{"id":341320,"date":"2024-12-29T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=341320"},"modified":"2024-12-30T05:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T05:10:26","slug":"teenagers-rabbit-auction-benefits-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=341320","title":{"rendered":"Teenager\u2019s rabbit auction benefits Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the story of a teenager, his rabbits and a very generous donation for Veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Michaelson has always been a compassionate and determined young man. At the age of five, he joined the local 4-H club of Ontario County. Michaelson, now 14, has shown rabbits, poultry, goats and pigs over the years at the Ontario County Fair.\u00a0 Three years ago, the fair re-introduced its livestock auction. He was excited about this new adventure and began with a swine project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michaelson has been a member of the Hens &amp; Hares 4-H club for many years, with an interest in learning more about market rabbits. After participating in the livestock auctions, he felt he could use this opportunity to start a new project while giving back to the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grandfather suggested Veterans<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/County-fair_r1-2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mason at the County Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michaelson wanted to pick an organization that was local and would directly impact members of his community.\u00a0His grandfather, a World War II Veteran, helped him decide to give back to Veterans. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He chose to dedicate his time and resources on market rabbits. He learned about caring for and breeding rabbits. <\/p>\n<p>On the day of the auction, Michaelson informed the community that he was using this profit to raise money for Veterans. Community members were ready to support his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the auction, he had raised $4,500 and donated the full amount to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/finger-lakes-health-care\/\">Finger Lakes VA<\/a>, ensuring all proceeds would directly impact local Veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Michaelson is an inspiration to the 4-H community and beyond. What had started as a small idea had grown into something much bigger, showing how one young person\u2019s dedication and compassion could make a real impact. And for Michaelson, it\u2019s just the beginning of his journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the story of a teenager, his rabbits and a very generous donation for Veterans. Mason Michaelson has always been a compassionate and determined young man. At the age of five, he joined the local 4-H club of Ontario County. Michaelson, now 14, has shown rabbits, poultry, goats and pigs over the years at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":341322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1336,5,1417],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donation","category-health","category-visn-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341326,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341320\/revisions\/341326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/341322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}