{"id":19040,"date":"2019-04-06T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=19040"},"modified":"2019-04-06T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T21:50:08","slug":"making-wishes-happen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKING WISHES HAPPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"making-wishes-happen-3\"><\/a><p><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19043\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53613711_10161726271795434_3509123658201169920_o-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WINGS FOR WISHES<\/b> took place on Saturday, March 9, 2019 behind Sports Grill South Miami. The 5th\u00a0Annual Wings For Wishes raised $250,000 to help sponsor wishes through Make-A-Wish<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Southern Florida. Wings For Wishes, presented by AirSouth Mechanical, and co-hosted by Make-A-Wish Champions Gal Bensaadon and Brian Exelbert and Sports Grill South Miami, is a family-friendly event centered on Sports Grill\u2019s famous Special Grilled chicken wings and raising money to sponsor wishes.\u00a0This year\u2019s event drew more than 1,800 attendees and included\u00a090 corporate sponsors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back by popular demand, was the friendly chicken-wing eating competition between local news stations WSVN-TV, WPLG Local10, NBC 6 Miami, and CBS 4 Miami. Afterward, more than 66 teams of hungry competitors battled for the fastest time to eat 50 wings in the Official Wing Eating Competition. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19040 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o-97x65.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o-413x275.jpg 413w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/53911516_10161726426495434_7166516386393489408_o-97x65@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19044'>\n\t\t\t\tWinning team celebrates\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/dsc_5239\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5239-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19045'>\n\t\t\t\tSports Grill\u2019s Christine Marques with Winning Teams announcement board\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The event also\u00a0featured the new Signature Wing Tasting that offered unique chicken wing recipes from Sports Grill, Chifa,\u00a0House of Mac, TOWN Kitchen &amp; Bar, Tap 42, Miccosukee Restaurant, and McCormick\u2019s. Lokal was also on hand to serve their famous chili. In all, over 14,500 wings were consumed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wings For Wishes was developed in 2014 when local professionals Gal Bensaadon and Brian Exelbert were eating wings during their usual Friday lunch. Their goal was to create a unique fundraising concept accessible to a broad audience.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-19040 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/dsc_5243-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-19046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5243-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-19046'>\n\t\t\t\t Alonso from House of MAC putting out the wings\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/dsc_5250-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-19048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5250-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-19048'>\n\t\t\t\t Eric from Chifa serving it up\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to think on what we\u2019ve accomplished in just five years,\u201d said Gal Bensaadon. \u201cWith this year\u2019s success and the tremendous support from our sponsors, families, and friends we\u2019ve raised enough money to grant 116 wishes. The families that we celebrate are the true heroes in this story. \u00a0What they experience on a daily basis is difficult to fathom. If we can hit the pause button on that and bring joy into their lives, then we\u2019ve achieved something pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat started as a simple idea to do something fun and different to raise money for a charity, has developed into granting hundreds of wishes and touching thousands of lives,\u201d said Brian Exelbert.\u00a0 \u201cWe created a special moment in time when companies, executives, politicians, community leaders, and passionate volunteers come together for one common goal, to create<br \/>\nand grant wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at .<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19051\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19051\" class=\"wp-image-19051 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5290-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whiskey Allstars performing on stage<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19050\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19050\" class=\"wp-image-19050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5274-copy-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wish granted to young Miles Vedrano, son of long-time event volunteer Nate Vedrano, with mom looking on.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19047\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19047\" class=\"wp-image-19047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246.jpg 576w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5246-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Trevor \u2018s TKB wings with Al Pastor sauce and topped with Cotija cheese and cilantro<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19049\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273.jpg 648w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273-97x64.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273-415x275.jpg 415w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273-300x199@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5273-97x64@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINGS FOR WISHES took place on Saturday, March 9, 2019 behind Sports Grill South Miami. The 5th\u00a0Annual Wings For Wishes raised $250,000 to help sponsor wishes through Make-A-Wish\u00ae Southern Florida. Wings For Wishes, presented by AirSouth Mechanical, and co-hosted by Make-A-Wish Champions Gal Bensaadon and Brian Exelbert and Sports Grill South Miami, is a family-friendly<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/making-wishes-happen-3\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":19043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,19,1,262],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}