{"id":191586,"date":"2025-04-08T20:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=191586"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:55:38","slug":"sign-ups-open-for-summer-food-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/04\/08\/sign-ups-open-for-summer-food-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign-ups open for Summer Food Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The YWCA of Van Wert County has announced that registration is now open for its 30th annual Summer Food Program. This year\u2019s program will will take place from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. June 9-July 25 at Trinity Friends Church in Van Wert. The initiative continues to serve the local community by providing nutritious meals and engaging activities for children during the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/YWCA-on-a-Mission-artwork-1-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126652\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Summer Food Program offers two key components for youth in Van Wert County:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free Meals for Children: All children aged 18 and under are invited to enjoy free breakfast and lunch at Trinity Friends Church. Breakfast will be served from 8:15-9 a.m., with lunch served from 11-11:45 a.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recreation Program: In addition to the meal program, children entering preschool through sixth grade are invited to participate in a free recreational program from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. All children wishing to join the recreation program must be five years old by the start date of the program. Students wishing to attend the recreation program must complete a registration form which can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/ywcavanwert.org\/youth\">https:\/\/ywcavanwert.org\/youth<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the YWCA of Van Wert County\u2019s Summer Food Program or to register, please visit www.ywcavanwert.org, or contact Betsy Hamman at <a href=\"mailto:bhamman@ywcavanwertcounty.org\">bhamman@ywcavanwertcounty.org<\/a> or call 419.238.6639 ext. 106.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA is partially funded by the Van Wert County Foundation and is a United Way Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The YWCA of Van Wert County has announced that registration is now open for its 30th annual Summer Food Program. This year\u2019s program will will take place from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. June 9-July 25 at Trinity Friends Church in Van Wert. The initiative continues to serve the local community by providing nutritious meals [&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-191586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 03:40:28","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\/191586","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=191586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191587,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191586\/revisions\/191587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}