{"id":1209,"date":"2024-06-19T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/?page_id=1209"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:16:37","slug":"ways-you-can-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/?page_id=1209","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":false,"psacp-medium":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Scott","author_link":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/?author=7"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"builder_content":"\"Join

Join us in the fight against hunger <\/h4>\n

Over 44 million people, including 13 million children, experience food insecurity annually. <\/strong><\/h3>

    Inflation affects everyone including food pantries where cost have gone up substantially on items we purchase. Including our commitment to provide eggs, milk and protein, which are seeing some of the greatest impact from inflation. <\/p>

Donations are down, while the number of families in need continues to rise<\/strong>. Many people, especially seniors on fixed incomes, are struggling with inflation, the cost of housing ,rising gas prices, and medical bills, forcing them to make difficult choices about where to cut spending. Can you imagine having to decide do I get my medication I need  this week or food<\/em>?<\/h6>  \n\"Did

Did you know 1 in 5 children face hunger in America? <\/h3>\n

There are so many ways you can help...<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Donate food, personal, clothing items, & pet food. See a list of our current needs by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Have fun while you shop our online store and auction at www.outreacheast.shop<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

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Consider holding a personal care item drive at your work.<\/em> We are always in need of shampoo, soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, dish\u00a0 soap deodorant, laundry soap.<\/p>\n

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Participate or Sponsor\u00a0 in any of our current events. See all of our current events by clicking here.\u00a0<\/a> To become\u00a0 a sponsor please call 810-653-7711<\/p>\n

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Enroll in Kroger Community Rewards program HERE<\/a> -Choose Outreach East as your charity--they donate everytime you shop and its free.<\/p>\n

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Follow us on Instagram<\/a> & Facebook<\/a> for updates. You can also do your own fundraiser on Facebook for Outreach East<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Monetary donations are always appreciated and accepted in person, by mail, or online via PayPal. No donation is too small; every bit helps! Just click the Donate button<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Volunteer \u2013give your time and experience to help others. Stop in to Outreach East during regular hours or apply online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember every bit helps. No amount of giving is too big or too small. <\/strong><\/h3>

You make it possible to help so many people in need.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14352,"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1209\/revisions\/14352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outreacheast.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}