{"id":76396,"date":"2025-11-17T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=76396"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:06:00","slug":"holiday-helpings-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/holiday-helpings-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be a \u2014volunteer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Still\u00a0got\u00a0some of those volunteer hours\u00a0available?\u00a0Use them up at Holiday Helpings, a single-day event aimed at making sure no one in our community goes hungry on Thanksgiving Day.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Nov. 25, volunteers from throughout the city will gather\u00a0at\u00a0the NAU Facility Services parking lot\u00a0at 2551 E. Pine Knoll Drive\u00a0to help distribute the makings for a Thanksgiving meal to more than 800 families in our community. Holiday Helpings\u00a0is\u00a0a joint effort between NAU and the Flagstaff Family Food Center.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The need is especially critical during the holidays; last year, FFFC saw a 20% increase in individuals served and a 24% increase in households served between October and November.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each holiday box includes:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A whole turkey<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bag of assorted produce<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Stuffing, instant potatoes, gravy, vegetables, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, sweet potatoes, biscuit mix, cooking oil and a pie<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cooking pan, recipe\u00a0booklet\u00a0and nutrition support resources<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To sign up, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/axeofservice.nau.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU\u2019s Axe of Service website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and look for Holiday Helpings. To learn more about how to donate, visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hotfood.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flagstaff Family Food Center website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/holiday-helpings-2025\/\">Still\u00a0got\u00a0some of those volunteer hours\u00a0available?\u00a0Use them up at Holiday Helpings, a single-day event aimed at making sure no one in our community goes hungry on Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 On Nov. 25, volunteers from throughout the city will gather\u00a0at\u00a0the NAU Facility Services parking lot\u00a0at 2551 E. Pine Knoll Drive\u00a0to help distribute the makings for a Thanksgiving meal&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":76397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}