{"id":131356,"date":"2020-05-18T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131356"},"modified":"2020-05-18T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T03:05:14","slug":"ywca-summer-food-program-has-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/18\/ywca-summer-food-program-has-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA Summer Food Program has changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, right now the YWCA of Van Wert County would be ramping up for its 25th year of the Summer Food Program &#8212; ensuring that no child in Van Wert County goes hungry during the summer months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Summer-Food-Program-promo-pic-5-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39234\"\/><figcaption>Water slides unfortunately won&#8217;t be a part of the 2020 COVID-19 reduced Summer Food Program, but the YWCA of Van Wert County will continue to fulfill its important mission of providing nourishing food to county youngsters during the summer months. <em>VW independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While YWCA members are still wholly committed to this program, they have had to face the fact that it will look different this year due to Covid-19. This summer&#8217;s program will be held at the YWCA from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every Monday, from June 1-July 27, as a Grab &amp; Go meal service only. Participants may come to the YWCA anytime on those Mondays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to pick up breakfast and lunch for five days. This program is available to all children ages 18 and under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the YWCA of Van Wert County will begin distributing weekend Grab &amp; Go snack bags on Fridays, starting this Friday (May 22) through July 31, from 3:30-5 p.m. Pick-up locations for the snack bags are as follows: Van Wert \u2013 YWCA; Willshire &#8212; Fire Department\/PhotoStar, 307 State St.; Wren &#8212; Fire Department; Ohio City &#8212; Town Hall downtown; Convoy &#8212; Convoy United Methodist Church parking lot; Middle Point &#8212; Amvets Post 698 on Adams Street.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA of Van Wert County ison a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen this community.&nbsp;Any questions or interest in volunteering with the Summer Food Program should be directed to Director of Youth Enrichment Betsy Hamman at 419.238.6639, extension 106, or&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bhamman@ywcavanwertcounty.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA is partially funded by the United Way of Van Wert County and Van Wert County Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Typically, right now the YWCA of Van Wert County would be ramping up for its 25th year of the Summer Food Program &#8212; ensuring that no child in Van Wert County goes hungry during the summer months.&nbsp; While YWCA members are still wholly committed to this program, they have had to face [&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-131356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 14:55:30","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\/131356","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=131356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}