{"id":39615,"date":"2023-10-16T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=39615"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:55:00","slug":"organizers-expecting-big-increase-for-the-big-give-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=39615","title":{"rendered":"Organizers expecting Big increase for The Big Give this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> Organizers of The Big Give are expecting an increase in demand this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Cathy Miller and other organizers are reaching out to the community for their help to ensure they enough winter wear to supply those who need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are anticipating a big demand this year.,\u201d said Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s The Big Give is scheduled for Nov. 4 at East Hants Family Resource Centre building on Hwy2 14 in Elmsdale (the old school building). It will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said in 2022 The Big Give, in its third year, helped about 700 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe expect more this year,\u201d she said. \u201cAnyone is welcome to contact me if they need winter outerwear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller said they will do their very best to get what is needed for anyone who asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Big Give will provide those who need with snow pants, winter coats, hats, mittens, and clothing. There will be kids, youth, and adult sizes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop off locations have also been finalized said Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be at: Leno\u2019s Stop Shop in Elmsdale; Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald\u2019s office in Parker Place Plaza in Enfield; and the Mount Uniacke Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be public access racks at the Elmsdale Family Resource Ctr , Mt Uniacke Library and Kennetcook food bank. You do not need to be a food bank client to get a coat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The racks are open to anyone, said Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;] ELMSDALE: Organizers of The Big Give are expecting an increase in demand this year. As a result, Cathy Miller and other organizers are reaching out to the community for their help to ensure they enough winter wear to supply those who need it. \u201cWe are anticipating a big demand this year.,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[2750,233,196,986,2754],"class_list":["post-39615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-catherine-miller","tag-community","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-the-big-give"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}