{"id":107348,"date":"2019-01-16T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=107348"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T17:05:01","slug":"new-year-new-e-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2019\/01\/16\/new-year-new-e-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New e-Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n<p>We have been listening to your comments and as a result we are making some changes for 2019! 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