{"id":181,"date":"2007-11-13T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/13\/time-to-think-of-others\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T17:59:51","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T21:59:51","slug":"time-to-think-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/13\/time-to-think-of-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Think of Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at my monthly book club meeting last night and we got on the topic of what everyone was doing for Thanksgiving.  I have some ambitious friends and a few are hosting up to 20 people for the upcoming holiday.  I&#8217;m being a mooch and going home to Vermont to see my parents and in-laws for turkey day.<\/p>\n<p>I often take for granted the fact that I have a roof over my head and food to eat, every single day.  Unfortunately there are many people in the Greater Hartford area that are not as fortunate.  Here&#8217;s how you can help&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Locally, there is a fantastic organization, Foodshare, that helps needy people throughout the year.  Foodshare is a regional food bank that serves both Hartford and Tolland counties by distributing food to community kitchens, emergency shelters, food pantries, and other anti-hunger programs.<\/p>\n<p>Foodshare is now running their &#8220;A Turkey and a Twenty&#8221; program.  You can help them meet their goal of 14,600 turkeys for the holidays by offering to donate a turkey.  By providing an additional $20 donation, you can feed a hungry neighbor for an additional 20 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodshare.org\/main.cfm?page=1\"><strong>You can learn more about Foodshare and their &#8220;A Turkey and a Twenty&#8221; program here&#8230;<\/strong><\/a>  Be thankful for what you&#8217;ve received this year and share it with those less fortunate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at my monthly book club meeting last night and we got on the topic of what everyone was doing for Thanksgiving. I have some ambitious friends and a few are hosting up to 20 people for the upcoming holiday. I&#8217;m being a mooch and going home to Vermont to see my parents and in-laws for turkey day. I often take for granted the fact that I have a roof over my head and<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt three\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/13\/time-to-think-of-others\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-think-big"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}