{"id":2413,"date":"2015-11-17T16:05:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T00:27:06","slug":"giving-back-this-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2015\/giving-back-this-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Back This Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Thanksgiving around the corner, we have a lot to look forward to like eating turkey, spending time with family, watching football and, last, but not least, enjoying a few days off from school. Although this is what makes Thanksgiving so awesome, there are some people who are not as fortunate as most of us are. If you are looking for a way to give someone a little hope, and love, this Thanksgiving, check out some of these awesome volunteer opportunities in our community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteer at a homeless shelter\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unionstationhs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Station Homeless Services<\/a> Dinner in the Park Thanksgiving &amp; Christmas 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Donate food to a local food panty\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsindeedpas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends Indeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foothillunitycenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foothill Unity Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Donate food or volunteer at a local animal shelter\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenahumane.org\" target=\"_blank\">Pasadena Humane Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unitedhope4animals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Hope for Animals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before dropping off food, or volunteering for service, contact these organizations first to see what their current needs are. Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Thanksgiving around the corner, we have a lot to look forward to like eating turkey, spending time with family, watching football and, last, but not least, enjoying a few days off from school. Although this is what makes Thanksgiving so awesome, there are some people who are not as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-volunteer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-CV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4458,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2017\/housing-and-emergency-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":2413,"position":0},"title":"Housing and Emergency Services","author":"Jane Gov","date":"December 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Know someone who might need help finding an emergency shelter? 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