{"id":168802,"date":"2022-11-09T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=168802"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:38:21","slug":"best-buddies-in-virginia-dc-newsletter-november-2020-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/minnesota\/best-buddies-hosting-annual-champion-of-the-year-gala","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies Hosting Annual Champion of the Year Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;168803&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em>From CBS MINNESOTA<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"remainder-content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<div data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\">\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Best Buddies in Minnesota&#8217;s annual Champion of the Year Gala was recently featured on CBS MINNESOTA.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/video\/best-buddies-hosting-annual-champion-of-the-year-gala\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" class=\"hb-button hb-default hb-default-button no-three-d\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\"><i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>WATCH STORY<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently featured on CBS MINNESOTA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":168803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"mn-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1605],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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