{"222531":{"#nid":"222531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Donate Items, Time to Community Connections Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re looking for a way to give back to the Atlanta community, there\u2019s an opportunity right here at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the second year, the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement is inviting the campus community to join incoming students in a service project to serve local women and children in need.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Community Connections project is a way to bring together faculty, staff, and students to support our neighboring community partner, the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children,\u201d said Sarah Perkins, civic engagement coordinator for the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to introduce new students to the tradition of service here at Tech and remind current members of our community that there are ways for them to get involved, too.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Tech community is invited to donate items ranging from toiletries to snacks through Aug. 15. During the summer FASET sessions, incoming freshmen and their families are also invited to donate items. So far, a total of 1,498 items have been collected following the first three FASET sessions, making significant progress toward this year\u2019s collection goal of 4,000 items. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EItems can continue to be dropped off in the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement (Room 2211) in the Student Center Commons and at the FASET Help Desk (on the second floor of the Student Center near the information desk) during FASET sessions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to donating items, faculty, staff, and students are also invited to donate their time during a packaging event where the items will be assembled into critical need kits. The event will be held on Friday, Aug. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sarah.perkins@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPerkins\u003C\/a\u003E or visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/18PqZVi\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/18PqZVi\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/18PqZVi\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second year, the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement is inviting the campus community to join incoming students in a service project to serve local women and children in need.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the second year, the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement is inviting the campus community to join incoming students in a service project to serve local women and children in need."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-07-11 15:47:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:34","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"223231":{"id":"223231","type":"image","title":"Community Connections Drive","body":null,"created":"1449243535","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:55","changed":"1475894894","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:14","alt":"Community Connections Drive","file":{"fid":"197351","name":"communityconnectionsdrive.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/communityconnectionsdrive_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/communityconnectionsdrive_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1309904,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/communityconnectionsdrive_0.jpg?itok=XGeMl2Eg"}}},"media_ids":["223231"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/18PqZVi","title":"Community Connections 2013"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"69561","name":"Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children"},{"id":"69551","name":"Community Connections"},{"id":"8994","name":"donations"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"2362","name":"faset"},{"id":"40361","name":"office of leadership and civic engagement"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sarah.perkins@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESarah Perkins\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}