{"id":125,"date":"2017-02-20T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/?p=125"},"modified":"2017-02-20T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:10:08","slug":"its-what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/2017\/02\/20\/its-what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s what we do&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2017\/02\/Picture-of-Mel-walking-with-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2017\/02\/Picture-of-Mel-walking-with-kids-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Mel walking with kids\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2017\/02\/Picture-of-Mel-walking-with-kids-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2017\/02\/Picture-of-Mel-walking-with-kids.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are often asked &#8220;So&#8230; what do you do at the Melanie Center?&#8221; \u00a0Well, one of the things we get to do is love on precious kiddos from our community. \u00a0Here in this picture Melanie is walking hand in hand with 4 cuties who she calls her &#8220;amigos&#8221;. \u00a0On this day, we had the joy of checking out the new garden we&#8217;re trying to get going with the company of 4 little ones who simply ADORE Melanie. \u00a0Melanie took them to the Melanie Center where they got to play in the playground. \u00a0Sometimes the best thing we get to do is simply love on people, especially the kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=125&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We are often asked &#8220;So&#8230; what do you do at the Melanie Center?&#8221; \u00a0Well, one of the things we get to do is love on precious kiddos from our community. \u00a0Here in this picture Melanie is walking hand in hand with 4 cuties who she calls her &#8220;amigos&#8221;. \u00a0On this day, we had &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/2017\/02\/20\/its-what-we-do\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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