{"id":3853,"date":"2023-02-21T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2024-04-10T19:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:16:53","slug":"backpack-for-kids-helps-fight-hunger-in-the-troy-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/21\/backpack-for-kids-helps-fight-hunger-in-the-troy-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpack for Kids helps fight hunger in the Troy community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/troy.edu\">Troy University<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/center-student-success\/office-of-civic-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;s Office of Civic Engagement<\/a> members and volunteers say they aim to give back to the community in a multitude of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We do Campus Kitchens and Backpacks for Kids,&#8221; says Campus Kitchens Team Leader Teyshaun Williams. &#8220;Backpacks for Kids, we do it every other week and then we do Campus Kitchens every week.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backpack for Kids is a program that specializes in giving children in the local community a nutritional meal which includes a variety of food items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An entre, two breakfast items, two snacks and then one fruit,&#8221; says Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ages for children receive a backpack varies from anywhere from elementary to middle school kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One member says the act of giving back can also be fulfilling for volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Knowing that the thing that I get to do every day will go a long way in a child&#8217;s life,&#8221; says Volunteer Adaela Peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full story watch Camille&#8217;s report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To volunteer for civic engagement activities you can visit their volunteer hub <a href=\"https:\/\/timecounts.org\/troy-service\/opportunities\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Troy University&#8216;s Office of Civic Engagement members and volunteers say they aim to give back to the community in a multitude of ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do Campus Kitchens and Backpacks for Kids,&#8221; says Campus Kitchens Team Leader Teyshaun Williams. &#8220;Backpacks for Kids, we do it every other week and then we do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/21\/backpack-for-kids-helps-fight-hunger-in-the-troy-community\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1063,600],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-3853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-backpack-for-kids","tag-civic-engagement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}