{"id":13293,"date":"2018-03-25T13:38:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T17:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/?p=13293"},"modified":"2018-03-25T20:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T00:59:14","slug":"owens-story-seals-the-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/2018\/03\/owens-story-seals-the-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"“Owen’s Story” Seals the Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOS’s Brighter Days Gala Showcases Success<\/em><\/strong>
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\nSARATOGA SPRINGS – If you want to know why the people at Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) work so hard; if you want to know why they get so many vehement volunteers, contributors, and incredible outpourings of goodwill in this town – you need to know Owen and his Story. Those who attended SOS’ annual Brighter Days Gala at Longfellows, on Thursday, March 22 were treated to a triumph of the human spirit – in the form of “Owen’s Story.”<\/em>
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\nA story of a young man who fully expected to be dead by now. Three years ago, a homeless addict with no hope – who today, by his own hard work and the support structure of SOS, has risen to the rank of Executive Chef professionally, and who has now a young family, and with it – all the reasons to see nothing but brighter days in his future. <\/p>\n

Kudos to Fyvie Films for dramatically detailing Owen’s Story: Watch it HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nAttendees also were treated to Longfellows’ great cuisine, a wine pull of tremendous size, perused lots of great silent auction items, and enjoyed the gypsy swing tunes from Hot Tuesday from Delmar – first time I had heard these folks, and i’ll be keeping an eye out for them again…
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Here’s hoping that the Brightest Days are ahead for everyone!
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Photos: Cathy Duffy and AG
\nArthur Gonick
\nMarch 25, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOS’s Brighter Days Gala Showcases Success SARATOGA SPRINGS – If you want to know why the people at Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) work so hard; if you want to know why they get so many vehement volunteers, contributors, and incredible outpourings of goodwill in this town – you need to know Owen and his Story. 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