{"id":5971,"date":"2019-12-30T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=5971"},"modified":"2020-01-15T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T16:56:40","slug":"thank-you-prince-of-peace-lutheran-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2019\/12\/30\/thank-you-prince-of-peace-lutheran-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You &#8211; Prince of Peace Lutheran Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assistance League receives <em>Difference Makers Grant <\/em>from Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in support of clothing for children.<\/p>\n<p>Assistance League of Northern Virginia is pleased to have been selected by <em>Prince of Peace Lutheran Church<\/em> in Springfield as a recipient of a <em>Difference Makers Grant<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Lynn Barron and Kathy Jackson accepted a check on behalf of Assistance League at the church\u2019s Christmas Concert on December 15<sup>th<\/sup> along with other Difference Maker Grant recipients.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The funds provided by this grant will be used to purchase specific clothing items for students at Garfield and Lynbrook elementary schools in Springfield as requested by school administrators based on individual student needs.\u00a0\u00a0 Assistance League of Northern Virginia has long-standing relations with both schools, which are among the eleven local Title I elementary schools that receive Weekend Food for Kids, shoes, and other items.\u00a0\u00a0 School administrators report that the clothing provided by Assistance League of Northern Virginia helps improve students\u2019 self-esteem and confidence and increases involvement in school activities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prince of Peace Lutheran Church<\/em> allocates funds through the <em>Difference Makers Grant<\/em> Program to support individuals or small organizations that are making a continued impact for the good of others in Springfield or the wider Northern Virginia community.\u00a0 Assistance League of Northern Virginia appreciates the work of David Mahen, head of the church\u2019s grant committee, and Gary Miller, liaison to Assistance League, for their work on behalf of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in coordinating the award to assist students at these two Springfield elementary schools.\u00a0 The new clothing items are greatly needed and will be much appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistance League receives Difference Makers Grant from Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in support of clothing for children. Assistance League of Northern Virginia is pleased to have been selected by Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield as a recipient of a Difference Makers Grant.\u00a0\u00a0 Lynn Barron and Kathy Jackson accepted a check on behalf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30358,"featured_media":5970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5971"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5999,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971\/revisions\/5999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}