{"id":22862,"date":"2019-02-01T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22862"},"modified":"2019-02-01T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:46:09","slug":"birthday-wishes-turn-to-charity-for-minor-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/birthday-wishes-turn-to-charity-for-minor-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday wishes turn to charity for minor Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

While most birthdays are all about getting, for Bella Di Palma, this year\u2019s theme is certainly giving.
\nDi Palma, who plays for the Novice AA Aurora Tigers, is collecting stuffed animals from the public prior to her March birthday, when she plans to distribute the goods to those who need them, just as Bella did last year.
\n\u201cLast year, Bella was unexpectedly admitted into the hospital for a few days and she was very sad without her stuffed animal,\u201d said Bella\u2019s mother Christina. \u201cThe nurse noticed and came back in with a brand new pink stuffed elephant. It made Bella feel safe and happy. She still has the stuffy in her room on a shelf.\u201d
\nWith one drop-off in the books, the Aurora hockey community has responded in droves, with Bella collecting a total of 52 stuffed toys at the Aurora Community Centre.
\n\u201cShe continues to get them dropped off at the house, and at hockey practice,\u201d said Christina, who added that Bella will be doing another drop-off sometime next month.
\nEverything collected will be distributed on Bella\u2019s birthday in early March, with Bella and her friends visiting local hospitals, shelters, and children\u2019s organizations.
\nWith dreams of playing in the NHL, for now, Bella and her Tigers teammates are preparing for the first round of the York-Simcoe playoffs.
\n\u201cShort term, Bella will continue to play with the Aurora Tigers and wants to win a championship!\u201d
\nFor more information on how to make a donation, contact Christina at chrissylblanchard@gmail.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While most birthdays are all about getting, for Bella Di Palma, this year\u2019s theme is certainly giving.
\nDi Palma, who plays for the Novice AA Aurora Tigers, is collecting stuffed animals from the public prior to her March birthday, when she plans to distribute the goods to those who need them, just as Bella did last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_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":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019-01-31-03.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-5WK","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 22:18:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}