{"id":48323,"date":"2025-06-28T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=48323"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:43:20","slug":"nscc-announced-as-bronze-sponsor-for-inaugural-daf-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/nscc-announced-as-bronze-sponsor-for-inaugural-daf-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCC Announced as Bronze Sponsor for Inaugural DAF Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?resize=666%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48325\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured representing the sponsorship are Chris Yoder, Executive Director of the Defiance Area Foundation, and Dr. Todd Hernandez, President of Northwest State Community College.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) has announced that Northwest State Community College will serve as a Bronze Sponsor for the organization\u2019s first-ever Gala, set to take place on Saturday, October 4, 2025. The college has generously contributed $1,000 in support of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sponsorship will help expand DAF\u2019s Community Fund and amplify the foundation\u2019s ability to award impactful local grants throughout Defiance County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gala promises to be a formal evening celebrating philanthropy, community connection, and charitable giving. The event will feature elegant entertainment and opportunities for community members to engage with the Foundation\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more or to purchase tickets for the Gala, visit www.defianceareafoundation.org\/gala or call the Foundation office at (419) 782-3130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) has announced that Northwest State Community College will serve as a Bronze Sponsor for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48325,"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":[23855,26162,26161,16666,15494,6192],"class_list":["post-48323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-chris-yoder","tag-daf-community-fund","tag-daf-inaugural-gala","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-dr-todd-hernandez","tag-northwest-state-community-college"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NWSCC-Sponsorship-1.png?fit=666%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-czp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 04:53:52","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\/48323","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=48323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48326,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48323\/revisions\/48326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}