{"id":133603,"date":"2017-11-26T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133603"},"modified":"2017-11-27T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:46:51","slug":"jrmc-businesses-join-in-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133603","title":{"rendered":"JRMC, businesses join in food drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_133618\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133618\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133618\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JRMCfood2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JRMCfood2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JRMCfood2-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JRMCfood2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JRMCfood2-264x175.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-133618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: JRMC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC)\u2014 The air is getting colder, days shorter and spirit of giving stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown Regional Medical Center recently joined forces with Cargill, Cavendish Farms, Newman Signs, RealTruck.com and UTC Aerospace Systems for a two-week community food drive. Employees from each business donated a total of 11,836 non-perishable food items, toiletries and monetary gifts to Community Action and The Salvation Army of Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Mittleider, clinical services assistant at JRMC says, \u201cNo one should ever have to go hungry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mittleider has helped organize this event for the past three years, adding, \u00a0\u201cIf donating five items helps feed someone in need, you are making a huge difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JRMC administrative clerk, Bonny Lippert, has a special passion for this food drive.<\/p>\n<p>She says, \u201cI used to work at a food pantry, so I\u2019ve seen firsthand how empty these shelves can get.\u00a0 It\u2019s important for the community to come together for those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, 11.3 percent of Stutsman County residents were living below the poverty level. Sarah Oberlander, food pantry coordinator at Community Action, explained the extra need for support during the holiday season, saying,\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe help families going through hard times. A food drive like this can fill the shelves and help get us through the winter.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on ways to give, contact Community Action at (701) 252-1821 or The Salvation Army at (701) 252-0290.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jamestown Regional Medical Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20<sup>th<\/sup> St. SW, Jamestown, ND and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. For more information on services at JRMC, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrmcnd.com\/\">www.jrmcnd.com<\/a> or call 701-952-1050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC)\u2014 The air is getting colder, days shorter and spirit of giving stronger. Jamestown Regional Medical Center recently joined forces with Cargill, Cavendish Farms, Newman Signs, RealTruck.com and UTC Aerospace Systems for a two-week community food drive. Employees from each business donated a total of 11,836 non-perishable food items, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133619,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133603\/revisions\/133619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}