{"id":49685,"date":"2013-01-23T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T09:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49685"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:44:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T09:44:34","slug":"microsoft-reach-for-a-dream-give-sa-gamer-huge-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/49685-microsoft-reach-for-a-dream-give-sa-gamer-huge-surprise","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft, Reach for a Dream give SA gamer huge surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft SA and the Reach for a Dream foundation teamed up to brighten the life of a 10-year-old SA gamer who suffers from Stage 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy.<\/p>\n<p>The gamer, Keagan Gillepsie, suffers from the progressive disease, which affects muscular development. Keagan recently underwent surgery to help straighten his spine; but shortly after the operation, he fell, shattering both of his legs.<\/p>\n<p>Keagan informed Reach for a Dream that he was a massive Halo fan* and wanted nothing more than to have a Halo party with Master Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft SA and Reach for a Dream worked together to fulfil this wish and make Keagan&#8217;s 10th Birthday one to remember &#8211; with Master Chief making an appearance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49687\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Keagan-Gillepsie-and-Master-Chief.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49687\" title=\"Keagan Gillepsie and Master Chief\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Keagan-Gillepsie-and-Master-Chief.jpg\" alt=\"Keagan Gillepsie and Master Chief\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Keagan-Gillepsie-and-Master-Chief.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Keagan-Gillepsie-and-Master-Chief-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Keagan-Gillepsie-and-Master-Chief-250x192.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keagan Gillepsie and Master Chief<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On top of having the chief himself at his party, Xbox SA gave Keagan a 250GB Xbox console bundled with Halo 4, Halo Reach collector&#8217;s edition, and Forza Horizon. Reach for a Dream also supplied Halo toys, movies, books and other paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>*Keagan&#8217;s family signed a consent form to allow him to play Halo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qnp1ijPFSZU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49625-halo-4-spartan-ops-season-one-content-rollout-detailed.html\">Halo 4 Spartan Ops: Season One content rollout detailed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49546-sa-halo-4-finals-public-attendance-details.html\">SA Halo 4 finals public attendance details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49344-what-happens-when-you-get-too-many-kills.html\">What happens when you get too many kills?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49617-sa-black-ops-2-console-players-get-competitive-ladders-tournaments.html\">SA Black Ops 2 console players get competitive ladders, tournaments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49551-webafricas-e-sport-focus-for-sa-gaming.html\">WebAfrica\u2019s e-sport focus for SA gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49548-broadband-speed-holding-back-sa-gamers-is-gaming.html\">Broadband speed holding back SA gamers: IS Gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10-year-old gamer suffering from debilitating disease gets a party of a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":45350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[255,21,8534,8533],"class_list":["post-49685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-halo-4","tag-headline","tag-keagan-gillepsie","tag-microsfot-sa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49686,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49685\/revisions\/49686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}