{"id":142767,"date":"2021-05-11T07:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142767"},"modified":"2021-05-11T07:12:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:12:54","slug":"united-way-donates-to-families-of-addicts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/united-way-donates-to-families-of-addicts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way donates to Families of Addicts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Way of Van Wert County recently granted Families of Addicts a check for $2,000. The money was given on behalf of New Initiative Funds, which allow organizations that are tax-exempt to apply in order to help with a one-time need or project in Van Wert County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/United-Way-gives-to-FOA-5-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/United-Way-gives-to-FOA-5-2021.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/United-Way-gives-to-FOA-5-2021-550x384.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Shown are Families of Addicts Co-Director Shane Manson and United Way of Van Wert County Executive Director Vicki Smith.\u00a0<em>United Way photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Families of Addicts will be using the funds for its first annual Rally 4 Recovery event to be held at Fountain Park on July 18.&nbsp;&nbsp;With this rally, the organization hopes to reduce the stigma around substance use and show people that recovery is possible and very rewarding when obtained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be live music provided by Colt &amp; Crew, an emcee, Scotty May, and many guest speakers throughout the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives of tax-exempt organizations located in Van Wert County who would like to learn more about, or apply for, New Initiative funds, can contact the United Way office at 419.238.6689 or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:administration@uwvwco.org\">administration@uwvwco.org<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and submitted information United Way of Van Wert County recently granted Families of Addicts a check for $2,000. The money was given on behalf of New Initiative Funds, which allow organizations that are tax-exempt to apply in order to help with a one-time need or project in Van Wert County.&nbsp; Families of Addicts will [&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-142767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 11:33:30","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\/142767","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=142767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}