{"id":5183,"date":"2025-09-22T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:59:44","slug":"mikilvaegi-felagasamtaka-og-magnad-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/mikilvaegi-felagasamtaka-og-magnad-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of non-profit organizations and an amazing marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow is the Reykjavik Marathon, where many people raise pledges for charities, memorial funds, and individuals who contribute to a better society. This shines a spotlight on good and necessary causes due to their importance and impact on society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg lsh. is one of the organizations that gets the spotlight for its advocacy issues, which include accessibility, rehabilitation, assistive devices, parking issues, parking permit issues, etc. Thanks to the association, Kjarkur Rehabilitation exists, which is a very important rehabilitation resource, and many people have benefited from its professional and quality rehabilitation. The P-plate exists because of Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg&#x27;s advocacy, and laws and regulations related to accessibility in man-made structures and environments have also changed for the better due to suggestions and pressure from Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg over the decades. The same can be said for vehicle grants for people with disabilities and accessibility issues within municipalities. The association is therefore valuable to all its members, and it is no less valuable to others who want a society where everyone has the opportunity to participate on their own terms. After all, no one knows what tomorrow will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I wish the charities and all the runners raising pledges the best of luck, I thank everyone who has pledged to a runner for Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg, and especially the runners who have chosen to support Sj\u00e1lfsbj\u00f6rg&#x27;s projects. Let&#x27;s enjoy Culture Night and let love and consideration be our guide! THANK YOU<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is the Reykjavik Marathon, where many people raise pledges for charities.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13335,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions\/13335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjalfsbjorg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"word per minute","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}