{"id":131179,"date":"2026-04-17T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131179"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:30","slug":"saturday-april-18-2-p-m-rafiki-olympic-cookout-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/saturday-april-18-2-p-m-rafiki-olympic-cookout-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, April 18 @ 2 p.m. &#8211; Rafiki Olympic Cookout Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for the <em>Rafiki Olympic Cookout<\/em>, a high-energy end-of-year celebration bringing together the OWU campus and the Delaware community for an afternoon of food, fun, and connection.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy free food trucks, ice cream, cotton candy, and a variety of activities, including a soccer match, inflatables, games, music, and more. Whether you want to compete, relax, or simply enjoy the atmosphere, there is something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4cd\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccd\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udccd\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udccd\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Frat Hill (15 Williams Dr., Delaware, OH)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f5d3_fe0f\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Date:<\/strong> Tomorrow, April 18<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/23f0\/72.png\" alt=\"\u23f0\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" data-emoji=\"\u23f0\" aria-label=\"\u23f0\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Time:<\/strong> 2-5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Parking:<\/strong> Jay Martin Soccer Complex Parking Lot (249 Park Ave., Delaware, OH 43015) will be cleared and reserved for event parking.<\/p>\n<p>Open to the OWU campus and the Delaware community. There is no RSVP, but kindly reach out to us if you&#8217;re interested in playing the soccer match.<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Presented by Rafiki wa Afrika; In collaboration with CPB and Res Life<br \/>\nContact: Jemimah Chukwuemeka at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rafiki@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rafiki@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for the Rafiki Olympic Cookout, a high-energy end-of-year celebration bringing together the OWU campus and the Delaware community for an afternoon of food, fun, and connection. Enjoy free food trucks, ice cream, cotton candy, and a variety of activities, including a soccer match, inflatables, games, music, and more. Whether you want to compete, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131180,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131179\/revisions\/131180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}