{"id":8540,"date":"2013-10-28T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2013-10-29T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T02:29:12","slug":"bridge-academy-to-host-night-of-hope-on-nov-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8540","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Academy to host &#8216;Night of Hope&#8217; on Nov. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Grammy-nominated rap musician to be featured speaker at fund-raising dinner<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8541\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8541\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8541 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"The Bridge Academy and Community Center in Coatesville is hosting a fund-raising dinner on Nov. 9.\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0045-300x264.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0045-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0045-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0045-900x793.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bridge Academy and Community Center in Coatesville is hosting a fund-raising dinner on Nov. 9.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A hub of activity at all hours of the day and night, the Bridge Academy and Community Center (BACC) in downtown Coatesville is hosting its First Annual Bridge Academy &#8220;Night of Hope,&#8221;\u00a0a fund-raising dinner designed to enable the center to continue its mission of helping others.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner will be held at Gateway Church in Parkesburg on Nov. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. All proceeds will go directly to the Bridge Academy and Community Center, and donations are tax-exempt.<\/p>\n<p>The guest speaker will be William &#8220;Duce&#8221; Branch, also known as The Ambassador, a Grammy-nominated rap musician. A graduate of Lancaster Bible College and Dallas Theological Seminary, Branch is known as a gifted, unorthodox speaker and a pioneer in hip-hop and urban context ministry. In addition, students will describe some of BACC\u2019s high-impact programs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Tickets for the dinner are $50 a plate or $400 to reserve a table of eight. Businesses and organizations are encouraged to buy ad space in the program, which runs from $25 for 1\/8 page to $100 for a full page. Organizers said they hope to raise $50,000, which will help continue programs such as Mom&#8217;s Night, Middle School Night, and Art Classes Through Art Partners.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the myriad offerings at the Bridge Academy and Community Center, located in the 500 block of Olive Street, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebridgeacademy.org\/donate\/night-of-hope.aspx\">http:\/\/www.thebridgeacademy.org\/donate\/night-of-hope.aspx<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">. <\/span>For more information on Branch, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambassador215.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ambassador215.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gateway Church is located at 160 Cowan Rd., Parkesburg, 19365.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-nominated rap musician to be featured speaker at fund-raising dinner A hub of activity at all hours of the day and night, the Bridge Academy and Community Center (BACC) in downtown Coatesville is hosting its First Annual Bridge Academy &#8220;Night of Hope,&#8221;\u00a0a fund-raising dinner designed to enable the center to continue its mission of helping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,172,3],"tags":[3031,3032],"class_list":["post-8540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-events","category-featured","tag-bridge-academy-and-community-center-bacc","tag-william-duce-branch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}