{"id":2092,"date":"2013-11-26T15:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T20:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2013-11-26T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T20:59:20","slug":"au-pairs-donate-winter-clothes-for-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2013\/11\/26\/au-pairs-donate-winter-clothes-for-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs Donate Winter Clothes for those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au Pairs from the Baltimore and Annapolis cluster met in Ellicott City  on Sunday, November 24th.\u00a0 Our service  project this month was to collect and donate gently used items such as  winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves to those in our community in  need.\u00a0 We coordinated with Hope For All , a Christian ministry that  provides people with basic needs without sufficient resources\u00a0 in Anne  Arundel County, Baltimore City and the Appalachian region.\u00a0 We met at  the Old Mill Bakery and then took a stroll through the historic town of  Ellicott City.\u00a0 While the weather was very cold we all gathered for  lunch afterwards at Johnny&#8217;s Bistro on Main Street to get warmed up!\u00a0  The food was delicious and our day was a big success as we were able to  donate several bags to the homeless for the upcoming cold winter months.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2097\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0897-500x367-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0897 (500x367)\" width=\"216\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0897-500x367-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0897-500x367.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2110\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0906-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0906\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0906-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0906-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0906-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2094\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0911-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0911\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0911-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0911-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0911-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2098\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0915-500x380-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0915 (500x380)\" width=\"240\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0915-500x380-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/11\/DSC_0915-500x380.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au Pairs from the Baltimore and Annapolis cluster met in Ellicott City on Sunday, November 24th.\u00a0 Our service project this month was to collect and donate gently used items such as winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves to those in our community in need.\u00a0 We coordinated with Hope For All , a Christian ministry that  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2013\/11\/26\/au-pairs-donate-winter-clothes-for-those-in-need\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[124,173,187,277,334,339,395,548],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cold","tag-donations","tag-ellicott-city","tag-hope-for-all-johnnys-bistro-main-street-hope-for-all-winter-clothes-donations-live-in-childcare","tag-live-in-chiildcare","tag-main-street","tag-old-mill-bakery-cafe","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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