{"id":43643,"date":"2013-10-01T06:56:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=43643"},"modified":"2013-10-01T06:56:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T11:56:24","slug":"rockford-park-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/10\/01\/rockford-park-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockford park donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rockford-Park-Association-donation-10-2013.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43644\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"Rockford Park Association donation 10-2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rockford-Park-Association-donation-10-2013.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ryan Sipe, branch manager of The Peoples Bank Company in Rockford, presents a $2,500 donation to Rockford Recreation Association Board President Ryan Thompson to be used for permanent improvements to the recreational facilities at Shanes Park. &#8220;The Peoples Bank Company appreciates the opportunity to support the Rockford Community and all of its worthwhile projects,&#8221; Sipe said. In 2013, the Rockford Recreation Association provided recreational programming for nearly 500 participants ranging in ages from 4-15. The current programs offered by the association include t-ball, coach pitch, baseball, softball, flag football, and soccer. Other competitive opportunities that are hosted include the annual MLB Pitch, Hit, &amp; Run and the NFL Punt, Pass, &amp; Kick competitions. To learn more about the programs offered by the Rockford Recreation Association, visit its website at <a href=\"www.rockfordrec.com\">www.rockfordrec.com<\/a> or &#8220;like&#8221; the association on Facebook. <\/b><i>(photo submitted)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Sipe, branch manager of The Peoples Bank Company in Rockford, presents a $2,500 donation to Rockford Recreation Association Board President Ryan Thompson to be used for permanent improvements to the recreational facilities at Shanes Park. &#8220;The Peoples Bank Company appreciates the opportunity to support the Rockford Community and all of its worthwhile projects,&#8221; Sipe [&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-43643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 12:08:20","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\/43643","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=43643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}