{"id":8126,"date":"2020-01-16T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2020-01-16T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:55:00","slug":"a-grateful-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/a-grateful-table\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grateful Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/our-team\/\">MDI team<\/a> got to take part in a very important challenge: Designing the table scape for an intimate dinner to benefit Cookies for Kids\u2019 Cancer benefiting St. Jude\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The dinner also honored\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesforkidscancer.org\/OurInspiration\/ToughCookie\/ewjznnn\/John\" target=\"_blank\">John<\/a>, a brave young man who fought T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia for many years. Today 17-year-old John is in remission thanks to a lifesaving haploidentical stem-cell transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesforkidscancer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cookies for Kids\u2019 Cancer<\/a>&nbsp;is a national non-profit that\nraises funds for research to develop new, improved, &amp; less toxic treatments\nfor pediatric cancer, the #1 disease killer of children in the U.S. The\norganization provides inspiration and support for individuals, businesses and\norganizations to raise funds by hosting grassroots bake sales and other\nfundraising events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization came to be when Liam, Larry and Gretchen\nWitt\u2019s 2-year-old son, was diagnosed with childhood cancer. The Witts, and 250\nvolunteers, baked and sold 96,000 cookies \u2013 raising more than $40,000 for\nresearch into new treatments that can help kids like John.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8130\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the table scape, we chose sparkling glassware, crisp white linens, white flowers, and simple greenery, including sprigs of rosemary. Guests enjoyed a lovely evening and an incredible dinner and \u2013 of course \u2013 a box of cookies to take home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1499.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8127\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8128\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8129\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8131\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8133\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8134\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1820.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8135\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I1856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8136\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I2121.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8137\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A95I2202.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8138\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had fun creating beautiful table scapes, and were so honored to take part in this event honoring John and raising money for Cookies for Kids\u2019 Cancer. To learn more about this wonderful organization,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesforkidscancer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out their website<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the MDI team got to take part in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[648,25,36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}