{"id":159792,"date":"2022-11-05T01:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T06:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=159792"},"modified":"2022-11-07T04:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:54:32","slug":"ppec-seeking-donations-for-non-profit-clothes-for-joes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/11\/05\/ppec-seeking-donations-for-non-profit-clothes-for-joes\/","title":{"rendered":"PPEC seeks donations for Clothes for Joes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAULDING — During the first few weeks of October, Putnam Paulding Electric Cooperative dispatcher Amy Waters led the co-op’s yearly service project with several employees to help Clothes for Joes, a non-profit in Fort Wayne that serves veterans in northeast Indiana and northweset Ohio with clothing and hygiene items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PPEC employees performed upgrades to their new building (opened September 10 at 2022 Calhoun St in Fort Wayne), including re-doing their awning on the front by putting up new plywood and finishing it with galvanized metal. Other projects included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PPEC employees pose in front of the renovated Clothes for Joes storefront. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
  • Setting up shelving in the store <\/li>
  • Designing and hanging a new banner for the front of their building <\/li>
  • Hanging military plaques inside <\/li>
  • Donating $400+ in internal employee cash donations <\/li>
  • Donating toiletries, clothing, and hygiene items from an internal employee drive <\/li>
  • Sorting clothing <\/li>
  • Pulling weeds along the sidewalk<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    To continue the project, PPEC will be hosting a Veterans Day donation drive at the office at 401 McDonald Pike, Paulding from 12-6 p.m. Friday, November 11. Members and the general community are encouraged to bring the following most-needed items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Hats and size large gloves <\/li>
    • Any coats, hoodies, jeans, and sweatpants (gently used acceptable) <\/li>
    • Full-size bottles of shampoo, conditioner, liquid body wash, or lotion <\/li>
    • Deodorant (solid or gel, both men’s and women’s) <\/li>
    • New Men’s boxers or briefs (any size)\/Woman’s underwear and socks <\/li>
    • Toothpaste, denture cream\/Fixodent <\/li>
    • Foot powder <\/li>
    • Diabetic socks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

      PPEC has a long history of supporting veteran organizations, including Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana, and that is continuing with Amy’s leadership RELITE service project this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative serves more than 12,900 members in Paulding, Putnam, Defiance, Van Wert, and Allen counties in Ohio, and Adams and Allen counties in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      VW independent staff\/submitted information PAULDING — During the first few weeks of October, Putnam Paulding Electric Cooperative dispatcher Amy Waters led the co-op’s yearly service project with several employees to help Clothes for Joes, a non-profit in Fort Wayne that serves veterans in northeast Indiana and northweset Ohio with clothing and hygiene items. PPEC employees […]<\/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-159792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-17 07:13:19","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\/159792","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=159792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159861,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159792\/revisions\/159861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}