{"id":11,"date":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/?p=11"},"modified":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"mat%c2%92s-place-takeover-for-cota-for-team-caidyn","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/events\/mat%c2%92s-place-takeover-for-cota-for-team-caidyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mat\u0092s Place Takeover for COTA for Team Caidyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dinner Event to Raise Funds for COTA in Honor of Local Young Adult<br \/>Garner, IA &ndash; A Restaurant Takeover, &ldquo;Mat&rsquo;s Place Takeover for COTA for Team Caidyn&rdquo;, will be<br \/>held for COTA in honor of Caidyn Kruse, a Garner-area young adult who needs a Kidney transplant.<br \/>The event is planned for Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Mat&rsquo;s Place in Garner, Iowa. 22-year-old<br \/>Caidyn Kruse is listed for a Kidney transplant at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Funds are being raised for COTA in honor of Caidyn Kruse to assist with transplant-related expenses.<br \/>Major dinner sponsors include: Mat&rsquo;s Place and Bob&rsquo;s Balls, Italian Meat Balls. The cost of the<br \/>dinner will be a free will donation. The dinner will feature a silent auction and other activities. The event will be held at Mat&rsquo;s Place in Garner, Iowa, Saturday, April 30th from 4:00 to 10:00 pm. Come have a good time and support a good cause.<br \/>&ldquo;The family and friends of Caidyn want to encourage everyone in the community to attend our<br \/>upcoming dinner in an effort to help give Caidyn a second chance at life,&rdquo; said Event Chair Linda Putney. &ldquo;100% of the profits from the Restaurant Takeover for COTA will assist with transplant-related expenses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Caidyn was diagnosed with VACTERLS. Local volunteers are raising an estimated $40,000 for<br \/>COTA in honor of Team Caidyn to assist with transplant-related expenses throughout her lifetime. For more information about the Restaurant Takeover for COTA for Team Caidyn, or other fundraising and volunteer opportunities, please contact Linda Putney at elputney4uni@gmail.com..<br \/>Caidyn&rsquo;s family has asked for assistance from the Children&rsquo;s Organ Transplant Association (COTA), a national charity based in Bloomington, Indiana. COTA is dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. COTA&rsquo;s services are completely free of charge, and 100% of funds generated by COTA community fundraising campaigns are available for transplant-related expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinner Event to Raise Funds for COTA in Honor of Local Young AdultGarner, IA &ndash; A Restaurant Takeover, &ldquo;Mat&rsquo;s Place Takeover for COTA for Team Caidyn&rdquo;, will beheld for COTA in honor of Caidyn Kruse, a Garner-area young adult who needs a Kidney transplant.The event is planned for Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Mat&rsquo;s Place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamcaidyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}