{"id":1489054,"date":"2022-05-23T19:44:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T23:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489054"},"modified":"2022-05-23T19:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T23:44:50","slug":"josh-ing-around-second-annual-josh-fight-raises-20k-for-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-ing-around-second-annual-josh-fight-raises-20k-for-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh-ing Around: Second Annual \u2018Josh Fight\u2019 Raises $20k For Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjosh-ing-around-second-annual-josh-fight-raises-20k-for-childrens-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489054&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The second annual \u201cJosh Fight\u201d took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which originated in 2020 as a tweet that went viral, raised more than $20,000 for the Children\u2019s Hospital &#038; Medical Center in Omaha. More than 200 people, Joshes and non-Joshes alike, showed up to Bowling Lake Park in Lincoln at noon Saturday, armed with foam pool noodles, to battle for the honor of being named the \u201cNumber 1 Josh,\u201d the Lincoln Journal Star reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLincoln, you\u2019ve done it again,\u201d event organizer Josh Swain said, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/journalstar.com\/news\/local\/lincolns-josh-fight-sequel-determines-little-josh-will-keep-his-title\/article_fc5afc6d-7e79-546d-aac1-7af5d35a085d.html\">Lincoln Journal Star<\/a>. \u201cThe enthusiasm from everybody here was just incredible.\u201d Swain, a native of Tucson, Arizona, organized the first Josh fight in 2021, after one of his social media posts went viral. The success of the first event prompted Swain to organize another event this year.<\/p>\n<p>The title of \u201cNumber 1 Josh\u201d was awarded to five-year old Josh Vinson, Jr., who also won the title during the first Josh Fight last year. Four-year-old Josh Folmar was the runner-up. Folmar secured his second-place spot in the battle wearing a \u201cCaptain Josh Sparrow\u201d costume, the Journal Star reported. A number of other challengers wore costumes to do battle against their fellow Joshes. The event also featured a costume contest: Battle Creek, Nebraska, native Josh Rakowsky won, dressed as \u201cThe Real Josh Shady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s amazing that they are able to take something that started off as some guy being bored texting \u2026 and then turned around and actually made something out of it,\u201d said Tony Rupert, who attended last year\u2019s event and returned to compete again this year. \u201cIt\u2019s not something you hear about very often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In all, the event raised $20,576 for the Omaha Children\u2019s Hospital. Swain also established a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightycause.com\/story\/Thejoshfight\">fundraiser<\/a>, which will continue to collect donations through Monday. Fast food giant Burger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual \u201cJosh Fight\u201d took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, over the weekend. The event, which originated in 2020 as a tweet that went viral, raised more than $20,000 for the Children\u2019s Hospital &#038; Medical Center in Omaha. More than 200 people, Joshes and non-Joshes alike, showed up to Bowling Lake Park in Lincoln at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1489059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}