{"id":117376,"date":"2021-12-21T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=117376"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:30:33","slug":"cozy-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/12\/21\/cozy-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_117408\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117408\" class=\" wp-image-117408\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2021\/12\/pic111121110-508x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"261\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-117408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wright State police officers, from left David Sumra, Jacob Cooper and Zach Norman donated dozens of winter items to students at Mini University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/police\">Wright State University police<\/a> officers donated dozens of hats, scarfs and mittens to help children at Mini University stay warm this winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were super excited because there are a lot of kids that may not have the proper winter attire,\u201d said Kurt Holden, director of public safety.<\/p>\n<p>The items were attached to a \u201cMitten Tree,\u201d which is a holiday tree at Mini University that encourages people to donate winter items. Families affiliated with Mini University are able to grab what they need for their children.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State officers have been visiting Mini U to build relationships with the child learning center and its students. During a recent visit, officers noticed the tree was bare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team decided to get together and give them the donations they need for the winter,\u201d said Holden. \u201cThis was great because it allowed us to continue to connect with MiniU but also serve and fill a need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holden said one of the goals of the Police Department is to find areas where officers can serve the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that we want to do is continue to find ways to connect with our community and give back,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re public servants, and if we\u2019re not out there serving then we are failing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State police officers donated dozens of hats, scarfs and mittens to help children at Mini University stay warm this winter. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/12\/21\/cozy-kids\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":117388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2025,725,727,715,4847,2024,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-community-service","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-public-safety","category-staff","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117376"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117437,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117376\/revisions\/117437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}