{"id":339,"date":"2017-12-21T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/?p=339"},"modified":"2017-12-21T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:34:26","slug":"eab-blanket-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/2017\/12\/21\/eab-blanket-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Blankets, socks, and suds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year the <strong>Employee Advisory Board<\/strong> (EAB) collected over\u00a0three hundred blankets, socks, and umbrellas through its Winter Blanket Drive&#8211;thanks to the generosity of\u00a0Pasadena&#8217;s\u00a0municipal employees.<\/p>\n<p>EAB is again partnering with Pasadena&#8217;s <strong>Bad Weather Shelter<\/strong> and <strong>Union Station<\/strong> to do another drive this holiday season. They are seeking your support to provide <strong>blankets<\/strong>, <strong>socks<\/strong>, and <strong>suds<\/strong> for those less fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering why suds. Shelters such as the two mentioned say there is a great need for laundry detergent at their facilities. In addition to contributing to good hygiene, clean clothing offers a sense of normalcy and dignity for those experiencing homelessness.\u00a0To borrow a phrase from Tide&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/tide.com\/en-us\/about-tide\/loads-of-hope\/about-loads-of-hope\"> Loads of Hope<\/a> program, &#8220;clean clothes look, smell and feel like hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Your donations offer <strong>HOPE<\/strong> to those going through a difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to those who donated to this drive during our Holiday Party.\u00a0 Your donations are\u00a0greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Winter Blanket, Socks and Suds Drive<\/strong> will continue to <strong>January 18, 2018<\/strong>. You can still drop off a blanket, socks, or laundry detergent in the donation bin at Admin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.cityofpasadena.net\/CWE\/communications\/131581203359855651\/2017-18%20Holiday%20Assistance%20Drive%20Flyer.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/EAB_Blanket-Drive_2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/EAB_Blanket-Drive_2017.png 580w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/EAB_Blanket-Drive_2017-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year the Employee Advisory Board (EAB) collected over\u00a0three hundred blankets, socks, and umbrellas through its Winter Blanket Drive&#8211;thanks to the generosity of\u00a0Pasadena&#8217;s\u00a0municipal employees. EAB is again partnering with Pasadena&#8217;s Bad Weather Shelter and Union Station to do another drive this holiday season. They are seeking your support to provide blankets, socks, and suds for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/2017\/12\/21\/eab-blanket-drive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blankets, socks, and suds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/eat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}