{"id":167012,"date":"2022-08-15T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=167012"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:56:14","slug":"friendship-walks-new-york-3-2-2-4-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newyork\/crazy-socks","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies visits John&#8217;s Crazy Socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;167013&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Best Buddies in New York has had the pleasure of doing many virtual events with our friends at John&#8217;s Crazy Socks, but on August 10th staff, board members and volunteers were able to see the new facilities in person! 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