{"id":4273,"date":"2017-03-01T12:57:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2017-03-01T12:57:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:57:34","slug":"a-party-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchalifekids.org\/a-party-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"A Party for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year a team from Coppell, TX, visited the Touch A Life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/carecenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Care Center<\/a> and threw two incredible parties! The first was a big birthday party for every Touch A Life kid. Since some children came to Touch A Life with no birth records, our annual party makes sure that no one is left out from the birthday fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-149-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana 2017 149\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_163139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_163139-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"20170121_163139\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_142616.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_142616-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20170121_142616\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_163317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170121_163317-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20170121_163317\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Texas team also brought supplies and gifts to host a staff-appreciation party for our Care Center&#8217;s hard-working houseparents, cooks, drivers, and maintenance team. We are so incredibly thankful for the Ghanaian staff that has sacrificed so much to create a loving home for every child being restored after exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>The staff party was a proper Texas BBQ in Ghana, complete with grilled chicken, red bandanas, and gift bags for a little pampering!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-511-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana 2017 511\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170124_133212_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170124_133212_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"20170124_133212_HDR\" width=\"750\" height=\"1333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-518-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana 2017 518\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-488-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana 2017 488\" width=\"750\" height=\"753\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ghana-2017-522-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana 2017 522\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much to the amazing travelers who organized both of these parties! If you are interested in volunteering in the US or Ghana, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/involved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read more about getting involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year a team from Coppell, TX, visited the Touch A Life Care Center and threw two incredible parties! The first was a big birthday party for every Touch A Life kid. 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