{"id":357,"date":"2015-02-13T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2015-02-20T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T15:12:55","slug":"week-22-come-on-get-happy-and-give-some-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Week #22 – Come On, Get Happy!!! (And give some, too!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Get Happy! (Photo credit: Granny Church)<\/p><\/div>\n

Week #22 – Come on, Get Happy!!! \u00a0(And give some, too!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you all had\u00a0a chance to celebrate a “Rob Church Kinda Day”<\/a> this week!<\/p>\n

But if not — don’t despair! \u00a0There’s another chance — and it’s tonight at 7:30p ET!<\/p>\n

The administrators of Rob’s Facebook Memory Wall\u00a0have declared the first-ever Happyness Hour tonight\u00a0— Friday, February 13th — at 7:30p ET! \u00a0Friends from all around are invited to gather in person (or remotely) in honor of Rob’s 41st birthday week — to celebrate his life, share stories, and raise a glass to HAPPYNESS!!!<\/p>\n

The local event will take place at Castaways Tavern in Hopatcong, NJ (Rob’s home town) — but you are all invited to participate wherever you are by declaring 7:30p tonight YOUR Happyness Hour!<\/p>\n

And we’re not just gonna GET HAPPY…we’re gonna GIVE SOME TOO!<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Castaways —\u00a0we will be accepting donations of food items (specifically canned pasta sauces, peanut butter, and tuna fish) to benefit West Side United Methodist Church’s food pantry, \u00a0which serves local families in and around Hopatcong. \u00a0And if anyone wants to splurge — they also really need coffee! \u00a0For families with limited resources, coffee is a huge budget-buster and an absolute luxury. \u00a0A can or two goes a long way to bring warmth and comfort to the adults at the head of those households!<\/p>\n

Your assignment this week:<\/strong> Spread Happyness — and pay it forward this Friday! \u00a0Whether you are celebrating with us in person — or across the miles — carve out time to make a toast to happyness, and share your experience with us in the comments (or on Rob’s Facebook Memory Wall)! \u00a0And then — make a donation to your local food pantry. \u00a0Your pantry may have specific\u00a0needs week-to-week, so check in first to see what items are in demand and add a few of them to your shopping list!<\/p>\n

A protein packed lunch, an after-school snack, spaghetti night, or the warm smell of\u00a0freshly brewed coffee…these things were all central to Rob’s childhood. \u00a0With your help, we can be sure they’re part of someone else’s too!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — and share your Happyness Hour celebrations (and donations) in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/13\/15 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #22 – Come on, Get Happy!!! \u00a0(And give some, too!) I hope you all had\u00a0a chance to celebrate a “Rob Church Kinda Day” this week! But if not — don’t despair! \u00a0There’s another chance — and it’s tonight at 7:30p ET! The administrators of Rob’s Facebook Memory Wall\u00a0have declared the first-ever Happyness Hour tonight\u00a0— […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}