{"id":5826,"date":"2011-04-05T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2011-04-05T03:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:56:34","slug":"elks-donate-to-ocfd-nozzle-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/04\/05\/elks-donate-to-ocfd-nozzle-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks donate to OCFD nozzle purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $750 to the Ohio City Volunteer Fire Department. The money was used by the department to purchase a hose nozzle and tips.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5827\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5827 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Elks-donates-to-OCFD-4-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shown with the new nozzle are Ohio City Fire Chief Brandon Bowen and Lodge Exalted Ruler Linda J. Stanley. (Elks photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The nozzle will replace old and outdated equipment and will allow the fire department to deliver water in a more safe and efficient manner.<\/p>\n<p>The funds are distributed by the Ohio Elks Association in the form of a Community Service Grant. The Ohio Elks Association receives dollars each year from the Elks National Foundation, a perpetual trust fund established many years ago by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions to the Foundation are made each year by more than 1 million Elks and their families and friends from more than 2,000 Elks lodges across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert Elks Lodge is proud to be able to assist the Ohio City Fire Department with this important project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $750 to the Ohio City Volunteer Fire Department. The money was used by the department to purchase a hose nozzle and tips. The nozzle will replace old and outdated equipment and will allow the fire department to deliver water in a more safe [&hellip;]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-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 03:12:50","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\/5826","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=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}