{"id":8781,"date":"2011-05-23T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2011-05-23T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T12:21:07","slug":"lignum-vitae-fundraiser-brings-in-14000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/05\/lignum-vitae-fundraiser-brings-in-14000","title":{"rendered":"Lignum Vitae Fundraiser Brings In $14,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first annual Fiesta de Mayo, hosted by Lignum Vitae Centre of Hope, brought together hundreds of concerned citizens to help raise funds for local projects in social entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We raised over $14,000, some of which has already been put to use as we continue our efforts to implement 4-H in the Bahamas, a youth development organisation that empowers young people to emerge as leaders through hands-on learning,&#8221; LVCH officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Held on Saturday, May 7, young and old alike came out to support a good cause and enjoy a night full of festivities at the Old Fort Bay Club.<\/p>\n<p>Under the theme &#8220;A Cultural Fusion&#8221;, guests were promised a Latin infused evening full of entertainment. None were disappointed as they swayed to the melodies of Naomi Taylor and Willis &amp; the Illest, watched as Latin instructor Augustus Hall &#8216;salsa-ed&#8217; up a storm, and danced all night long to music selections provided by DJ CRX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lignum Vitae Centre of Hope raisd over $14,000 for local projects in social entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-8781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-charity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}