{"id":108290,"date":"2025-12-19T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apollon.com.cy\/?p=108290"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:40:16","slug":"a-dinner-full-of-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apollon.com.cy\/en\/a-dinner-full-of-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"A dinner full of smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the festive Christmas season,\u00a0three Apollon Limassol footballers shared a special evening with the children of the Limassol Children\u2019s Shelter,<!--more--> turning a simple dinner into a warm and meaningful experience. Clinton Duodu, Ali Youssef and Philipp K\u00fchn spent Tuesday evening, December 16, with the children at Pizza Hut, one of the club\u2019s official sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was held in a festive and friendly atmosphere, filled with smiles, conversations and spontaneous moments that brought players and children closer together. 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The smiles, laughter and warm interactions captured throughout the evening reflected the true spirit of the Christmas season.<\/p>\n<p>Through initiatives like this, Apollon Limassol continues to underline its commitment to social responsibility and its close connection with the local community. Especially during the festive period, such actions serve as a reminder that the most meaningful victories are those that offer joy, hope and warmth\u2014particularly to children who need it most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the festive Christmas season,\u00a0three Apollon Limassol footballers shared a special evening with the children of the Limassol Children\u2019s Shelter,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":108222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[167,165],"tags":[1201],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A dinner full of smiles - Apollon FC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apollon FC - A dinner full of smiles - On the occasion of the festive Christmas season,\u00a0three Apollon Limassol footballers shared a special evening with the children of the Limassol Children\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apollon.com.cy\/en\/a-dinner-full-of-smiles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A dinner full of smiles - 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