{"id":188008,"date":"2025-04-07T16:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=188008"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:30:08","slug":"thousands-put-their-best-foot-forward-at-ed-ansin-best-buddies-friendship-walk-at-loandepot-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2025\/04\/07\/thousands-put-their-best-foot-forward-at-ed-ansin-best-buddies-friendship-walk-at-loandepot-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands put their best foot forward at Ed Ansin Best Buddies Friendship Walk at loanDepot Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;188038&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Thousands of people woke up bright and early to put their best foot forward, all in the name of friendship.<\/p>\n<p>It was a perfect Saturday morning to raise money and awareness, as participants in the annual Ed Ansin Best Buddies Friendship Walk laced up their sneakers and took steps for a good cause at loanDepot Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video and read the full article <a href=_-504.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Thousands of people woke up bright and early to put their best foot forward, all in the name of friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,819,4485],"tags":[146,691,1852,1750,1763,4570,1703,4673],"class_list":["post-188008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-front-page","category-news-sidebar","tag-anthony-kennedy-shriver","tag-best-buddies-friendship-walk","tag-best-buddies-friendship-walk-in-south-florida","tag-best-buddies-global-ambassador","tag-ed-ansin","tag-ed-ansin-best-buddies-friendship-walk","tag-global-ambassador","tag-joshua-felder"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thousands put their best foot forward at Ed Ansin Best Buddies Friendship Walk at loanDepot Park - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<!-- Added by HTTrack --><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /><!-- /Added by HTTrack -->
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