{"id":27279,"date":"2023-11-27T01:54:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27279"},"modified":"2023-11-27T01:55:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:55:56","slug":"wings-for-dreams-event-raises-record-setting-4-5-million-for-wichita-childrens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/wings-for-dreams-event-raises-record-setting-4-5-million-for-wichita-childrens-home\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Wings for Dreams Event Raises Record-Setting $4.5 Million for Wichita Children\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Textron Aviation and its donor partners set another fundraising record at its Wings for Dreams event earlier this month. The company-sponsored event raised more than $4.5 million to provide support for the Wichita Children&#8217;s Home and its CrossRoads program. The CrossRoads program is a low-barrier shelter and drop-in center for runaway, homeless and at-risk youth who are 24 or younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.txtav.com\/231877-wings-for-dreams-event-raises-record-setting-4-5-million-for-wichita-children-s-home\">Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/WD-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WD-edit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WD-edit-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wings for Dreams event combined exclusive auction items\nand a world-class musical performance from Textron Aviation ambassador, Dierks\nBentley. Thanks to the generosity of event sponsors and attendees, CrossRoads\nis able to provide a safe and nurturing environment for young people who have\nexperienced abuse, neglect, exploitation or homelessness.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/WFD-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27282\" width=\"298\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WFD-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WFD-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This record-setting evening would not have been possible\nwithout our employees, partners, customers and community members who\ncontributed their time, resources and passion to support Kansas youth. This was\nthe seventh Wings for Dreams event, which has raised more than $18.5 million\nsince its inception in 2015 for youth-focused organizations in Kansas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textron Aviation and its donor partners set another fundraising record at its Wings for Dreams event earlier this month. The company-sponsored event raised more than $4.5 million to provide support for the Wichita Children&#8217;s Home and its CrossRoads program. The CrossRoads program is a low-barrier shelter and drop-in center for runaway, homeless and at-risk youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dierks-Bently-wide-shot.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27285,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27279\/revisions\/27285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}