{"id":1563,"date":"2016-10-25T23:05:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldproducts.com\/blog\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2017-01-04T23:11:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T23:11:01","slug":"ld-products-carves-pumpkins-for-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ldproducts.com\/blog\/ld-products-carves-pumpkins-for-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"LD Products Carves Pumpkins for a Cause!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/ocguts.com\/\">O.C. Guts<\/a> pumpkin carving competition took over Costa Mesa on Monday night, and LD Products\u2019 design team was a part of the action. Twelve talented design teams from around the area participated in this amazing event benefiting <a href=\"http:\/\/site.wish.org\/site\/TR\/FriendsandFamily\/Make-A-WishOrangeCountyandtheInlandEmpire?team_id=7201&amp;pg=team&amp;fr_id=1605\">Make-a-Wish Orange County and Inland Empire<\/a>.\u00a0 Prior to the competition, every team ran their own fundraising campaign for the non-profit, with all of the proceeds going towards granting the wishes of medically eligible children in Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.\u00a0 The event was the first of its kind in Southern California and was even promoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxla.com\/good-day\/good-day-la-features\/213334321-story\">Good Day LA<\/a> on their morning broadcast!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/studio-ld.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ldproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/studio-ld.jpg\" alt=\"studio-ld\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Teams were allotted 90 minutes to furiously carve a pumpkin of their choosing, while guests enjoyed music, refreshments and some festive face painting. Pumpkins went up for silent auction immediately after the carving and a team of local creative professionals judged each entry.\u00a0 As the votes were being tallied, Make-a-Wish put together a great presentation highlighting the lives they\u2019ve touched through their non-profit work. At the end of the evening, auction winners were announced and awards were given out to the top pumpkins of the night.\u00a0 Congratulations to our team, <a href=\"http:\/\/site.wish.org\/site\/TR\/FriendsandFamily\/Make-A-WishOrangeCountyandtheInlandEmpire?team_id=7201&amp;pg=team&amp;fr_id=1605\">Studio LD<\/a>, for their first place win!\u00a0 It was a wonderful community event and LD Products was incredibly proud to be part of such a meaningful cause.\u00a0 Thank you to Make-a-Wish and all of the businesses, volunteers and participants that helped make it happen!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/65685;2286934;201;jsiframe;LDProducts;LDBlog730x110\/?ft_custom=&#038;imageType=gif&#038;ftDestID=13561393&#038;ft_width=730&#038;ft_height=110&#038;click=&#038;ftOBA=1&#038;ftExpTrack=&#038;cachebuster=[CACHEBUSTER]\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" width=\"730\" height=\"110\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/65685;2286934;0;209;0\/?ft_width=730&#038;ft_height=110&#038;url=13561393\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/65685;2286934;205;gif;LDProducts;LDBlog730x110\/?\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The O.C. 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