{"id":113330,"date":"2026-01-10T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113330\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:17:40","slug":"parc-center-for-disabilities-celebrates-56th-annual-gala-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113330\/","title":{"rendered":"Parc Center for Disabilities celebrates 56th annual gala in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis Is Us\u201d was far more than a theme at Parc Center for Disabilities\u2019 56th annual Black-Tie Gala \u2014 it was a showcase of capabilities and achievements by children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Defying Autism with Music pianist Milosz Gasior entertained during the cocktail hour at The Coliseum in St. Petersburg on Nov. 8, 2025. Parc participants sold their artwork, performed a ballroom dance and cheered a rousing version of \u201cThis Is Me\u201d sung by the Parc Inspired Choir. The family of Onyx, 2, who has FOXP1 syndrome, an extremely rare genetic disorder, shared their gratitude for the hope and joy that Parc\u2019s Discovery Learning Center brings them.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b15bf8ebdd6330aa0335c50a87ad0d03.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/221f3cb47c4b563e0868376b5e96384b.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/82a843c3e6dde76886798dea7b690988.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis Is Us\u201d was far more than a theme at Parc Center for Disabilities\u2019 56th annual Black-Tie Gala&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[57582,57581,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-113330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-michelle-detweiler","9":"tag-parc-center","10":"tag-st-pete","11":"tag-st-pete-headlines","12":"tag-st-pete-news","13":"tag-st-petersburg","14":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","15":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}