{"id":194365,"date":"2019-01-08T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194365\/robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca\/"},"modified":"2019-01-08T13:10:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T11:10:27","slug":"robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/08\/robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive: Robyn Smith donates tons of dog food to the SPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on her birthday, for the past three years, Robyn Smith has started the morning of her special day by giving back.<\/p>\n<p>The Denlee resident started an initiative through which she raises funds to purchase dog food in large quantities, which she donates to the Germiston SPCA.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Last year was no different.<\/p>\n<p>For the full story don&#8217;t miss this week&#8217;s edition of the GCN, out this Wednesday (January 9).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4><strong>MORE PRINT EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/193890\/children-enjoy-fun-in-the-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Children enjoy fun in the sun<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/190510\/make-recycling-a-habit-in-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Make recycling a habit in your life<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186883\/recovering-addicts-speak-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Recovering addicts speak out<\/a><\/h4>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a 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href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-194365 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/08\/robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca\/attachment\/51gcngeneralroby_15646\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/51GCNGENERALROBY_15646-270x203.jpg\" 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She donated the food on her birthday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/08\/robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca\/attachment\/img_7061_32818\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/IMG_7061_32818-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-194368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/IMG_7061_32818-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/IMG_7061_32818-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/IMG_7061_32818-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/IMG_7061_32818.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194368'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore enjoying all the attention and gifts on her birthday, every year, Robyn Smith starts off her special day by making a special donation to the Germiston SPCA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='cc6bbc9dc074e334501deca17e478cb8'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young philanthropist feeling fulfilled after donating 1.5 tons of dog food to the Germiston SPCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":194366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Kgotsofalang Mashilo","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[24067,21906,24069,24072,24071,983,24073,24066,24068,24070,24074],"class_list":["post-194365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-barnyard-theatre-tickets","tag-byline-kgotsofalang-mashilo","tag-december-19","tag-denlee-resident","tag-donated-sixty-25kg-bags-of-dog-food","tag-germiston-spca","tag-philanthropy","tag-print-exclusive-robyn-smith-donates-tons-of-dog-food-to-the-spca","tag-r10-800","tag-weighing-a-total-of-1-5-tons","tag-young-philanthropist-feeling-fulfilled"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Barnyard Theatre tickets","Byline: Kgotsofalang Mashilo","December 19","Denlee resident","donated sixty 25kg bags of dog food","Germiston SPCA","philanthropy","Print Exclusive: Robyn Smith donates tons of dog food to the SPCA","R10 800","weighing a total of 1.5 tons","Young philanthropist feeling fulfilled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}