{"id":120242,"date":"2019-07-13T07:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T12:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=120242"},"modified":"2019-07-13T07:10:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T12:10:57","slug":"van-wert-elks-donate-to-convoy-fire-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/07\/13\/van-wert-elks-donate-to-convoy-fire-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Elks donate to Convoy Fire Dept."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated a Fire Hose Inflation System to the Convoy Fire and EMS. The system is used to inflate a section of fire hose so it can be pulled across a stream or pond to assist in the rescue of someone in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Elks-donate-to-Convoy-FD-7-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120243\"\/><figcaption><strong>Shown are Convoy Fire Chief Gary Kreischer (left) and Michael C. Stanley, lodge Elks National Foundation chairman.<\/strong><em> Elks photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The monies were received by the lodge from the Elks National Foundation in the form of a Gratitude Grant.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gratitude Grants are available each year to all lodges that meet the per-capita goal of $4.75 per member or more in donations to the foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Elks Lodge is proud to be able to assist the Convoy Fire Department as they provide protection to the residents of Convoy and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated a Fire Hose Inflation System to the Convoy Fire and EMS. The system is used to inflate a section of fire hose so it can be pulled across a stream or pond to assist in the rescue of someone in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 12:56:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}