{"id":220714,"date":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=220714"},"modified":"2024-07-11T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:57:41","slug":"great-place-brings-fresh-food-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=220714","title":{"rendered":"Great Place brings \u2018Fresh Food for Families\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The Fort Cavazos Garrison Chaplain’s Office partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank to provide fresh produce to military families during the “Fresh Foods for Families” event July 3, 2024, in the Phantom Warrior Stadium parking lot at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
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\n Soldiers from all over the installation help fill boxes and organize donations during the “Fresh Foods for Families” event July 3, 2024, in the Phantom Warrior Stadium parking lot at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
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FORT CAVAZOS, Texas<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Fort Cavazos Garrison Chaplain\u2019s Office partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank to provide fresh produce to military families during the \u201cFresh Foods for Families \u201cevent July 3 in the Phantom Warrior Stadium parking lot.<\/p>\n

Chaplain (Capt.) Eugene Savarimuthu, Garrison Chaplain\u2019s Office chaplain resource manager, explained the Religious Support Office worked for several months to bring the event to the Great Place and the event was the second pilot program following the first on June 6, which served more than 250 families at the Main Post Chapel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a passion to bring this event to these military families because our Soldiers need help,\u201d he shared. \u201cSo, I thought that this would be a great ministry from our Religious Support Office to bring the mission of God\u2019s love to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some Soldiers, RSO representatives and volunteers filled bags and boxes full of fresh vegetables, almonds and pantry staples, others loaded the goods into trunks and truck beds as Soldiers and family members patiently waited in their vehicles.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Ashakee Bailey, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, volunteered during the event organizing boxes for families and shared she loves giving back.<\/p>\n

Bailey explained she is a mechanic working in the motor pool, so participating in an event like this outside of work \u201cis a good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving back is important,\u201d she said. \u201c… It\u2019s good that the food bank is coming out here to give back to the Soldiers that are giving back to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savarimuthu expressed the response has been reassuring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leadership is encouraging (RSO) to make this event happen on a regular basis because of the excitement and also the benefit to families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He conveyed taking care of families is taking care of Soldiers, which helps to maintain a ready fighting force.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealthy family, healthy Soldiers,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Spc. Eddie Duo, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cav. Div., said the event is a great help to him and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is important because it helps with getting groceries for my family and so they help me save a little more,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to help a lot of Soldiers, including me, to save some funds to do other stuff with our families.\u201d<\/p>\n

His friend, Spc. Shaquain Boyd, 215th BSB, 3rd Bde. Combat Team, 1st Cav. Div., agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event is beneficial to people, especially those that are in a time of need,\u201d Boyd said. \u201cI feel like this is a big help because it allows us to allocate our funds to other things that are necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overwhelmingly positive response to the pilot events spurred the Garrison Chaplain\u2019s Office to officially launch the donation program Aug. 1 from 9-11 a.m. in the Phantom Warrior Stadium parking lot and provide future donation events every first Thursday of the month.<\/p>\n

For more information and future donation dates, visit the Fort Cavazos RSO Facebook page at\u00a0www.facebook.com\/FortCavazosRSO<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 The Fort Cavazos Garrison Chaplain’s Office partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank to provide fresh produce to military families during the “Fresh Foods for Families” event July 3, 2024, in the Phantom Warrior Stadium parking lot at Fort Cavazos, Texas. (Photo Credit: Photo by Janecze […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220716,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220714","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220719,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220714\/revisions\/220719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/220716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}