{"id":891,"date":"2026-04-10T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/?p=891"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:26:20","slug":"parker-westfall-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/parker-westfall-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Westfall sends an update to the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025-578x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025-578x1024.jpg 578w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025-768x1361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025-867x1536.jpg 867w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker_Westfall-2025.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While studying at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gvsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Grand Valley State University<\/a>, Parker Westfall sent the following message.  &#8220;I want to say I am so unbelievably thankful for this scholarship money. I am trying to pay for college on my own and this scholarship takes an immense amount of financial burden off of my shoulders. To receive the Sandbox scholarship as an incoming freshman, and to now receive it for the continuing scholarship is truly a blessing. I am so grateful for the foundation &#8211; and most importantly for God providing for me. I have put my education to good use with a 3.98 GPA and I am starting a Finance internship this summer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spartannash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Spartan-Nash,<\/a> and I will continue to strive for my best. I will definitely update you as next year progresses. Thank you very much for your generosity!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While studying at Grand Valley State University, Parker Westfall sent the following message. &#8220;I want to say I am so unbelievably thankful for this scholarship money. I am trying to pay for college on my own and this scholarship takes &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/parker-westfall-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipients","tag-recipients"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}