{"id":3598,"date":"2017-09-16T01:52:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2017-09-17T23:59:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T03:59:17","slug":"release-the-captives-prepares-for-rescue-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3598","title":{"rendered":"Release the Captives prepares for Rescue Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sthefany Flores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gardner-Webb University\u2019s Release the Captives (Release) will host its annual Rescue Race September 16 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rescue Race is a 5K benefitting Challenging Heights in Ghana,\u201d said Sarah Grace Moxley, president of Release. \u201cThey are rescuing enslaved children near Lake Volta.\u201d She explained that Challenging Heights rescues the children from a legal standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moxley said, \u201cPrior to 2011, child trafficking wasn\u2019t illegal and Challenging Heights became a major factor in changing that.\u201d She said that the funds from the race will go toward the rescue fund of three children. The fund will help them enter a rehabilitation center with emotional and psychological therapy and a school for 6-9 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Paula Qualls, professor of religion and faculty advisor for Release, the event began with Mariah Case (\u201917), a divinity student. Qualls said that one of the projects in her class was based on community service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Qualls said, \u201cMariah was in the Old Testament Prophets class. The prophets are all about social justice and I wanted [my students] to emulate that. [The Rescue Race] started with one person having an idea [but] not knowing if they could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moxley said that last year, the Rescue Race raised $2225 through the participation of 113 people. So far there are 137 people registered for the 2017 race. Registration will continue through the day of the race.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Release the Captives, contact Sarah Grace Moxley at smoxley@gardner-webb.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Sthefany Flores &nbsp; Gardner-Webb University\u2019s Release the Captives (Release) will host its annual Rescue Race September 16 at 9 a.m. &nbsp; \u201cThe Rescue Race is a 5K benefitting Challenging Heights in Ghana,\u201d said Sarah <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3598\" title=\"Release the Captives prepares for Rescue Race\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,812,854,963],"tags":[964,378,724,406,965,86],"class_list":["post-3598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-clubs-and-organizations","category-events-and-activities","category-ministries-and-service","category-release-the-captives","tag-dr-paula-qualls","tag-photo-story","tag-release","tag-release-the-captives","tag-sarah-grace-moxley","tag-sthefany-flores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}