{"id":833,"date":"2014-10-03T15:10:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2014-10-03T15:10:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T22:10:40","slug":"farewell-baaazk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"Farewell BAAAZK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hello everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For nearly 2 years it has been my honor determining the future and direction of the Bay Area Chapter for the American Association of Zoo Keepers with an incredible team of officers.\u00c2\u00a0 Today I am writing to you because I will be resigning from my position as President.\u00c2\u00a0 My last day as President will be October\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>25<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00c2\u00a0I will be continuing my path in Washington D.C. as an Animal Keeper at the Smithsonian\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Zoo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I am forever grateful for all that you have done to contribute to our chapter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s success in improving our professional growth, care of captive wildlife and protecting their wild counterparts.\u00c2\u00a0 I have truly enjoyed meeting all of you over the years at our events and fundraisers.\u00c2\u00a0 The officers I have been so blessed to work with have been rock stars in making overwhelming projects and events come to fruition seamlessly.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no doubt that this chapter will continue to thrive and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>My last BAAAZK event will be the Art Gallery Fundraiser October 25<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0 There are really no words to describe the impact you have all had on me.\u00c2\u00a0 From the bottom of my heart, thank you for letting me serve you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rachael Rufino<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, For nearly 2 years it has been my honor determining the future and direction of the Bay Area Chapter for the American Association of Zoo Keepers with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bayareaaazk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}