{"id":112169,"date":"2022-12-16T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T23:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=112169"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T23:22:45","slug":"jackets-donated-to-palmdale-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/12\/16\/jackets-donated-to-palmdale-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackets donated to Palmdale families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_112171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112171\" style=\"width: 697px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Andrea-Alarcon-Palmdale-jacket-donation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112171\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Andrea-Alarcon-Palmdale-jacket-donation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Andrea-Alarcon-Palmdale-jacket-donation.jpg 697w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Andrea-Alarcon-Palmdale-jacket-donation-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Alarcon [Contributed image]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale City Councilmember elect <strong>Andrea Alarcon<\/strong> recently secured an anonymous donation of 800 jackets to distribute to the local families in need, city officials announced in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The coats are being distributed at various community events this month in partnership with the<em> Dolores Huerta Foundation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-101246383\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am eager to hit the ground running because meeting the needs of all in our community is my priority \u2013 the unhoused included,\u201d Alarcon said.\u00a0 &#8220;There are so many in our city who are struggling to survive this winter. Providing a jacket is the least we can do to help them. I hope these coats offer a warm added layer for those forced to endure the freezing desert temperatures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Distribution began Dec. 11, when volunteers worked through rain, hail, and 35-degree weather to offer warm, home-cooked meals and jackets to more than 300 unhoused individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Additional distribution will occur at a <em>Christmas Posada<\/em> hosted by SALVA this Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at a Dolores Huerta Foundation gift giveaway and food distribution event on Sunday, Dec. 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required for the Dec. 18 gift giveaway, and the event has already hit capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Alarcon will be sworn in to the Palmdale City Council at its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 21.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale City Councilmember elect Andrea Alarcon recently secured an anonymous donation of 800 jackets to distribute to the local families in need, city officials announced in a news release. The coats are being distributed at various community events this month in partnership with the Dolores Huerta Foundation. \u201cI am eager to hit the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112172,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112169\/revisions\/112172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}