{"id":343421,"date":"2026-09-11T01:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343421\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T01:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:02:17","slug":"disco-themed-fundraiser-to-support-big-brothers-big-sisters-in-riley-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343421\/","title":{"rendered":"Disco-themed fundraiser to support Big Brothers Big Sisters in Riley Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; Grab your dancing shows and head to the disco for a fun night supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Riley County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Julie Valldeperas and Michelle Sink sported their best disco-era looks and brought a miniature disco ball for their visit to Eye on NE Kansas, sharing details about their fundraising event, The Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event includes special drinks, food, raffles and live and silent auctions. Money raised benefits mentoring opportunities for young people in Riley Co.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Manhattan, a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Riley Co., is Saturday, Sept. 26 at the K-State Alumni Assoc. Center. A few tickets remain, and may be purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/the-manhattan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/the-manhattan\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/the-manhattan<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The online silent auction opens Saturday, Sept. 12. People may bid at the same line, as well as buy raffle chances (a special bottle of bourbon and a Taylor Swift autographed guitar are up for raffle). You do not need to attend the event to participate in the raffle or silent auction.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; Grab your dancing shows and head to the disco for a fun night supporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[128731,50875,75009,2149,13695,75,84,83,33458,9,24,63,3132,82179],"class_list":["post-343421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-alumni-association-center","tag-big-brothers-big-sisters","tag-disco","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-state-university","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-mentor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-riley-county","tag-silent-auction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}