{"id":47903,"date":"2025-05-22T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=47903"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:42:17","slug":"fairview-softball-awarded-10000-grant-for-new-press-box-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/fairview-softball-awarded-10000-grant-for-new-press-box-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairview Softball Awarded $10,000 Grant for New Press Box Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"791\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?fit=666%2C791&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47905\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?resize=560%2C665&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?resize=260%2C309&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?resize=160%2C190&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured with the grant announcement are Fairview Varsity Head Coach Katelyn Dumire and Defiance Area Foundation Board President Jim Williams.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Central Local Schools and the Fairview Softball program received a major boost this spring with the announcement of a $10,000 grant from the Defiance Area Foundation. The funds, awarded during the 2025 spring grant cycle, will support the construction of a new press box at the girls\u2019 softball field\u2014an effort that has been in progress through local fundraising initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The grant was made possible by the Hanna Family Memorial Fund, a charitable resource dedicated to supporting community improvements and youth development. A current rendering of the future press box shows an exciting step forward for the program, promising enhanced amenities for players, media, and fans alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Local Schools and the Fairview Softball program received a major boost this spring with the announcement of a $10,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47905,"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":[2230,6,13406,5],"tags":[22069,16666,25748,22747,16667,25749],"class_list":["post-47903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","category-sports","tag-central-local-schools","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-fairview-softball","tag-hanna-family-memorial-fund","tag-jim-williams","tag-katelyn-dumire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DHS-mini-grants-2-1.png?fit=666%2C791&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-csD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 06:21:56","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\/47903","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=47903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47906,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47903\/revisions\/47906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}