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Hope Partnership of Osceola County

Hope Partnership of Osceola County

Hope Partnership has a volunteer opportunity

The Hope Partnership (formerly the Community Hope Center in Osceola County has a resource guide on its website, and its information needs to be verified or updated. The resources are categorized into a spreadsheet so that multiple volunteers can help virtually at the same time.
Osceola County

Osceola County

Osceola County, St. Cloud propose smaller 2021-22 budgets

Now that August approaches, governments are looking toward the next budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Osceola County and the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud have met within the last week to talk about preliminary budgets that are smaller than 2020-21.
Occupancy rates of all Osceola County lodging, including vacation homes, has risen every month of 2021. PHOTO/EXPERIENCE KISSIMMEE

Occupancy rates of all Osceola County lodging, including vacation homes, has risen every month of 2021. PHOTO/EXPERIENCE KISSIMMEE

Study: Kissimmee No. 3 “Comeback Cities” for post-pandemic 2021 vacations; rising occupancy stats show it’s true

The tourism industry, the lifeblood of Osceola County, is making a post-pandemic rebound. That statement’s not just from eyeballing the amount of traffic in our area and around the tourism-heavy areas like the theme parks and West U.S. Highway 192.
Give Kids the World CEO Pam Landwirth "christens" the Serendipity joined by the mothers of some of the namesakes on the ship. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Give Kids the World CEO Pam Landwirth "christens" the Serendipity joined by the mothers of some of the namesakes on the ship. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Give Kids the World adds new ‘Serendipity’ ship to its Village

The magic is back at Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee, where critically ill children stay for a week to ignore their medical troubles. The village, like make other facilities, had to temporarily close last year, but re-opened this year to continue creating joy and hope.