{"id":8530,"date":"2016-12-17T17:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2016-12-20T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T22:07:00","slug":"lighting-up-the-pru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/lighting-up-the-pru\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting Up the Pru"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"31nol_logo_2016_b\"The Pru will turn blue\u2014Mass Audubon blue, that is\u2014this\u00a0Wednesday, December 21, at 5 pm! We\u2019ve been selected to be part of this year\u2019s 31 Nights of Light<\/a>, hosted by the Prudential Center.<\/p>\n

This special event was created in 2009 as a way to bring awareness to nonprofit organizations during the holidays. Each night, the top of the Prudential Tower is lit a different color in support of that night\u2019s partner.<\/p>\n

Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton will be on site along with Boston Nature Center (BNC) Director Julie Brandlen and BNY Mellon YouthLeaders<\/a> to give some remarks before flipping the switch on behalf of Mass Audubon.<\/p>\n

In or around the Pru thisWednesday? Stop by to say \u201chello\u201d during the lighting ceremony, and meet some of Boston\u2019s young conservation leaders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pru will turn blue\u2014Mass Audubon blue, that is\u2014this\u00a0Wednesday, December 21, at 5 pm! We\u2019ve been selected to be part of this year\u2019s 31 Nights of Light, hosted by the Prudential Center. This special event was created in 2009 as a way to bring awareness to nonprofit organizations during the holidays. Each night, the top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff-we-love"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2dA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10813,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/new-ways-to-show-mass-audubon-pride-t-shirts-hats-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":8530,"position":0},"title":"New Ways to Show Mass Audubon Pride","author":"Ryan D.","date":"April 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It's easier than ever to show your true Mass Audubon colors! 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