Share Orlando’s own SAVANNAH has just released their second EP titled LUMA OPTICA. This EP release is currently up and streaming on their Facebook page. The band’s first release VESSELS is available now on iTunes. Be sure to follow SAVANNAH on Facebook and check out a sampling of their release there as well. We [...]
Share Several organizations that provide essentials such as food and shelter for local families in need got an unexpected boost in support from Walt Disney World Resort this week. As part of a 40-day celebration across Central Florida to shine a spotlight on organizations that improve the lives of children, Mickey Mouse made a surprise [...]
Share Orlando local, Brandy Gill, created a commercial as part of the Doritos/PepsiMax “Crash the Super Bowl” contest (a nationwide competition) and has been named a Top 10 finalist! If he wins, his commercial will be aired during the Superbowl and he’s in the running for a $1,000,000 prize. Brandy, a 1997 graduate of UCF [...]
Share One of South Africa’s leading educators recently paid a special visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Lodge to share her inspirational story of perseverance and express gratitude for the ongoing support of several Central Floridians. Eleven years ago, Nomusa Zikhali established the internationally-renowned Nkomo Primary School in rural South Africa with 60 [...]
Share Our soon-to-be governor was in town this week, visiting Walt Disney World, where he rode Soarin’ at Epcot. He also treated some area kids to a day at the theme park: Enjoying Epcot as the guests of incoming Florida Governor-Elect Rick Scott, approximately a dozen Central Florida kids were treated to a memorable day [...]
Share Land is being cleared at the site of Disney’s new Art of Animation Resort, which is scheduled to open in 2012. The site is adjacent to the Pop Century Resort. In fact, it was planned as the second phase of the Pop Century Resort itself before the project was put on hold and then [...]
Share Do you know a child who is out doing good in our community? If so, you should nominate him or her for The Barnum Award. The Orlando-area deadline for nominations is Dec. 15. Here’s what Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey has to say about this special award: In conjunction with a two-year celebration [...]
Share It has been a decidedly tough week for me. Two families I grew up with have lost loved ones to suicide. It has me grieving, reeling, and wondering how to stop what has started to feel like an epidemic in my tiny hometown. I keep coming back to some videos that my friend Kas [...]
