{"id":15306,"date":"2026-06-15T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/?p=15306"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:53:25","slug":"7-hours-left-help-kids-first-finish-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2026\/7-hours-left-help-kids-first-finish-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Hours Left: Help KIDS FIRST! Finish Strong!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"As we enter the final 5 hours of our silent auction, we want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has participated so far. Auction closes at midnight mountain daylight time tonight, June 15.<\/div>\n
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We are making one final push to reach our goal for our incredible youth reporters. Right now, some of our most spectacular donations\u2014including a beautiful\u00a0Tahitian black pearl necklace<\/b>,\u00a0original fine art paintings<\/b>, an\u00a0exclusive Mallory meet & greet<\/b>, and\u00a0coaching with Kenn<\/b>\u2014are still waiting for their very first bids.\"\"<\/p>\n

If you have been waiting for the right moment to show your support, this is it. You can help us bring this home in one of two ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. Place a Final Bid:<\/b>\u00a0Skip the bidding wars and grab a premium masterpiece or exclusive experience for the opening bid price at our\u00a0https:\/\/givebutter.com\/c\/kids-first-silent-auction-mhoskr\/auction<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Make a Straight Donation:<\/b>\u00a0If you don’t wish to purchase an item but want to support the mentorship, boot camps, and media literacy training that empowers our team of 65+ youth critics, you can contribute directly\u00a0here:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/givebutter.com\/c\/kids-first-silent-auction-mhoskr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Every contribution, large or small, directly funds our mission. Thank you so much for your generosity and for being such a vital part of the KIDS FIRST! community!<\/p>\n

    with gratitude,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Robin, Nancy, Evie and Ranny<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As we enter the final 8 hours of our silent auction, we want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has participated so far.<\/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":[10502,10485,10483,10480,10478,10504,10505,6099,10481,10479,5313,10477,9374,9373,7283,10506,4615,5316,5317,10482,9380,10507],"class_list":["post-15306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-news","category-member-news","tag-auction","tag-autographed-merch","tag-brand-architect","tag-choose-your-own-adventure","tag-don-hahn","tag-donate-now","tag-film-critic","tag-fundraising","tag-godfrey-reggio","tag-jeff-dunham","tag-kenn-viselman","tag-kids-first-auction","tag-lamb-chop","tag-mallory-lewis","tag-media-literacy","tag-tahitian-pearl","tag-teletubbies","tag-telletubbies","tag-thomas-the-tank-engine","tag-thomas-the-tank-series","tag-ventriloquist","tag-ventriloquist-doll-necklace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-3YS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15306","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=15306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15327,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15306\/revisions\/15327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}