{"id":46950,"date":"2025-02-23T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=46950"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:55:00","slug":"defiance-area-foundation-announces-elks-lodge-147-as-bar-sponsor-for-inaugural-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/defiance-area-foundation-announces-elks-lodge-147-as-bar-sponsor-for-inaugural-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Area Foundation Announces Elks Lodge #147 as Bar Sponsor for Inaugural Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"641\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?resize=666%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46951\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?resize=560%2C539&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?resize=260%2C250&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?resize=160%2C154&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Shown in picture: Tom Mealer \u2013 Head Trustee, Defiance Elks Lodge #147; Katie Groff \u2013 Trustee, Defiance Area Foundation; Paul Ramirez \u2013 Exalted Ruler, Defiance Elks Lodge #147; Brittany Mealer \u2013 Club Manager, Defiance Elks Lodge #147<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defiance Area Foundation is thrilled to announce that Defiance Elks Lodge #147 has stepped up as the Bar Sponsor for the inaugural Defiance Area Foundation Gala, scheduled for October 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sponsorship plays a crucial role in making the gala a reality, helping to support the foundation\u2019s ongoing efforts in strengthening and enriching the community. The Defiance Elks Lodge #147 has a long-standing tradition of community service, and their involvement in this event underscores their commitment to making a positive impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defiance Area Foundation Gala aims to bring together local businesses, organizations, and individuals to celebrate community achievements and raise funds for ongoing philanthropic efforts. More details, including a list of all event sponsors, can be found on the foundation\u2019s website at www.defianceareafoundation.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defiance Area Foundation is thrilled to announce that Defiance Elks Lodge #147 has stepped up as the Bar Sponsor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,6,13406],"tags":[24840,16666,9509,24837,24838,23123,24839],"class_list":["post-46950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-brittany-mealer","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-defiance-ohio","tag-elks-lodge-147","tag-gala","tag-katie-groff","tag-paul-ramirez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gala-Sponsor-Image-copy.jpg?fit=666%2C641&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-cdg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 23:11:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46952,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46950\/revisions\/46952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}