{"id":51288,"date":"2026-06-05T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=51288"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:38:49","slug":"defiance-area-foundation-awards-10000-grant-to-ignite-academy-for-mobile-welding-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/defiance-area-foundation-awards-10000-grant-to-ignite-academy-for-mobile-welding-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Area Foundation Awards $10,000 Grant to Ignite Academy for Mobile Welding Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"537\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ignite-2026.jpg?fit=1016%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51289\" style=\"width:555px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ignite-2026.jpg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ignite-2026.jpg?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ignite-2026.jpg?resize=390%2C205&amp;ssl=1 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured with the grant are (L to R) Haden Fowler &#8211; Junior at Defiance High School (DHS) , Alex Fox &#8211; Junior at DHS, Rita Kissner &#8211; DAF grants committee member and Remi Carreto &#8211; Senior at DHS.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) awarded a $10,000 grant to Ignite Academy during the 2026 Spring Grant Cycle through the Defiance County Capital Projects Fund, under their umbrella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funding will support Ignite Academy\u2019s Mobile Welding Workforce Initiative, which will bring hands-on welding training directly into schools, businesses, and community settings through portable mobile welding units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative aims to introduce students to welding skills, safety practices, and career opportunities in the skilled trades while helping strengthen the future workforce pipeline across Defiance County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) awarded a $10,000 grant to Ignite Academy during the 2026 Spring Grant Cycle through the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51289,"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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2230,6,13406],"tags":[29136,16666,2798,29135,27459,29134,29137,22596],"class_list":["post-51288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-alex-fox","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-defiance-high-school","tag-haden-fowler","tag-ignite-academy","tag-mobile-welding-initiative","tag-remi-carreto","tag-rita-kissner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ignite-2026.jpg?fit=1016%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-dle","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:05:50","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\/51288","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=51288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51290,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51288\/revisions\/51290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}