WDWCelebrations is a new fan-based organization aiming to bring Disney fans everywhere together for a variety of occasions, both big and small.

What began as a grass-roots fan group determined to properly celebrate Epcot’s 25th Anniversary has grown into an organization that is working directly with The Walt Disney Company to create special fan events for celebrating Disney’s milestones, as well as our love of Walt Disney World. When setting up their new operating plan, the founders included a Charity Initiative, committed to donating a portion of all proceeds from sales of apparel, commemorative DVDs, and commemorative scrapbooks to charity. 

As part of that Charity Initiative, WDWCelebrations collected $2 from every commemorative Celebration 25 DVD sold, proceeds from merchandise sold on their website, and money left from their Illuminations Dessert Party budget, with the goal of giving back some of the Disney Magic we all love to some seriously ill children who could really use it.During their “A Wild Decade” event, held to celebrate Animal Kingdom’s tenth anniversary on April 22, 2008, they scheduled a very special moment towards the end of their very exciting day.

In what Lou described as “One of the most inspiring moments of Animal Kingdom’s tenth anniversary,” Adam Roth, Jason Diffendal, and other members of WDWCelebrations presented Lou Mongello with a donation of $500 for the Dream Team Project. This is the first of what they hope will be many donations in the future.

WDWCelebrations recently opened registration for their next event: World Wide Weekend: A WDWCelebrations Signature Event, to be held September 25-28, 2008. Once again they will be working with the Disney organization to provide experiences unique to WDWCelebrations events, and already it sounds like it will be a very fun weekend for all in attendance. I'm already signed up and looking forward to going!

The Dream Team Project sincerely thanks WDWCelebrations for their donation, and for their continuing dedication to sharing the magic with everyone.

Adam Roth and Jason Diffendal present a donation of $500 to Lou Mongello for the Dream Team Project

Photo by Deb Wills ©2008