{"id":868,"date":"2026-03-11T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/?p=868"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:36:38","slug":"smyrna-public-safety-foundation-reports-most-successful-hero-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/smyrna-public-safety-foundation-reports-most-successful-hero-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Smyrna Public Safety Foundation reports most successful Hero\u00a0Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation&nbsp;reported that last week\u2019s Hero Gala was its most successful to date, with attendance increasing by&nbsp;17.5% and funds raised climbing more than&nbsp;52% compared to last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual event raises money for the Foundation\u2019s support of Smyrna\u2019s first responders, including its&nbsp;Benevolence Fund, which addresses the urgent needs of our local heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gala also marked the start of the organization\u2019s packed&nbsp;2026 calendar of events, which includes a golf tournament in April,&nbsp;Jazz Under the Gazebo in November, and&nbsp;Shop With a Hero in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation thanked attendees, sponsors, volunteers, and community partners for helping make the evening its most successful yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation\u00a0reported that last week\u2019s Hero Gala was its most successful to date, with attendance increasing by\u00a017.5% and funds raised climbing more than\u00a052% compared to last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smyrnapsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}