{"id":12053,"date":"2022-08-08T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=12053"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:04:58","slug":"backpacks-for-needy-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/backpacks-for-needy-students\/","title":{"rendered":"3,500 backpacks distributed in San Mateo for students in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-1024x682.png\" alt=\"backpacks for needy students\" class=\"wp-image-12054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/estuduantes-mochilas-1068x711.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, nearly 3,500 backpacks were distributed to needy students in San Mateo, from preschool through college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backpack distribution, held at the San Mateo Events Center, was presented by Samaritan House, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty in San Mateo County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area residents have been contacting Samaritan House for the past three months to sign up to receive the donated backpacks and school supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 60 volunteers from various community groups handed out school supplies at Saturday&#039;s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the price of gasoline, groceries and other essential items increases each week, we see continued high demand for our services,\u201d said Bart Charlow, CEO of Samaritan House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also noted that her clients&#039; families have been struggling with economic hardship since before the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are also seeing new customers every week as the economy falters and basic needs are out of reach for more people. That\u2019s why we are thrilled to provide all the supplies children need to thrive in school and take that financial burden off the shoulders of their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/youth-day\/\">Redwood City proclaims August 12 as Youth Day<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Bay City News. El s\u00e1bado se distribuyeron cerca de 3 mil 500 mochilas para estudiantes necesitados en San Mateo, desde preescolar hasta la universidad. La distribuci\u00f3n de mochilas, realizada en el Centro de Eventos de San Mateo, fue presentada por Samaritan House, una organizaci\u00f3n dedicada a combatir la pobreza en el condado de San [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12055,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions\/12055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}