Where your wishes come true

Within Give Kids the World Village there is a castle that is said to be magical. On Sunday Nicole and I had the opportunity to witness this magic first hand. Upon checking in a child is given a small golden star, when the child brings their star to the castle they are greeted by two wonderful volunteers such as myself and Nicole. We take the children and their families over to Stella, a fairy who handles all the stars given to the children. The child writes their name on the star and places it in a chest awaking Stella who then comes and takes their star and sends it into the sky. The child watches as the chest shakes from Stella and then can watch Stella move through lights and show up in different places before she finally places the star in the sky. By the next day the star will be in the sky and the child can come back to see the star in the castle's star tower. When they come back they take the star portal (an ipad) into the star tower and follow Stella as she points out their star. Once Stella gets to the galaxy in which their star is in the portal takes a picture of their star and the child can then take a photo with their star. Also in the castle is a tree that makes pillows with a hug, a kiss, and love. An owl who lives in the tree takes the children through a story and helps the child to make a pillow, in the end their pillow that they made appears in a tree stump of the tree. The kids get so excited when they see their completed pillow that they helped the owl make. Lastly in the castle is a thrown for the princesses and knights to sit at, a table for fun arts and crafts, a wishing well with pennies for their wishes, and the inside of a sleeping tree that is lit with many sparkling lights. On the ceiling of the castle is where all of the children's stars are placed. Every child who has ever stayed at Give Kids the World Village has a star on the ceiling of the castle, many times families return for visits and are able to find their star on the ceiling. 

The galaxies within the Star Tower

The tree that creates pillows with a hug, a kiss, and love.

Inside the tree with sparkling lights.

Where the children meet Stella.

Nicole and I sitting upon the thrown.

 The next several pictures show you the stars among the ceiling. I tried to get enough pictures and angles to show you just how many stars their are. All of the sparkling and gold on the ceiling are the stars.

After helping to create magical experiences within the castle we went outside to run the carousel. This was so much fun because the kids would get so excited about which animal they wanted to ride on and then would want to ride multiple times so they could ride on each animal. Unfortunately our time here was cut short because of lightening in the area. But the short time we worked it was a lot of fun and the kids were adorable.