{"id":119966,"date":"2023-06-24T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T20:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119966"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T20:05:24","slug":"900-kids-w-life-threatening-conditions-families-enjoy-special-day-at-dorney-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119966","title":{"rendered":"900 Kids w\/ Life-Threatening Conditions + Families Enjoy Special Day at Dorney Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, nearly 900 people representing kids with life-threatening conditions and their family members enjoyed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/akidagain.org\/event\/dorney-park-and-wildwater-kingdom\/__;!!I-gv3HeEIA!xUFX2qKwp54lWp-tqafMI_2BbLYedZjdqk4ZToMqy0tf0FDB7bdYWWV8i2vJMvmBBNU6TTRZUqyrUja0-C0bBDPr9A$\">Rides &amp; Slides Adventure at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0event, thanks to the nonprofit\u00a0\u00a0<a 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class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1710\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-scaled.jpg 1710w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01481-300x449.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script){su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69f63ca1d7aa3_script);}<\/script>\n<p><em>A Kid Again photos credit Dorney Park PR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Kid Again kids and their families enjoyed a cost-free day at the park, filled with rides, games, and a special lunch especially for A Kid Again guests.<\/p>\n<p>A Kid Again is a national\u00a0organization that serves children with life-threatening health conditions and their families by providing cost-free, year-round Adventures that offer hope, happiness, healing, and a time-out from the burden of medical conditions. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of A Kid Again currently serves nearly 600 families throughout region.\u00a0To learn more, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/akidagain.org\/\">akidagain.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About A Kid Again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A\u202fKid\u202fAgain is\u202fa\u202fnational organization with\u202fa\u202fmission to foster hope,\u202fhappiness\u202fand healing for children with life-threatening health conditions\u202fand their families. The organization currently serves more than 13,000 families, providing cost-free, care-free, year-round\u202factivities that create meaningful shared experiences\u202fand joy-filled memories. More than 1.5 million children\u202facross the United States have life-threatening conditions.\u202fA\u202fKid\u202fAgain is committed to providing fun-filled Adventures to as many of these impacted families as possible.. For more information, visit\u202f<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/www.akidagain.org\/__;!!I-gv3HeEIA!xUFX2qKwp54lWp-tqafMI_2BbLYedZjdqk4ZToMqy0tf0FDB7bdYWWV8i2vJMvmBBNU6TTRZUqyrUja0-C2naguxgg$\"><em>www.AKidAgain.org<\/em><\/a><em>.\u202f\u202f<strong>\u202f<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Dorney Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dorney Park &amp; Wildwater Kingdom offers Pennsylvania\u2019s best value &#8211; Two Great Parks All in One. With more than 100 rides, shows and attractions, guests can enjoy seven roller coasters, the largest collection of kids&#8217; rides in Planet Snoopy\u2122 and one of the country&#8217;s best-ranked water parks with 26 water slides and two giant wave pools. Special themed festivals, as well as the best Halloween event in the region, make Dorney Park the best place to create lasting memories.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAnn Fixari<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, nearly 900 people representing kids with life-threatening conditions and their family members enjoyed the\u00a0Rides &amp; Slides Adventure at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom\u00a0event, thanks to the nonprofit\u00a0\u00a0A Kid Again &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119966\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">900 Kids w\/ Life-Threatening Conditions + Families Enjoy Special Day at Dorney Park<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kid-again-dorney.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}