families staying at the Village. Beth then introduces the Maguire family to Maricela Goldstein, the winner of 2018’s Boston Market coupon book sale. Maricela truly has a heart for giving and has come down several times to volunteer at the village. Boston Market and Give Kids The World are both dedicated to bringing families together.
Beth closes her visit with the most unforgettable Winter Wonderland you could imagine—one filled with joy, love and laughter.
Henri Landwirth, the founder of Give Kids the World Village who passed away last year, was passionate about doing service work for children, in large part because his own childhood was marked by tragedy—both his parents were killed in the Holocaust, and he endured living in Nazi concentration camps from age 13 to 18.
Learn More: gktw.org
