{"id":3602,"date":"2013-10-09T19:23:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T23:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giftforlifefoundationtt.com\/?page_id=3602"},"modified":"2022-11-12T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T20:31:35","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/giftforlifefoundationtt.com\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSION AND VISION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;none&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.1&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93&#8243; text_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93&#8243; 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