{"id":45821,"date":"2017-08-07T03:25:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T07:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=45821"},"modified":"2017-08-07T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:51:51","slug":"kick-off-party-for-back-to-school-drive-to-be-held-aug-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_07_2017\/kick-off-party-for-back-to-school-drive-to-be-held-aug-10","title":{"rendered":"Kick-off party for Back-to-School Drive to be held Aug. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo Judith Herb College of Education Alumni Affiliate is hosting its annual drive for new shoes, socks and underwear for students in Toledo Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni also will be collecting belts this year based on feedback from school administrators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_10_2017\/ut-offers-first-online-phd-program-at-an-ohio-university\/print-32\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Judith-Herb-College-of-Education-logo-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"253\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-45457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Judith-Herb-College-of-Education-logo-web.jpg 360w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Judith-Herb-College-of-Education-logo-web-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>The kick-off party is Thursday, Aug. 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Social Gastropub in the Gateway Plaza on the corner of Dorr Street and Secor Road.<\/p>\n<p>Donations will be collected during the event, and participants can sample free appetizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk with school principals every year to see what students need,\u201d said Mike Bader, president of the Judith Herb College of Education Alumni Affiliate. \u201cAs part of our mission to give back to our community, we are hoping to fill the great need for shoes, socks, underwear and belts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gym shoes and dress shoes are needed for students in grades K-8 in youth and small adult sizes. The shoe sizes needed most are children\u2019s sizes 1 to 6 or toddler sizes 10 to 13.<\/p>\n<p>Underwear donations are needed for younger students.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Driscoll Alumni Center Room 2014 on Main Campus before Thursday, Sept. 14. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/toledoalumni.org\">toledoalumni.org<\/a> or call 419.530.2586.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help kids get a good start back to class: Donate new shoes, socks and underwear to the Judith Herb College of Education Alumni Affiliate back-to-school drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,5,53,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45837,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45821\/revisions\/45837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}