{"id":16846,"date":"2023-06-28T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=16846"},"modified":"2023-06-29T06:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T06:41:39","slug":"defeating-veteran-food-insecurity-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=16846","title":{"rendered":"Defeating Veteran food insecurity in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/el-paso-health-care\/\">El Paso VA<\/a> held its first free food distribution event and more than 100 Veterans took advantage of the new resource.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso VA\u2019s Center for Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE) is working with two key community partners\u2014El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank and the Armed Forces YMCA\u2014on this summer-long initiative.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pallet-of-food-cans_r1-2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cBottom line: No one should go hungry.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The goal is to minimize the impact of food insecurity by feeding Veterans in need. Every Wednesday, the distribution starts at 8:30 and continues until supplies run out for that day.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food insecurity a significant issue<\/h2>\n<p>Food insecurity is a serious and significant issue affecting many Americans either daily or at the end of the month when financial resources are exhausted. Food insecurity is especially prevalent among Veterans who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or those who have recently moved into transitional or supportive housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur food distribution is so important because one out of nine working-age Veterans live in food insecure households,\u201d said CDCE Chief Ronald Rucker. \u201cBy joining with community partners, VA is working to combat hunger. The bottom line is no one should go hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El Paso VA\u2019s food distribution events are easily accessible by using the Alabama entrance to the VA campus. Veterans don\u2019t need to get out of their cars. Just get in line, check-in with CDCE staff and have the foodstuffs placed in your trunks.<\/p>\n<p>Food insecurity can have lasting effects on a person\u2019s physical and mental well-being and the food distribution events are one way VA is tackling this very serious issue. If you\u2019re a Veteran in need, VA is here for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early June, El Paso VA held its first free food distribution event and more than 100 Veterans took advantage of the new resource. El Paso VA\u2019s Center for Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE) is working with two key community partners\u2014El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank and the Armed Forces YMCA\u2014on this summer-long initiative. \u201cBottom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[480,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-insecurity","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16852,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16846\/revisions\/16852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}