{"id":6251,"date":"2014-09-21T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2014-09-21T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:52:15","slug":"a-blacksmiths-act-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2014\/09\/21\/a-blacksmiths-act-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blacksmith&#039;s Act of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month we witnessed volunteers, philanthropists, LACF staff and board members, homemakers, and other community leaders join their strength and raise the walls of the veteran home being built by Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity.<br \/>\nThe day was filled with joy, tears, and the promise of hope. Building part of the home at LACF was very meaningful to many of our staff, especially our blacksmith, Alex Bashta. His passion for the blacksmithing craft knows no boundaries, which is why he made a beautiful dinner bell for the home.<br \/>\nEveryone at LACF was touched by this noble gesture, and we are sure the family will appreciate Alex&#8217;s act of kindness and friendship.<br \/>\nThank you Alex for taking the time and doing this! Without further ado, here are a few pictures of Alex\u2019s dinner bell creation and the wall-raising event.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6258\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9955-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9958-e1411333863859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6253\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9958-e1411333863859-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6254\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9409-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6260\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_9420-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen you visit LACF stop by Alex&#8217;s show and learn about this admirable craft and it&#8217;s role in our continued existence! Watch the video below to see Alex at work right here at the Fair:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMoF5z0Klwo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month we witnessed volunteers, philanthropists, LACF staff and board members, homemakers, and other community leaders join their strength and raise the walls of the veteran home being built by Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity. The day was filled with joy, tears, and the promise of hope. Building part of the home at LACF&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[130,708,757,949],"class_list":["post-6251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-benefit","category-fairnews","tag-blacksmith-show","tag-lacf","tag-los-angeles-county-fair","tag-pomona-valley-habitat-for-humanity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}