{"id":8260,"date":"2023-09-01T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T23:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2023-09-01T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T22:37:53","slug":"a-good-deed-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?p=8260","title":{"rendered":"A Good Deed Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We interrupt our usual programming to provide an update on our Goonerholics Forever Predictathon, and the donations that went to Bob and Meg Wilson&#8217;s Willow Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were pleased to receive this email from Lisa Stewart, Willow&#8217;s Community Fundraising Officer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dear Goonerholicsforever, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the date for final entries to the Goonerholics Forever prediction competition has closed I am delighted to confirm that donations from your participants reached a magnificent \u00a3591.67.  As you probably know, we rely entirely upon the generosity of our supporters to fund our services, so donations like this really mean a lot to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Dominic is 21, lives in Kent and has Lymphoma.&nbsp; He had a recent trip with his family to Center Parcs. Here is some feedback from his father which illustrates the impact of a Special Break:<strong><em>  \u201cLife is so fragile and unpredictable.  Against its maverick ways, one clings to those moments where light eliminates the darkness and amidst the desert reaches, one happens upon an oasis.  The Willow Foundation provided this rare and deeply appreciated pause, amidst the furies, for us to taste again the sweetness of life, and to experience the beauty of being at peace together.  We are deeply grateful and offer our heartfelt thanks.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you once again for thinking of Willow, it is much appreciated. Good luck to your winner in due course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindest regards, Lisa&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goonerholics-Forever-TY-cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goonerholics-Forever-TY-cert.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goonerholics-Forever-TY-cert-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goonerholics-Forever-TY-cert-58x75.jpg 58w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to TTG and North Bank Ned for doing the heavy lifting on our contest, and to all who are participating in the Predictathon whose donations engendered this response\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We interrupt our usual programming to provide an update on our Goonerholics Forever Predictathon, and the donations that went to Bob and Meg Wilson&#8217;s Willow Foundation. We were pleased to receive this email from Lisa Stewart, Willow&#8217;s Community Fundraising Officer: &#8220;Dear Goonerholicsforever, Now that the date for final entries to the Goonerholics Forever prediction competition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8260"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8271,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions\/8271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}