{"id":8284,"date":"2025-04-23T14:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teensandfriendsunited.org\/?page_id=8284"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:04:09","slug":"2025-finalists-the-tafu-bcs-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teensandfriendsunited.org\/?page_id=8284","title":{"rendered":"2025 Finalists &#8211; The TAFU &#8211; BCS Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d29a5ae109a5bcdf66a6654541ad4f6a\" style=\"color:#0a411a\">2025 Finalists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e356feb7064f6ad59f441519da1e40dc\" style=\"color:#0a411a\">The TAFU &#8211; BCS Award<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc14 \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e 2025 \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc14 \u2013 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc2c:<br><br>\ud835\udc00 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc06 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc0e \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc15\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc04!!! 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