{"id":49622,"date":"2025-11-22T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=49622"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:37:10","slug":"new-fund-established-to-honor-former-mayor-rita-kissner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/new-fund-established-to-honor-former-mayor-rita-kissner\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fund Established to Honor Former Mayor Rita Kissner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"511\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kissner-Family-Ignite-Fund.jpg?fit=666%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49623\" style=\"width:555px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Dez Silva &#8211; Ignite Academy Program Director, De&#8217;Angelo Gilyard &#8211; Ignite Academy graduate and Rita Kissner &#8211; Fund Honorary.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A new charitable fund has been created at the Defiance Area Foundation to honor Rita Kissner, former Mayor of Defiance and longtime community leader. The Kissner Family Ignite Fund&nbsp;was established by Bill and Stephanie Lammers, Founders of Ignite Academy, to recognize Rita\u2019s enduring impact on youth and community development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"404\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kissner-Family-Ignite-Fund-Lammers.png?fit=318%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49624\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Bill and Stephanie Lammers\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cRita has been a pillar of strength, wisdom, and generosity,\u201d said Bill and Steph Lammers. \u201cOur hope is that this fund will continue her legacy by empowering students to grow, dream, and lead with purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The fund will support Ignite Academy\u2019s mission and carry forward Rita\u2019s commitment to helping others reach their potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new charitable fund has been created at the Defiance Area Foundation to honor Rita Kissner, former Mayor of Defiance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49623,"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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kissner-Family-Ignite-Fund.jpg?fit=666%2C511&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-cUm","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 18:55:37","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\/49622","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=49622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49625,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49622\/revisions\/49625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}