{"id":5516,"date":"2016-08-23T08:17:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2016-09-06T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:56:30","slug":"jump-start-program-offered-sixth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/jump-start-program-offered-sixth-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Start program being offered for a sixth year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school division\u2019s Office of School Social Work Services and the nonprofit organization AidNow are partnering for a sixth year to host Jump Start, a back-to-school event that supports the division\u2019s homeless student population. Students attending the event will receive clothing, backpacks, school supplies, food and toiletries as well as have access to free haircuts and various screenings.<\/p>\n<p>Students registered in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) who have been identified as homeless have been invited to the event, and local businesses, community agencies, organizations and volunteers donate their time and resources to make the event possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"01 sign\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/01-sign.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jump Start will be held Thursday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Corporate Landing Middle School. Volunteers will set up for the event Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals or organizations interested in volunteering or donating clothing may visit AidNow\u2019s Jump Start webpage at www.aidnow.org\/jump-start.html or contact the school division\u2019s Office of School Social Work Services at 757-263-2300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The school division\u2019s Office of School Social Work Services and the nonprofit organization AidNow are partnering for a sixth year to host Jump Start, a back-to-school event that supports the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-5516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-connections","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5518,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions\/5518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}