{"id":392,"date":"2017-02-10T09:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T15:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2017-02-10T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T16:16:29","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<br \/>\nCONTACT:<br \/>\nSam Abdelmessih, Gavin\u2019s Galaxy, 281-435-8616, sam@gavinsgalaxy.org,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavinsgalaxy.org\">www.gavinsgalaxy.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayor of Pearland will present achievement award to 11 year old who helped raise funds for little boy with Leukemia.<br \/>\n<strong>Pearland, TX: 2\/10\/2017<\/strong> \u2013 On Saturday, February 11, 2017 @8:30am, Mayor Tom Reid will present Emma Schall with an achievement award for raising $1,200 for Gavin\u2019s Galaxy and Gavin Abdelmessih\u2019s medical funds. Gavin\u2019s Galaxy is an organization started by Gavin\u2019s father and mother that advocates to lawmakers for pediatric cancer patients.<br \/>\nThe presentation will be made at the Pearland Girls\u2019 Softball (PGSA) Opening Day, which will be held at Centennial Park: 3219 McLean Rd, Pearland, TX 77584.\u00a0 Emma and her softball team are affiliated with PGSA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emma raised the money on her own by going door to door for over a month.\u00a0Emma presented the money she raised to Gavin\u2019s Galaxy president, Sam Abdelmessih, and vice\u00a0 president, Jacqueline Abdelmessih, at the annual Scare Away Cancer Softball Tournament, on October 29, 2016. The annual charity event is put on by PGSA and Gavin\u2019s Galaxy to raise money for Gavin\u2019s Galaxy and their mission.<\/p>\n<p>Please come out and show your support for one of Pearland\u2019s young heroes! visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavinsgalaxy.org\">www.gavinsgalaxy.org<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gavinsgalaxyorg\">www.facebook.com\/gavinsgalaxyorg<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gavin Abdelmessih<\/strong> was diagnosed with Leukemia on July 31, 2015 at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gavin\u2019s Galaxy<\/strong>\u00a0exists for the following reasons: Education &amp; Awareness concerning pediatric cancer. Lobby policy makers and collaborate with other non-profits and local businesses to increase government and private funding for pediatric cancer research. Outreach and support to those children and their families that are going through cancer. Sibling outreach for the siblings of pediatric cancer patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PGSA<\/strong>\u00a0was formed, and exists, for the sole purpose of promoting good fellowship. We achieve this by fostering team participation while developing our athletes to be good leaders, students, citizens and team players. This is instilled through positive reinforcement and self-esteem development. It is our intent to equip our athletes with a desire to achieve through perseverance and a positive team attitude while developing all participants in mind, body and spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sam@gavinsgalaxy.org\">sam@gavinsgalaxy.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Sam Abdelmessih, Gavin\u2019s Galaxy, 281-435-8616, sam@gavinsgalaxy.org,\u00a0www.gavinsgalaxy.org Mayor of Pearland will present achievement award to 11 year old who helped raise funds for little boy with Leukemia. Pearland, TX: 2\/10\/2017 \u2013 On Saturday, February 11, 2017 @8:30am, Mayor Tom Reid will present Emma Schall with an achievement award for raising $1,200 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P87SEk-6k","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavinsgalaxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}