{"id":29096,"date":"2012-09-20T05:47:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T10:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=29096"},"modified":"2012-09-20T05:47:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T10:47:27","slug":"united-way-food-drive-now-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/20\/united-way-food-drive-now-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Food Drive now underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>United Way information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring Food Drive is in full swing!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29097\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Day-of-Caring-food-drive-barrel-9-2012.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29097 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Day-of-Caring-food-drive-barrel-9-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A United Way Day of Caring food barrel. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barrels are set out around town, and the public is asked to help by filling them with non-perishable food items to restock the Salvation Army food pantry.\u00a0The barrels will be out for donations through Wednesday, September 26.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the barrels, challenges are taking place among county service clubs, retailers, local government agencies, industries and schools.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this year\u2019s drive is to collect 25,000 items to restock the Salvation Army food pantry that serves hundreds of families in need every year in Van Wert County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour donations are again needed this year to reach our goal,\u201d said Scott Mull, 2012 United Way Day of Caring co-chair. \u201cAs always the United Way of Van Wert County encourages you to \u2018Live United\u2019 and thanks you for your support!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring, call 419.238.6689, visit the United Way website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwert.com\/unitedway\">www.vanwert.com\/unitedway<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:unitedway109@embarqmail.com\">unitedway109@embarqmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Way information The United Way of Van Wert County Day of Caring Food Drive is in full swing! Barrels are set out around town, and the public is asked to help by filling them with non-perishable food items to restock the Salvation Army food pantry.\u00a0The barrels will be out for donations through Wednesday, September [&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-29096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 09:19:34","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\/29096","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=29096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}