{"id":12155,"date":"2014-12-15T14:40:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:49:07","slug":"disney-star-visits-carlsbad-boys-girls-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12155","title":{"rendered":"Disney Star Visits Carlsbad Boys &#038; Girls Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Francesca.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Francesca.jpg','popup','width=768,height=774,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Francesca-tm.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Francesca\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GenerationOn\u2019s Celebrity Youth Ambassador <strong>Francesca Capaldi<\/strong> took a few minutes out of her busy <strong>Disney Channel<\/strong> filming schedule to spread some cheer at the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad\u2019s Village Clubhouse.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m so pleased to serve as a \u2018Joy Ambassador\u2019 for generationOn,\u201d said Francesca. \u201cIt gives me the wonderful opportunity to meet amazing people, learn about others, and give back to the community in which I live, Carlsbad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The young \u201cDog With A Blog\u201d star brought along 100 toys, which will be given to Club members next week. GenerationOn has partnered with Hasbro for The Joy Maker Challenge, a campaign that engages students in meaningful, hands-on service projects during the holiday season. For each action a youngster takes to help others, Hasbro will donate a toy or game to Toys for Tots (up to $1 million). They are also providing 100 toys to each of their 100 Joy Ambassadors across the country, of which Francesca is one.<!--more-->\u201cFrancesca\u2019s visit and her toy delivery couldn\u2019t have come at a better time,\u201d said Club Director Andy Purviance. \u201cWe are in the midst of collecting toys so each of our members will receive a gift this holiday season, and the donation from Hasbro will have a huge impact on our efforts. Plus, the kids were just overjoyed to meet Francesca!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952, providing programs and services to thousands of young people.   Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad invites you to tour their Clubhouse, and see how lives are changed on a daily basis. The organization is 100% funded by local donors.  For more information, call (760) 729-0207, email info@bgccarlsbad.org, or visit www.bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GenerationOn\u2019s Celebrity Youth Ambassador Francesca Capaldi took a few minutes out of her busy Disney Channel filming schedule to spread some cheer at the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad\u2019s Village Clubhouse. \u201cI\u2019m so pleased to serve as a \u2018Joy Ambassador\u2019 for generationOn,\u201d said Francesca. \u201cIt gives me the wonderful opportunity to meet amazing people, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12156,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions\/12156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}