{"id":1138,"date":"2018-07-03T22:37:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/?page_id=1138"},"modified":"2018-10-12T22:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T02:42:21","slug":"saving-sara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/?page_id=1138","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saving Sara&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-07-06_16-39-10.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1142\" src=\"http:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-07-06_16-39-10-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-07-06_16-39-10-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-07-06_16-39-10.png 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is believed that 1.5 million Jewish children lost their lives during the Holocaust.<br \/>\nSaving Sara is a play that depicts the true story of how one little girl survived Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, thanks to the unsurpassed bravery of her teenage uncle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Saving Sara<\/em> is 30-minute video of a stage production depicting how Sara Gillman was saved from almost certain death during the Holocaust in Lithuania. Written by Brandermill Rotarian, Nancy Wright Beasley,\u00a0 the play is geared toward Rotary\/Rotaract\/Interact clubs and schools, as a way to begin conversations on peace\/conflict management and how to thwart anti-Semitism, discrimination and bullying.<\/p>\n<p>Introductory trailer of <em>Saving Sara<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/x6kc2bfqda3xi6h\/Saving%20Sara%20Trailer%20Revised%20WMV.wmv?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/x6kc2bfqda3xi6h\/Saving%20Sara%20Trailer%20Revised%20WMV.wmv?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video of the play can be accessed for a nominal donation by Rotary clubs. \u00a0Nancy, a polio survivor who was never supposed to walk again, will donate 20% of Rotary funds\u00a0 to PolioPlus at Brandermill Rotary Club. The video can be used during a regular meeting as a fund raiser for PolioPlus. Donations from the Gates Foundation\u00a0 will instantly triple the sum raised. For information on how to obtain <em>Saving Sara<\/em>, which will be ready to order by mid-September 2018, for use on World Polio Day, write to: <a href=\"mailto:nancy@nancywrightbeasley.com\">nancy@nancywrightbeasley.com<\/a>. <em>Saving Sara<\/em> is based on Nancy Wright Beasley\u2019s historical novel <em>The Little Lion: A Hero in the Holocaust, <\/em>which has been used by teachers\/professors in schools\/colleges since 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed that 1.5 million Jewish children lost their lives during the Holocaust. Saving Sara is a play that depicts the true story of how one little girl survived Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, thanks to the unsurpassed bravery of her teenage uncle. Saving Sara is 30-minute video of a stage production depicting how Sara Gillman was saved from almost&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/?page_id=1138\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1152,"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nancywrightbeasley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}