{"id":142933,"date":"2023-10-24T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=142933"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:33:11","slug":"hundreds-of-families-come-to-wright-state-for-mass-food-distribution-by-the-foodbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/10\/24\/hundreds-of-families-come-to-wright-state-for-mass-food-distribution-by-the-foodbank\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of families come to Wright State for mass food distribution by The Foodbank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Foodbank organized a mass food distribution in the Wright State University Nutter Center parking lot on Oct. 19, attracting hundreds of needy households and distributing thousands of pounds of food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>About 120 volunteers from CareSource and Wright State distributed fresh produce, proteins, grains and pumpkins. Premier Health also offered free biometric readings and health services during the drive-thru event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWright State is all about giving,\u201d said Jim Click, custodial services manager who volunteered at distribution. \u201cWe were able to help a lot of families that have come through here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Foodbank distribution began at 10 a.m. with 375 families being served within about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Partnering with CareSource today is a great opportunity for us to show what we do at Wright State,&#8221; said Click.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>More assistance available<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Foodbank Drive Thru Pantry is open to those in need of food assistance on Wednesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. at 56 Armor Place in Dayton. For more information, contact The Foodbank\u2019s emergency line at 937-461-0265 or contact United Way 2-1-1 for support outside of distribution hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wright State students in need of emergency assistance should contact the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/student-affairs\/student-resources\/raider-food-pantry\">Raider Food Pantry<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>at 937-260-0167.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foodbank organized a mass food distribution at the Wright State University Nutter Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/10\/24\/hundreds-of-families-come-to-wright-state-for-mass-food-distribution-by-the-foodbank\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":142937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[733,729,2025,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-around-campus","category-community-service","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142933","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=142933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142994,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142933\/revisions\/142994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}