{"id":12781,"date":"2011-08-31T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=12781"},"modified":"2011-08-31T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T05:40:00","slug":"united-way-sets-2011-day-of-caring-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/08\/31\/united-way-sets-2011-day-of-caring-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way sets 2011 Day of Caring dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/<\/strong>United Way information<\/em><\/p>\n

Plans are under way for the 13th annual United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring.\u00a0The date for this year\u2019s food and blood drive is Friday, September 23. United Way agency projects will be completed on Saturday, September 24.<\/p>\n

The United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring committee has been meeting since April in order to organize this event.\u00a0 This year\u2019s chair is R J Coleman of Central Insurance and co-chair is Anita Carvajal of Eaton Corporation.<\/p>\n

Blood Drive Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The goal for the blood drive is 300 units. Anyone 17 years of age, weighing at least 110 pounds, and in general good health is encouraged to donate. Appointments can be made by calling 800.RED.CROSS or by visiting www.redcrossblood.org<\/a>.\u00a0The Red Cross provides blood products to nearly 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country.\u00a0 There is no substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the only source, so please make a donation appointment today.<\/p>\n

Food Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n

The food drive hopes to collect at least 25,000 food items to supply the local Salvation Army Food Pantry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Salvation Army has seen a huge increase of clients asking for food assistance recently, stated Daniece Fleck, social service coordinator.\u00a0\u201cWe are down to corn and applesauce to give out for vegetables and fruit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really bad not having more than that to distribute to people but our shelves are almost bare,\u201d she added. \u201cWe are in great need of food donations at this time and we would appreciate anything anyone can do for us\u201d.<\/p>\n

Barrels with a list of needed items can be found at various locations throughout the county.\u00a0Those who need assistance in locating a barrel for donations can call the United Way office at 419.238.6689.<\/p>\n

The Service Club Challenge will once again be part of the food drive, and the service club with the most number of food items donated per club member will win the traveling trophy.<\/p>\n

Agency Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are several projects still available for local businesses and industries to partner with a United Way agency to perform larger jobs that otherwise would not be able to be completed. To date, Braun Industries has partnered with The Salvation Army, Central Insurance is partnering with Wee Care Learning Center, and Life Star Rescue has partnered with the American Red Cross. Businesses or companies that would like to be paired with a local agency for a project can call the United Way at the above telephone number.<\/p>\n

For more information, call the above number or email the United Way office at unitedway109@embarqmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/United Way information Plans are under way for the 13th annual United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring.\u00a0The date for this year\u2019s food and blood drive is Friday, September 23. United Way agency projects will be completed on Saturday, September 24. The United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring […]<\/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-12781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 07:51:19","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\/12781","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=12781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}