{"id":9485,"date":"2024-07-03T13:28:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=9485"},"modified":"2024-07-03T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:29:29","slug":"seagate-food-bank-receives-650k-in-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/seagate-food-bank-receives-650k-in-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaGate Food Bank receives $650K in funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9486 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>June 27, 2024:\u00a0<strong>State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo)<\/strong> held a press conference regarding the allocation of $650K to the <em>SeaGate Food Bank<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrganizations like SeaGate are the bedrock of our community, providing resources for community members when they may have nowhere else to turn. I am proud to have fought for their inclusion in this year\u2019s capital budget,\u00a0ensuring\u00a0they are able to refurbish a deteriorating fa\u00e7ade and double their capacity for frozen food items. These upgrades will empower those on the frontlines to continue to serve Toledo day in, and day out,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Rep. Grim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This funding will be used to completely demolish and refurbish the fa\u00e7ade of the Food Bank. Additionally, funds will be used to build storage and install an additional freezer. This would double the freezer capacity that SeaGate currently has and allow them to accept many more frozen donations.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>One-Time Strategic Community Investment<\/em> funding is thanks to\u00a0<strong><em>Rep. Grim\u2019s<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0support of\u00a0<strong><em>House Bill (HB) 2<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> the state&#8217;s record-setting $6.2B biennial state capital budget, which allocates funds to local projects statewide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SeaGate Food Bank of Northwest Ohio,\u00a0 <\/strong>located at 526 High Street in Toledo, provides food entirely\u00a0<em>free of charge<\/em>\u00a0to hundreds of pantries and programs throughout the area. For more information about their services or volunteer opportunities visit www.seagatefoodbank.org or call <a href=\"tel:419-244-6996\">419-244-6996<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 27, 2024:\u00a0State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) held a press conference regarding the allocation of $650K to the SeaGate Food Bank. \u201cOrganizations like SeaGate are the bedrock of our community, providing resources for community members when they may have nowhere else to turn. I am proud to have fought for their inclusion in this year\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[209],"class_list":["post-9485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",700,508,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",700,508,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",700,508,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-300x218.jpg",300,218,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",640,464,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",700,508,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",700,508,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate.jpg",500,363,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SeaGate-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/ohio\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ohio<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"June 27, 2024:\u00a0State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) held a press conference regarding the allocation of $650K to the SeaGate Food Bank. \u201cOrganizations like SeaGate are the bedrock of our community, providing resources for community members when they may have nowhere else to turn. 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