Situated within view of the Amway Arena's north entrance, most ODN families come from the Parramore and West Orlando neighborhoods. ODN’s program for young children, serves a diverse client base of around 245 families with a total of 310 children per year.

ODN provides a developmentally appropriate childcare program and enriching preschool learning experience at reduced rates to families living in or near poverty in Central Florida to instill compassion, build strong characters and prepare children (ages 0-5 years) for school readiness, healthy living and sustainable livelihoods as adults in order to build a more flourishing community.

The year was 1921 and World War I had ended a few years earlier. Some civic-minded women formed the Orlando Day Nursery for the sake of working widows left with young children to support.

Very likely, at least one woman founding the nursery was the wife of a gentlemen working to establish the Kiwanis Club of Orlando that same year. A natural association between the two organizations has existed all these years.

In late 2005, the Kiwanis Club of Orlando went beyond simple donations, or acting as a safety net, to purchase land and construct a state-of-the-art childcare facility, specifically for ODN's program.

"To make a positive impact on the present and future downtown Orlando community by providing quality and affordable childcare and early childhood education services for the young children of low-income families."