{"id":24109,"date":"2017-05-05T08:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24109"},"modified":"2017-05-05T08:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:22:52","slug":"backpack-event-to-help-foster-kids-may-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24109","title":{"rendered":"Backpack event to help foster kids, May 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BackpackColor0006_M_150_C_R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3960\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BackpackColor0006_M_150_C_R-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>DOWNINGTOWN\u00a0\u2013 It Takes a Village (Chester County) will be holding a community event on May 21 at the Annex to Downingtown\u2019s Borough Hall, 4 W Lancaster Ave, to assemble backpacks for children entering the foster care system in Chester County.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 back packs and contents will be donated and assembled by Village members, then provided through social workers and foster parents to children ages 3 to 13. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Michelle Terry, founder and CEO of the local charitable nonprofit noted, \u201cOur goal is to provide a\u00a0little positivity and connection during a difficult transition. These kids often move between homes with nothing but a few items in a trash bag. We hope these packs will give them a sense of personal control and ownership, and a feeling that they are loved by their Village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each backpack will contain pajamas, a blanket, toiletries, a journal and\/or coloring book, crayons, a small night light, and toy or activity.<\/p>\n<p>Interested volunteers\u00a0can help in a number of ways. \u00a0People can donate filled back packs, drop off items for the backpacks, or provide a financial donation. \u00a0In addition, volunteers are welcome to help assemble the backpacks on May 21 (1:00-3:00 pm). \u00a0Additional details and instructions on how to sign up to assemble a pack can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/ittakesavillagecc.org\/2017\/04\/25\/love-back-packs-project-open\/\">http:\/\/ittakesavillagecc.org\/2017\/04\/25\/love-back-packs-project-open\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Terry concluded by noting, \u201cThis effort would not be possible without the help of so many. Our Village has grown beyond our wildest dreams. \u00a0With the love, sponsorship, donations and time of over 1,000 members, I and they look forward to continued opportunities to make a difference for women and children in the community in which we live.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNINGTOWN\u00a0\u2013 It Takes a Village (Chester County) will be holding a community event on May 21 at the Annex to Downingtown\u2019s Borough Hall, 4 W Lancaster Ave, to assemble backpacks for children entering the foster care system in Chester County. Over 100 back packs and contents will be donated and assembled by Village members, then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[8860,8861,8859],"class_list":["post-24109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-backpacks","tag-foster-students","tag-it-takes-a-village-chester-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24110,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24109\/revisions\/24110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}