{"id":176709,"date":"2024-03-08T04:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=176709"},"modified":"2024-03-08T04:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:43:56","slug":"get-ready-for-cupcake-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/03\/08\/get-ready-for-cupcake-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for Cupcake Wars!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s on \u2013 the sixth annual Cupcake Wars is about to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community is invited to vote for their favorite displays through in-person and virtual voting. Visit the Van Wert Council on Aging from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 15, to vote in-person, purchase cupcakes and enjoy lunch for a $5 donation. Each person who attends will receive one free vote, with additional votes available to purchase at $1 each, or 6 for $5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judged taste testing competition will start at 11:30 a.m. and the public is welcome to stop by and cheer on the judges. Virtual voting will be offered Friday afternoon until 8 a.m. Monday, March 18. Check out the United Way of Van Wert County\u2019s Facebook page to learn how to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each agency will receive half of the proceeds their display brought in. The agency that brings in the most proceeds from their display will receive a $250 sponsorship, and the best tasting cupcake will also receive a $250 sponsorship for that agency, thanks to the generosity of First Financial Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information It\u2019s on \u2013 the sixth annual Cupcake Wars is about to return. The community is invited to vote for their favorite displays through in-person and virtual voting. Visit the Van Wert Council on Aging from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 15, to vote in-person, purchase cupcakes and enjoy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 11:34:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176710,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176709\/revisions\/176710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}