{"id":12003,"date":"2015-12-02T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T14:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=12003"},"modified":"2015-12-02T09:27:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T14:27:15","slug":"dinniman-to-hold-open-house-collect-food-and-clothing-for-the-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=12003","title":{"rendered":"Dinniman to hold open house, collect food and clothing for the needy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1234966\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dinniman-243x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1234966\" class=\"wp-image-1234966 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dinniman-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"dinniman\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1234966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Andy Dinniman<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WEST CHESTER \u2014 State Senator Andy Dinniman (D-19) is inviting\u00a0residents to stop by his West Chester District Office for a Holiday Open House during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownwestchester.com\/view_program.php?id=298\"><span class=\"s2\">36<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Annual West Chester Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade<\/span><\/a> on Friday and encouraged them to bring canned goods or coats to benefit those in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe continue to collect canned goods and nonperishable food items year-round for the West Chester Food Cupboard and the Salvation Army of West Chester, but this holiday season the need is especially great,\u201d Dinniman said.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Residents and families are welcome to stop by the office, located at historic One North Church Street (the corner of Church and Market Streets), during the parade on Friday, December 4 beginning at 6:15 p.m. In addition to an ideal location for parade viewing, the Open House will feature refreshments and a performance by the Chancel Bell Ringers of West Chester First Presbyterian Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, Dinniman has again partnered with local nonprofit David\u2019s Drive 831 to collect new or gently worn, clean men\u2019s coats for hospitalized and homeless veterans. That collection will run until December 30 and the greatest need is for coats in larger sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u201cStop by, say hello and warm up during the parade,\u201d Dinniman said. \u201cAnd at the same time you can donate few canned goods, or a coat to help brighten someone else\u2019s holiday. Together, let\u2019s work to help ensure that no one is left hungry or cold this holiday season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The West Chester District Office is regularly open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please be sure to check expiration dates on food items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information on David\u2019s Drive 831, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidsdrive831.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">www.davidsdrive831.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST CHESTER \u2014 State Senator Andy Dinniman (D-19) is inviting\u00a0residents to stop by his West Chester District Office for a Holiday Open House during the 36th Annual West Chester Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade on Friday and encouraged them to bring canned goods or coats to benefit those in need. \u201cWe continue to collect canned goods and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2550,496,4463],"class_list":["post-12003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-open-house","tag-sen-andy-dinniman","tag-west-chester-parade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}