NOCTUM IS OFFICIALLY PARTNERED WITH GIVE KIDS THE WORLD VILLAGE (GKTW) NON-PROFIT CHARITY AND DONATES FIVE DOLLARS FROM EVERY SALE TO HELPING CREATE MAGICAL MEMORIES FOR CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

“THANK YOU FOR GIVING US BACK THE SARITA THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED. THE ILLNESS IS SECONDARY NOW…WE NOW LIVE LIFE FOR TODAY. WE ARE HUMBLED BY THIS WHOLE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH THE LOVE AND KINDNESS OF PEOPLE WE DON’T EVEN KNOW.” –SARITA’S FAMILY, CANADA

HELPING TO CREATE HAPPINESS AND INSPIRE HOPE IS OUR WAY OF SHARING THE LIVE LIFE ALIVE MENTALITY

SINCE 1986, GIVE KIDS THE WORLD HAS HOSTED MORE THAN 132,000 DESERVING FAMILIES FROM ALL 50 STATES AND MORE THAN 74 COUNTRIES. YOUR SUPPORT HELPS TO PROVIDE THESE FAMILIES A WEEK-LONG, COST-FREE VACATION TO A 70-ACRE STORYBOOK-THEMED RESORT, COMPLETE WITH ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE VILLAGE’S WHIMSICAL VILLAS, TRANSPORTATION, MEALS, TICKETS TO SEAWORLD ORLANDO, UNIVERSAL ORLANDO, AND WALT DISNEY WORLD, AND ICE CREAM ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

FOR THE FAMILIES WHO VISIT, SEEING THE LIGHT RETURN TO THEIR CHILD’S EYES, WATCHING AS TEARS OF SADNESS ARE REPLACED WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER, HELPING THEIR CHILD ONTO A CAROUSEL INSTEAD OF A HOSPITAL BED IS PRICELESS. A GETAWAY TO GIVE KIDS THE WORLD OFFERS CHILDREN SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO WHILE THEY ARE PERSEVERING THROUGH LIFE.

INTERESTING FACTS

• GKTW HAS SERVED OVER 132,000 FAMILIES SINCE 1986

• IN 2013 GKTW SERVED 7,310 FAMILIES.

• 397 FAMILIES WERE SERVED FROM NY IN 2013.

• GKTW HAS SERVED FAMILIES FROM 75 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

• ONLY 8% OF FUNDS GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

• GKTW HAVE MORE THAN 1,400 VOLUNTEER SHIFTS FILLED EVERY WEEK.

• THERE ARE 146 VILLAS ON PROPERTY.

• GKTW HAS A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE CAROUSEL.

• EVERY MONDAY GKTW CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN, AND EVERY THURSDAY GKTW CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS.