{"id":90925,"date":"2017-07-30T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T03:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=90925"},"modified":"2017-07-30T22:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T03:58:02","slug":"vw-elks-donate-to-city-parks-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/07\/30\/vw-elks-donate-to-city-parks-department\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Elks donate to city parks department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $750 to the Van Wert City Parks and Recreation Department.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90926\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Elks-donate-trash-can-lids-7-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Elks Lodge Community Service Grant Chairman Michael C. Stanley and Van Wert Parks Director Sue Heppeard with one of the new lids.<\/strong> <em>(Elks photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The monies were used by the department to purchase 10 55-gallon plastic dome-top drum lids for trash receptacles in the city parks.<\/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 monies each year from the Elks National Foundation, a perpetual trust fund established many years ago by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 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>To date, through community service grants, Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197 has distributed more than $32,643 back into Van Wert County to assist the city, county, and villages.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert Elks lodge is proud to be able to assist the Van Wert City Parks and Recreation Department as it provides clean and safe parks for city residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $750 to the Van Wert City Parks and Recreation Department. The monies were used by the department to purchase 10 55-gallon plastic dome-top drum lids for trash receptacles in the city parks. The funds are distributed by the Ohio Elks Association [&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-90925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 16:31:59","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\/90925","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=90925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}