{"id":19152,"date":"2021-08-09T21:33:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19152"},"modified":"2021-08-09T21:33:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:33:24","slug":"successful-4th-annual-back-to-school-supply-drive-held-by-the-boca-raton-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/successful-4th-annual-back-to-school-supply-drive-held-by-the-boca-raton-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Successful 4th Annual Back to School Supply Drive held by the Boca Raton Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Staff from Boca Raton Airport Tenant, Reliable Jet Maintenance, pose in front of collected backpacks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the fourth year in a row, the Boca Raton Airport\nAuthority, and Airport tenants, including Atlantic Aviation, Boca Aircraft\nMaintenance, Boomers, Fairfield Inn &amp; Suites by Marriott, Privaira,\nReliable Jet Maintenance, and Signature Flight Support collected school\nsupplies for the Spirit of Giving Network\u2019s Back to School Bash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is such a great feeling to work with our Airport Tenants\nand the local community to provide needed supplies for area students and help\nensure they have the tools to succeed in the upcoming school year\u201d said Boca\nRaton Airport Authority Executive Director Clara Bennett. \u201cThe Airport\nAuthority and our airport businesses are proud to support Spirit of Giving and\nto be part of another successful Back to School effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4075edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19155\" width=\"282\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4075edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4075edit-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><figcaption><em>Members of Civil Air Patrol Boca Raton Composite Squadron and Spirit of Giving management.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>School supplies collected included backpacks, personal\nhygiene products, socks, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, glue sticks, and\ncrayons. Volunteers were able to fill six boxes of supplies. Reliable Jet\nMaintenance alone provided 75 backpacks, 400 tissues packs, 100 hand\nsanitizers, 100 packs of sanitizing wipes, 100 pairs of socks, and pencils and\ncrayons. These items were used to prepare backpacks during the volunteer event.\nSpirit of Giving hosted the Back-to-School Bash, a drive-through distribution\nevent for families on Saturday, July 24 providing supplies to over 10,000\nstudents in Palm Beach County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4064edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19154\" width=\"285\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4064edit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4064edit-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><figcaption><em> Members of Airport Management, Civil Air Patrol Boca Raton Composite Squadron, and Management from Research Park at FAU. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Spirit of Giving Network, Inc. is a registered 401(c)(3)\nnonprofit that serves children and families in Palm Beach County. Their vision\nis to create more unified, vibrant communities. The Spirit of Giving has four\nsignature projects during the year, the Holiday Gift Drive, Boca Raton Bowl,\nCommunity Spirit Race and the Community Back to School Bash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spirit of Giving is always looking for donations and\nvolunteers. Please visit their website to learn about available opportunities. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritofgivingnetwork.com\">www.spiritofgivingnetwork.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Staff from Boca Raton Airport Tenant, Reliable Jet Maintenance, pose in front of collected backpacks. For the fourth year in a row, the Boca Raton Airport Authority, and Airport tenants, including Atlantic Aviation, Boca Aircraft Maintenance, Boomers, Fairfield Inn &amp; Suites by Marriott, Privaira, Reliable Jet Maintenance, and Signature Flight Support collected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0759edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19156,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions\/19156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}