The Workers'Compensation Institute (WCI) will host its 4th annual WCI GiveKids the World benefit gala on Aug. 5, 2017 at 6 p.m. at theOrlando (Fla.) World Marriott.

Proceeds from the event go to Give Kids theWorld, a Kissimmee, Fla.-based storybook-themed village thathosts seriously and often terminally ill children and theirfamilies for a week while they enjoy Orlando’s theme parks, allfree of charge.

Related: WCEC helps Give Kids the World

The gala event includes a sit-down dinner, silent auction andentertainment by the Dueling Pianos. The silent auction will haveitems that include hotel stays, sports memorabilia, jewelry andmuch more. Individual tickets are $50 each, while a table of10 is $450. (To purchase tickets, visit the event page on WCI's website and enter the number oftickets in the purple box.)

Those wishing to make a donation for the silent auction can doso via WCI. For those interested in sponsoring theevent, levels range from $250 to $5,000.

WCI's Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC)willl be held Aug. 6-10 at the Orlando World Marriott. The dinnerfollows the Institute's Saturday volunteer day at Give Kids theWorld; conference attendees are encouraged to participate. So many conference attendees volunteeredin 2016 — nearly 500 people — that the volunteer effort expanded tospan three days.

Special hotel rates of $99 for Friday and Saturday nights willbe given to those who register and attend the gala; thoseinterested can visit WCI's dedicated web page for more information.

Related: Scenes from the first day of WCEC2016

Below, PC360 talks to Brad Loewen, whose family's lives werechanged forever after their trip to Give Kids the World in thewinter of 2009.

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