{"id":43,"date":"2026-07-12T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgestodayusa.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-07-12T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:37:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgestodayusa.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ================================================================\n  FRIENDS OF BRIDGES (Bridges USA) \u2014 bridgestodayusa.com\n  Single content page, styled to match bridgestoday.com\n\n  HOW TO INSTALL:\n  1. WordPress \u2192 Pages \u2192 Add New. Title it (e.g., \"Home\").\n  2. Add ONE \"Custom HTML\" block and paste this entire file into it.\n  3. Set the page template to full-width \/ no sidebar if your theme has one.\n  4. LOGO: upload your Bridges USA logo to Media, copy its URL, and\n     replace the src in the <img> marked \"BRIDGES USA LOGO\" below.\n     (Until then a styled text lockup shows automatically.)\n  5. 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Love.<\/h1>\n      <span class=\"fob-underline\"><\/span>\n      <p class=\"fob-tagline\">Reconciling society through charity &mdash; bringing neighbors\n      together to serve, restore dignity, and grow in friendship.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <hr class=\"fob-divider\">\n\n  <!-- ============ WHO WE ARE (FRIENDS-OF LANGUAGE) ============ -->\n  <section class=\"fob-section\">\n    <div class=\"fob-wrap\">\n      <h2>Who We Are<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        Friends of Bridges (Bridges USA) is an American charity organized to advance\n        charitable and educational work in underserved communities, inspired by and in\n        support of the mission of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgestoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridges<\/a>.\n        We are an independent U.S. nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as\n        tax-exempt under Section&nbsp;501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and\n        classified as a public charity.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        We raise funds in the United States and make grants to support charitable\n        projects consistent with our exempt purposes, including the volunteer-driven\n        community work carried out by Bridges. Under our board-adopted grantmaking\n        policy, our Board of Directors maintains <strong>complete discretion and\n        control<\/strong> over all funds we receive and over the selection, approval, and\n        oversight of every grant we make. Gifts to Friends of Bridges are contributions\n        to our organization, not to any other entity.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ============ THE WORK WE SUPPORT ============ -->\n  <section class=\"fob-section fob-band\">\n    <div class=\"fob-wrap\">\n      <h2>The Work We Support<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        Bridges is a family of volunteers living the joy of reconciliation through\n        encounter and service. In a divided world, they build bridges &mdash; bringing\n        neighbors together to serve, restore dignity, and grow in friendship. That\n        vision takes physical shape in hillside neighborhoods where volunteers and\n        residents work side by side: staircases that give families safe passage up\n        steep terrain, retaining walls that protect homes, sport fields and parks where\n        children can play, and chapels and Marian grottos that anchor community life.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        Alongside construction, Bridges provides direct assistance to families in need\n        and carries out ministry and formation with volunteers from parishes, schools,\n        and universities across the Americas. 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