🏆 Macaroni KID Family Favorite Awards 2025
🎉 Voting is NOW OPEN! 🎉
Our readers have nominated their favorite local businesses — now it’s time to VOTE for the best of the best! 🗳️
These awards celebrate the incredible local businesses, programs, and organizations that make Central Florida an amazing place for families to live, play, eat, and shop.
🗳️ Voting Round
📅 Open: November 10 – November 27, 2025
🏅 Winners Announced: November 29, 2025
Everyone can vote once per day during the voting period — so come back daily to show your favorite businesses some love! ❤️
Vote Now✨ Don’t forget — you can vote once per day through November 27! ✨
Celebrate Local Favorites
Each year, Macaroni KID readers recognize the family-friendly businesses, organizations, and places that make Central Florida such a wonderful place to raise kids. These awards shine a spotlight on the local gems our community loves most — from favorite restaurants and camps to play spaces, shops, and family services.
Voting is open to everyone — parents, grandparents, caregivers, and community supporters! Every vote helps lift up the amazing small businesses that make our neighborhoods thrive.
One Celebration Across Three Communities
These awards bring together readers from all three of our editions — Winter Park, Apopka–Mount Dora, and Seminole County — into one big community celebration! 🥳
All nominees are featured together in one combined list of categories, so every local business has a chance to shine across our full Central Florida network.
💡 Tips for Businesses
- Share the voting link daily on social media and tag us so we can repost your content!
- Email your customers or post in your stories asking them to support you.
- Add a QR code to your front counter or receipts to make voting easy.
- Encourage your employees, friends, and family to vote each day — every single vote counts!
🎁 What Winning Businesses Receive
- Digital Winner Graphic Pack — social graphics and a website badge to proudly display.
- Yearlong Business Directory Listing — keep your biz in front of local families all year ($99 value).
- $75 Advertising Credit — use toward any Macaroni KID promotion package (valid for 6 months).
- Recognition in our Winner Article & Social Posts — featured in the announcement and tagged across our channels.
- Bonus Drawing: all winners are entered to win a $300 Premium Advertising Package.
For Our Readers
One lucky voter will win a $25 gift card to the local business of their choice (based on availability) — just for participating!
💌 Ready to Vote?
Cast your votes now and come back daily through November 27! Celebrate the businesses that make our community shine — and help your favorites become 2025 Family Favorites! 💛
Vote Now✨ Don’t forget — you can vote once per day through November 27! ✨
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