{"id":1201,"date":"2014-03-25T12:35:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2014-03-25T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:46:53","slug":"county-reinforces-support-for-meals-on-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"County reinforces support for Meals on Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commissioners present check for $10,000 to nonprofit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Commissioners Chairman Ryan Costello (from left), Meals on Wheels Director Jeani Purcell, Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, and Commissioner Terence Farrell display the ceremonial check for $10,000.<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST CHESTER \u2013 The<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Chester County Commissioners presented a check for $10,000 to Chester County Meals on Wheels Director Jeani Purcell, prior to a delivery of meals to residents in the West Chester area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The check was part of Chester County\u2019s annual appropriations to organizations and nonprofits throughout the county and was made during Meals on Wheels\u2019 Community Champions week, an event that helps to raise awareness of the large number of hungry seniors in the community.<\/p>\n

During this designated week in March, Chester County Commissioners, many of Chester County\u2019s mayors, and other community representatives volunteer to deliver meals in areas served by the county\u2019s Meals on Wheels chapters.<\/p>\n

With a part-time staff of just five, but more than 600 volunteers, Meals on Wheels of Chester County served nearly 65,000 meals last year to Chester County residents over the age of 60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commissioners present check for $10,000 to nonprofit   WEST CHESTER \u2013 The\u00a0Chester County Commissioners presented a check for $10,000 to Chester County Meals on Wheels Director Jeani Purcell, prior to a delivery of meals to residents in the West Chester area. The check was part of Chester County\u2019s annual appropriations to organizations and nonprofits throughout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[110,358,913,877,466,921,922],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-chester-county-commissioners","tag-commissioner-kathi-cozzone","tag-commissioner-terence-farrell","tag-commissioners-chairman-ryan-costello","tag-director-jeani-purcell","tag-meals-on-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}