{"id":138513,"date":"2020-12-23T03:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T08:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=138513"},"modified":"2020-12-23T03:51:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T08:51:48","slug":"local-church-program-serves-1000th-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/12\/23\/local-church-program-serves-1000th-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"Local church program serves 1,000th meal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LBC-dinner-photo-12-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LBC-dinner-photo-12-2020.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LBC-dinner-photo-12-2020-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of Cooper Farms and financial and food donations, as well as countless hours of preparation and cooking from the Love. Bread. Christ. team, 298 Thanksgiving dinners were served to those in need. This brings the program\u2019s total to 1,260 meals served so far in 2020. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the 1,000th meal was plated, the group took a short&nbsp;break to have a mini-celebration and quick picture for this fantastic accomplishment. During this struggling time for so many, and an increased number of families and individuals needing help, the goal is simply to feed the hungry, one meal at a time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meal will be served Tuesday, December 29, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at Liberty Baptist Church, 501 E. Third St., in Van Wert. Drive-thru pick-up and indoor seating will be available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information With the help of Cooper Farms and financial and food donations, as well as countless hours of preparation and cooking from the Love. Bread. Christ. team, 298 Thanksgiving dinners were served to those in need. This brings the program\u2019s total to 1,260 meals served so far in 2020. &nbsp; When the 1,000th [&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-138513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 14:32:04","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\/138513","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=138513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}