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The clock is ticking!<\/strong> \u23f0 Only 5 days left to claim your exclusive treasure and support the next generation of youth voices!<\/p>\n Bidding for our KIDS FIRST! Annual Auction officially closes this Monday, June 15 at 11:59 pm MDT.<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss your chance to own rare, one-of-a-kind collector’s items while directly funding our incredible youth Film Critics and Film Festival programs!<\/p>\n Browse the Full Catalogue & Bid Here<\/a> Auction Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n And so much more!<\/strong> Filter by category or click “Show all Items” on the site to find treasures for every budget.<\/p>\n Pro-Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0Use the\u00a0“Buy It Now”<\/strong>\u00a0option on available items to skip the bidding war and secure your treasure instantly!<\/p>\n Your bids and support mean so much to us. Thank you for helping to spread the word and make a lasting impact together!<\/p>\n With deep gratitude,<\/p>\n Robin Greenberg, Evie Kaatz, Nancy Kenney and Ranny Levy<\/strong><\/p>\n KIDS FIRST! Annual Auction Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The clock is ticking! \u23f0 Only 5 days left to claim your exclusive treasure and support the next generation of youth voices!<\/p>\n Bidding for our KIDS FIRST! Annual Auction officially closes this Monday, June 15 at 11:59 pm MDT. Don\u2019t miss your chance to own rare, one-of-a-kind collector’s items while directly funding our incredible youth Film Critics and Film Festival programs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[10485,10483,10480,10478,6099,10481,10479,5313,10477,4615,10482,9380,10484],"class_list":["post-15281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-news","category-member-news","tag-autographed-merch","tag-brand-architect","tag-choose-your-own-adventure","tag-don-hahn","tag-fundraising","tag-godfrey-reggio","tag-jeff-dunham","tag-kenn-viselman","tag-kids-first-auction","tag-teletubbies","tag-thomas-the-tank-series","tag-ventriloquist","tag-ventriloquist-doll"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-3Yt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15287,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15281\/revisions\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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