{"id":865,"date":"2020-11-30T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2020-11-30T22:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:17:41","slug":"festivus-5k-for-autism-to-go-ahead-as-a-virtual-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/festivus-5k-for-autism-to-go-ahead-as-a-virtual-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivus 5K for Autism to go ahead as a virtual race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivus5k.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-866 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig.png 800w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-blue_orig-330x330.png 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Festivus 5K for Autism, <a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/the-festivus-podcast-episode-4-feet-of-strength-at-the-festivus-5k-for-autism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a yearly Festivus-themed race<\/a> held in scenic Salem, Massachusetts, will go ahead as a virtual competition.<\/p>\n<p>The annual race raises funds to help children with autism and their families. To date, over $120,000 has been raised.<\/p>\n<p>Due to COVID-19, this years race will be held individually. Participants are asked to run or walk their 5K anytime between December 13, 2020 through December 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>There is a registration fee of $25\/runner. Funds raised go toward funding COVID-19 education expenses for students with autism at the Northshore Education Consortium in Beverly, MA.<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-2236158597\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>T-shirts will be given to the first 250 runners. As well, certificates will be awarded to the top ten male and female runners; best male, female, and youth costume; farthest 5K from Salem; top fundraising team; top 10 grievances; best selfie; earliest 5K; latest 5K.<\/p>\n<p>Join in and have some great Festivus fun! It is for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivus5k.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.festivus5k.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"festi-content-placement\" id=\"festi-1256204324\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Festivus 5K for Autism, a yearly Festivus-themed race held in scenic Salem, Massachusetts, will go ahead as a virtual competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,27,28],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivus","tag-autism","tag-festivus-5k","tag-salem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}