{"id":182411,"date":"2024-08-13T21:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=182411"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:02:28","slug":"food-donation-drive-coming-to-the-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/08\/13\/food-donation-drive-coming-to-the-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Food donation drive coming to the fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farm Credit Mid-America&nbsp;and the Van Wert County Fair have announced the return of&nbsp;<em>Fight Hunger, Stock the Trailer<\/em>. This friendly competition, presented by Farm Credit Mid-America and sponsored by Rural 1<sup>st<\/sup>, helps junior fairs raise food donations for local food banks across Ohio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between August 27-September 2,&nbsp;local community members are invited to bring non-perishable food items to the Van Wert County Fair. Look for <em>Stock the Trailer<\/em> signage at the fair for locations to donate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the fair, the total weight of all donations will be calculated, with first, second and third-place prizes of $5,000, $3,500 and $1,500 awarded to the fairs that raise the most food throughout the summer. Each participating county fair will receive $500. All prize money awarded supports local junior fair activities, including attending statewide junior fair conferences, investing in new technologies, and in some cases, purchasing additional items for donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to partner with Van Wert County Fair for Stock the Trailer,&#8221; said Scott LaGuire, regional vice president for Farm Credit Mid-America. &#8220;This initiative not only helps those in need within our communities but also fosters a sense of teamwork and giving back among our local junior fairs. We look forward to seeing the impact we can make together in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Fight Hunger, Stock the Trailer<\/em> campaign is now in its fourth year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information Farm Credit Mid-America&nbsp;and the Van Wert County Fair have announced the return of&nbsp;Fight Hunger, Stock the Trailer. This friendly competition, presented by Farm Credit Mid-America and sponsored by Rural 1st, helps junior fairs raise food donations for local food banks across Ohio. Between August 27-September 2,&nbsp;local community members are invited to [&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-182411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 15:18:15","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\/182411","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=182411"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182430,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182411\/revisions\/182430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}