{"257191":{"#nid":"257191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Charitable Campaign Connections Run Deep","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarole-Anne Whitehurst has a very personal reason for supporting Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta \u2014\u0026nbsp; if it weren\u2019t for this nonprofit, Whitehurst wouldn\u2019t have made it past her first birthday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithin minutes of her birth, Whitehurst was rushed to Egleston (now known as Children\u2019s) for emergency surgery, which would later be followed by open-heart surgery a few months later. But the health issues didn\u2019t end there \u2014 Whitehurst would suffer two strokes as a result of the heart surgery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile I don\u2019t remember much about the surgeries or the hard recovery work involved, I do remember the doctors and nurses at Egleston,\u201d said Whitehurst, senior administrative professional in the Advanced Concepts Lab at Georgia Tech Research Institute. \u201cThat\u2019s why I will always support Children\u2019s during the Charitable Campaign and encourage others to support the charity of their choice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s still time to donate tothe 2014 Campaign, which ends on Dec. 15. So far, $217,612 has been pledged by 705 members of the Georgia Tech community. But there\u2019s still a ways to go before the Institute reaches its goal of 1,500 donors and $330,000. Those who donate to the Campaign will be entered into a drawing for a one-night stay and breakfast for two at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo make a contribution to one of the many charities involved with the campaign, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.techworks.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETechWorks\u003C\/a\u003E. For more information about the Charitable Campaign, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarole-Anne Whitehurst has a very personal reason for supporting Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta \u2014\u0026nbsp; if it weren\u2019t for this nonprofit, Whitehurst wouldn\u2019t have made it past her first birthday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Carole-Anne Whitehurst has a very personal reason for supporting Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta \u2014  if it weren\u2019t for this nonprofit, Whitehurst wouldn\u2019t have made it past her first birthday."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-11-25 15:33:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"244801":{"id":"244801","type":"image","title":"Charitable Campaign Logo","body":null,"created":"1449243722","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:02","changed":"1509375428","gmt_changed":"2017-10-30 14:57:08","alt":"Charitable Campaign Logo","file":{"fid":"228000","name":"charitablecampaign.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30261,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg?itok=HZfciZyp"}}},"media_ids":["244801"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/charitable.gatech.edu\/","title":"2014 Charitable Campaign"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"80821","name":"Carole-Anne Whitehurst"},{"id":"2094","name":"charitable campaign"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}