{"id":60123,"date":"2014-05-20T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/60123\/children-need-winter-woolies\/"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:48:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T07:48:31","slug":"children-need-winter-woolies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/20\/children-need-winter-woolies\/","title":{"rendered":"Children need winter woolies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter has arrived and this is evident in the cold temperatures we are currently experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>For some people, winter means new winter woollies, warm fleece blankets and keeping cosy next to the fire, with a cup of hot chocolate.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>For the 88 children currently in residential care at Epworth Children&#8217;s Village the reality is somewhat different.<\/p>\n<p>Epworth Children&#8217;s Village, in Lambton, is a residential care facility for children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Epworth relies on the generous support of the community to ensure that these children are provided with the care and support they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>The home is appealing to the community (individuals and businesses) to help the children stay warm this winter.<\/p>\n<p>They are in need of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winter pyjamas, slippers and dressing gowns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shoes, jerseys and tracksuits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Blankets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Other provisions, such as washing powder and toiletries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Soups, tinned food and any dry goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of the children have gone through traumatic experiences, resulting in low self-esteem, and need an emotional boost.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at the home are calling on the community to partner with them to help provide adequately for them.<\/p>\n<p>The children at Epworth Children&#8217;s Village range in age from four to 18 years.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on sizes etc., contact the office on 011 827-5732.<\/p>\n<p>All donations will be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='ed989437a0ee6a6eabfb986fe1b1ec8f'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help youngsters keep warm this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":60246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1968,979,1059,2734,3516],"class_list":["post-60123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-epworth-childrens-village","tag-germiston","tag-lambton","tag-melissa-hart","tag-winter-woolies"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["epworth children's village","germiston","lambton","melissa hart","winter woolies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}