{"id":4170,"date":"2018-10-01T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2018-10-01T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:03:34","slug":"treats-4-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/10\/01\/treats-4-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Treats-4-Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By Ryan Gilroy &#8217;19, staff writer<\/p>\n<p>The sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau held Treats-4-Troops, an annual event to pack and send food to overseas members of the armed forces, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>AST sent a total of 1,590 bags to men and women who serve in the Marines, Army and Air Force in the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We collect donations for a couple weeks, and we bag them up and we send them overseas for troops who are currently serving our country,&#8221; Haley Groesbeck, president of AST, said.<\/p>\n<p>This year marked the 13th consecutive year for the Treats-4-Troops event. In 2017, the sisters of AST sent more than 1,700 bags around the world, which set the standard for this year and years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still providing these treats for people who are serving our country and risking their lives for us, so either way, we&#8217;re happy with however many we send,&#8221; Groesbeck said.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, follow them on Instagram and Twitter @astlvc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo provided by Ryan Gilroy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Ryan Gilroy &#8217;19, staff writer The sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau held Treats-4-Troops, an annual event to pack and send food to overseas members of the armed forces, on Saturday. AST sent a total <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/10\/01\/treats-4-troops\/\" title=\"Treats-4-Troops\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}