{"id":8022,"date":"2017-05-22T09:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T08:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2017-05-22T09:06:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T08:06:27","slug":"marys-meals-backpack-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2017\/05\/22\/marys-meals-backpack-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary\u2019s Meals Backpack Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the success of last year\u2019s appeal, Our Lady of the Missions are hoping to support the \u2018Mary\u2019s Meals Backpack Appeal\u2019 again.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As you know, the backpacks are sent to schools across Africa, packed with equipment which can better aid children\u2019s learning. Mary\u2019s Meals request that we provide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pens, pencils, crayons<\/li>\n<li>Notepad<\/li>\n<li>Rubber, ruler, sharpener, pencil case<\/li>\n<li>Towel<\/li>\n<li>Shorts or skirt, t-shirt or dress<\/li>\n<li>Flip-flops or sandals<\/li>\n<li>Soap, toothbrush, toothpaste<\/li>\n<li>Small ball<\/li>\n<li>Spoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The backpack should be <strong>labelled<\/strong> indicating whether it is for a <strong>boy or a girl<\/strong> and with a <strong>suggested age<\/strong>. (Please don\u2019t be tempted to include any liquids (including soap) or any food. These items can cause problems when the backpacks are going through customs.<\/p>\n<p>If you would be able to support this charity, we would greatly appreciate one bag from each family. The bags can be brought in from <strong>Monday 12<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/strong> and will be collected on <strong>Tuesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/strong>. Please do not hand in a backpack before the 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to find out more about this charity or the appeal, information can be found on the Mary\u2019s Meals website :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/get-involved\/the-backpack-project\/what-to-pack\">https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/get-involved\/the-backpack-project\/what-to-pack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the success of last year\u2019s appeal, Our Lady of the Missions are hoping to support the \u2018Mary\u2019s Meals Backpack Appeal\u2019 again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[880,8726],"class_list":["post-8022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-charity","tag-letters","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8023,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8022\/revisions\/8023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}