{"id":12,"date":"2021-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotafordanielstrong\/2021\/11\/06\/the-best-news-yet\/"},"modified":"2021-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T00:00:00","slug":"the-best-news-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/2021\/11\/06\/the-best-news-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST NEWS YET!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning, man did we have fun last night at Pitt Volleyball&rsquo;s Daniel Strong game!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we&rsquo;re just checking in with the best update we have had over the last 6 months of the Daniel George campaign:&nbsp;<strong>We Found Our Match!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molly Trott, a co-worker of Mary Beth&rsquo;s in the athletic department at Pitt underwent testing in late October and we recently received word that she is in fact a match &ndash; There are no words to express our gratitude to her, or to all of you for your support!&nbsp; Surgery for Daniel and Molly is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 7, 2021, their final check in with the transplant team is on Nov 24<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;to ensure they will both be good to go! The following links can be used to support both the George&rsquo;s and Molly through their preparation for surgery and recovery time via a meal train (you do not need to be in Pittsburgh to participate):<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georges:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/Q5B5B4L\/supporting-the-george-s-1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/Q5B5B4L\/supporting-the-george-s-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636295916246000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2L4E7WqzcK4DaieJucBGzC\">https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/Q5B5B4L\/supporting-the-george-s-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molly:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/T2O8H6O\/meals-for-molly\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/T2O8H6O\/meals-for-molly&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636295916247000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LnUIQWVghqy1y3YUgT86-\">https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/T2O8H6O\/meals-for-molly<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also super excited to announce that we received a $5,000 matching grant from The Children&rsquo;s Organ Transplant Association for our fundraising efforts in the first six months of fundraising &ndash; something we know we could not have done without all of you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last update is that we do have a couple of fundraising opportunities coming up this month in Oakland which require very little effort on your part &ndash; Panera Bread which goes on all day on Nov. 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and Chipotle from 4-8 pm on Nov. 21<sup>st<\/sup>.&nbsp; Both restaurants will honor catering or online orders, feel free to reach out to Kate McCartney with any questions &ndash; other than that just enjoy an excuse to eat out before the Thanksgiving holiday!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coming weeks will be tough for the George&rsquo;s as they prepare for Daniel&rsquo;s surgery &ndash; please keep them and Molly in your prayers and feel free to reach out to us or visit this blow on our website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cotafordanielstrong.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.COTAforDanielStrong.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636295916247000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Df9tObz2SvWQmFymqGm9A\">www.COTAforDanielStrong.com<\/a>&nbsp;for continued updates!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You guys are the best,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daniel Strong Team<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2323\/images\/molly%20%26%20danny.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, man did we have fun last night at Pitt Volleyball&rsquo;s Daniel Strong game!! Now we&rsquo;re just checking in with the best update we have had over the last 6 months of the Daniel George campaign:&nbsp;We Found Our Match! Molly Trott, a co-worker of Mary Beth&rsquo;s in the athletic department at Pitt underwent testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafordanielstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}