The Sunday before Christmas 2012, owner Brian Shechtman hosted the Wade’s World Foundation at Santa’s Enchanted Forest for the third consecutive year. The holiday-themed entertainment park, located in Miami, has operated for 30 years. Wade’s World Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Miami Heat basketball player Dwayne Wade, worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters to bring 100 dads and their children to the park for the day.

1. Brian Shechtman and Santa’s
Enchanted Forest Host
Wade’s World Foundation
By Brian Shechtman

2. Brian Shechtman and Santa’s Enchanted
Forest Host Wade’s World Foundation
The Sunday before Christmas 2012, owner Brian
Shechtman hosted the Wade’s World
Foundation at Santa’s Enchanted Forest for the
third consecutive year. The holiday-themed
entertainment park, located in Miami, has
operated for 30 years. Wade’s World
Foundation, a charitable organization founded
by Miami Heat basketball player Dwayne Wade,
worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters to bring
100 dads and their children to the park for the
day.

3. Brian Shechtman and Santa’s Enchanted
Forest Host Wade’s World Foundation
Working with families in Chicago, Milwaukee, and South
Florida, Dwayne Wade's organization promotes
education, health, literacy, and fatherhood. Santa’s
Enchanted Forest is open each holiday season from
November through January. In addition to Wade’s World
Foundation, the park has hosted numerous charitable
and nonprofit organizations over the years, including the
I Have a Dream Foundation, Miami Children’s Oncology
Department, the Ronald McDonald House, and the
Broward Children’s Comprehensive Care Center, among
others.

4. Brian Shechtman and Santa’s Enchanted
Forest Host Wade’s World Foundation
Brian Shechtman is a longtime Florida
resident and graduate of the University of
Florida. In addition to operating Santa’s
Enchanted Forest, he volunteers as a
football coach at University School located
in Davie, Florida.