{"id":7524,"date":"2022-12-06T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:30:29","slug":"spread-holiday-cheer-to-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/spread-holiday-cheer-to-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Spread Holiday Cheer to Families in Need! *Deadline Extended*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every year, Bridges for Kids, a service of our Mentoring program, helps families provide holiday gifts to over 150 children, and this year, YOU can help make the holidays merry and bright for local families experiencing trying times in two different ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5678 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-4.10.14-PM-227x300.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-4.10.14-PM-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-4.10.14-PM-774x1024.png 774w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-4.10.14-PM.png 884w\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can stop by YWCA Cortland Lobby or the Cortland Free Library to pick a child\u2019s name off our giving tree <strong>OR<\/strong> email bridges@cortlandywca.org to be assigned a tag and provide them with gifts for the holidays!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0You can purchase gifts on our<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/3RGOMIOZA0K2S?ref_=wl_share\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridges for Kids Holiday Assistance Amazon Wish List.<\/a> To send the gifts straight to the YWCA, choose &#8220;Melinda Anne Gardner&#8221; for the shipping address. Also, m<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ake sure you use AmazonSmile, and Amazon will donate a portion of the proceeds to YWCA Cortland at no extra cost.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/donate-now\/other-ways-to-give.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click to find out more about AmazonSmile.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make a monetary donation to help us purchase holiday gifts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Unwrapped gifts are due by Monday, December 19. If you would like to support the family further, providing them with wrapping paper is encouraged!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more information, email Mindy Gardner at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bridges@cortlandywca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bridges@cortlandywca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Bridges for Kids, a service of our Mentoring program, helps families provide holiday gifts to over 150 children, and this year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-general","category-recent-news","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7524"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7579,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions\/7579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}