{"id":52787,"date":"2017-05-12T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-united-way-hosts-all-star-softball-classic-to-benefit-homeless-youth\/"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:18:01","slug":"united-way-presenta-clasico-todos-estrellas-de-softbol-para-beneficiar-a-los-jovenes-sin-hogar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/united-way-presenta-clasico-todos-estrellas-de-softbol-para-beneficiar-a-los-jovenes-sin-hogar\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Hosts All-Star Softball Classic to Benefit Homeless Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 11, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Batter up! That phrase will be heard a lot on <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 13<\/span><sup>th<\/sup> at Safeco Field as\u00a0United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> hosts the 5<sup>th<\/sup> annual All-Star Softball Classic to raise money for homeless youth. The All-Star Softball Classic allows thousands of fans each year to see some of their favorite <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>-based celebrities play ball at Safeco Field. Players this year include Macklemore, Death Cab for Cutie&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Ben Gibbard<\/span>, couples from the ABC show The Bachelor, Seattle Seahawks Bobby Wagner, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jon Ryan<\/span>, and CJ Prosise plus many others.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/510987\/United_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/510987\/United_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the game or to make a donation to support homeless youth click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwkc.org\/events\/softball-classic\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> or visit United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County&#8217;s<\/span> website at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwkc.org\/events\/softball-classic\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.uwkc.org\/events\/softball-classic\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Every year in <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span><b>, <\/b>some 5-thousand young people don&#8217;t have a safe place to call home. These kids have the same hopes and dreams for the future like everyone else. The difference is they don&#8217;t have the kind of support and resources that so many of us have. That&#8217;s why United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> invests in organizations and programs that support homeless youth<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Over the last four years, United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> has raised more than <span class=\"xn-money\">4 million dollars<\/span> to support young people who are homeless, prevented more than 400 youth from becoming homeless, and provided more than 17,000 nights of shelter for young people in <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> who don&#8217;t have stable housing.<\/p>\n<p>United Way credits the success of the All-Star Softball Classic to strong partnerships and generous sponsorships from the Seattle Mariners, the Raikes Foundation, the Brettler Family Foundation and Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> is building a community where people have homes, students graduate, and families are financially stable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 11, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Batter up! That phrase will be heard a lot on <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 13<\/span><sup>th<\/sup> at Safeco Field as\u00a0United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> hosts the 5<sup>th<\/sup> annual All-Star Softball Classic to raise money for homeless youth. The All-Star Softball Classic allows thousands of fans each year to see some of their favorite <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>-based celebrities play ball at Safeco Field&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}