{"id":2907,"date":"2019-01-22T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2019-01-22T07:13:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:13:38","slug":"third-grader-starts-gofundme-to-attend-strangers-birthday-party-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/22\/third-grader-starts-gofundme-to-attend-strangers-birthday-party-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Grader Starts GoFundMe to Attend Stranger\u2019s Birthday Party in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HARDWICK &#8211; After accidentally receiving an invitation to a birthday party for a child he does not know, a local boy is receiving help from other strangers online to be able to attend the festivities. Becca Kant received an e-mail asking if her 8-year-old son Noah would be able to attend a birthday party for Jayden, but the e-mail was sent to the wrong address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked Noah if he wanted to go to Jayden\u2019s party, and he told me he didn\u2019t know anyone named Jayden,\u201d Becca says on the GoFundMe page. \u201cBut he also told me he\u2019d really like to go. He doesn\u2019t get invited to a lot of birthday parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Becca wrote back to inquire about the address for the party, she found out about the mistake, and that the birthday boy lived just outside of Boston. Jayden\u2019s mother apologized for the error, and said that of course Noah was still welcome to come. That\u2019s when the internet kicked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/phoenix-man-to-attend-stranger-s-bachelor-party-in-vermont\/article_ceda06f0-1622-11e9-b42c-7f5c0b7a2faf.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=user-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this sort of thing has worked before (opens in a new tab)\">this sort of thing has worked before<\/a>,\u201d Becca told the internet, \u201cso we\u2019re asking for your help to fly me and Noah to Boston for the party in a few weeks.\u201d Within hours the campaign had raised over $27,000, which more than paid for the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kant\u2019s have pledged to spend any extra money raised beyond their initial goal of $750 on a birthday gift for Jayden. So far they have purchased a Nintendo Switch with every available game and accessory, as well as a complete set of Star Wars Lego sets, including the DeTh Star. With money still pouring in, Jayden is going to have a very happy birthday indeed. And perhaps a new friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>HARDWICK &#8211; After accidentally receiving an invitation to a birthday party for a child he does not know, a local boy is receiving help from <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/22\/third-grader-starts-gofundme-to-attend-strangers-birthday-party-in-boston\/\" title=\"Third Grader Starts GoFundMe to Attend Stranger\u2019s Birthday Party in Boston\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[79],"coauthors":[91],"class_list":["post-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vermont-life","tag-hardwick"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/TWFI-2019_01_22.png","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8JVRF-KT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2910,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions\/2910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}