{"id":18054,"date":"2014-11-19T23:24:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=18054"},"modified":"2014-11-19T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:26:37","slug":"boxer-abner-mares-gives-free-turkeys-in-hawaiian-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/boxer-abner-mares-gives-free-turkeys-in-hawaiian-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Abner Mares Gives Free Turkeys in Hawaiian Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/hggiver.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s better to give than receive, Featherweight Boxer Abner Mares will be a happy man on Saturday, Nov. 22. He&#8217;s reached deep into his own pocket to give those in need Thanksgiving turkeys and food, allowing them to enjoy a meaningful holiday like he plans to celebrate with his family. Mares grew up in Hawaiian Gardens where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/hawaiian-gardens-turkey-giveaway.html\">he&#8217;ll be handing out turkeys and fixins<\/a>&#8216; valued at $10,000. The free event in which 300 turkeys will be distributed takes place at Hawaiian Gardens City Hall from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In Hawaiian Gardens it&#8217;s estimated that\u00a0approx. one in five residents\u00a0lives below the poverty line. During his boxing career Mares suffered an eye injury and was forced out of the ring for more than a year. Working 14 hour work days in menial jobs to support his wife and children, he bounced back but never forgets that there are others less fortunate who need a helping hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it&#8217;s better to give than receive, Featherweight Boxer Abner Mares will be a happy man on Saturday, Nov. 22. He&#8217;s reached deep into his own pocket to give those in need Thanksgiving turkeys and food, allowing them to enjoy a meaningful holiday like he plans to celebrate with his family. Mares grew up in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18054"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}