{"id":168133,"date":"2026-08-14T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=168133"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:48:04","slug":"setting-up-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/08\/14\/setting-up-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/wsuraiders.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\">Wright State University volleyball team<\/a> helped hundreds of Greene County children get ready for the new school year during a Back-to-School Kick-Off hosted by Family Promise of Greene County at Lexington Park in Xenia on Aug. 6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students and families received backpacks, school supplies and free haircuts while connecting with community resources and getting a chance to meet Wright State volleyball student-athletes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to connect with the community,\u201d said Lauren Yacobucci, a senior volleyball player majoring in biological sciences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Raiders also handed out mini volleyballs and schedules for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are inviting all of these families to come to Wright State and catch a game,\u201d Yacobucci said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team was joined by Rowdy Raider, who posed for photos with children and families throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Family Promise of Greene County provides temporary shelter, essential resources and comprehensive support, including job training, financial literacy and housing assistance, to help families achieve sustainable independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wright State University volleyball team helped hundreds of Greene County children get ready for the new school year during a Back-to-School Kick-Off. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/08\/14\/setting-up-the-community\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":168135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2798,2025,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","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\/168133","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=168133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168141,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168133\/revisions\/168141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}