{"id":2244,"date":"2020-12-10T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2020-12-11T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:26:57","slug":"ssc-employees-provide-christmas-gifts-to-local-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-employees-provide-christmas-gifts-to-local-children\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Employees Provide Christmas Gifts to Local Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College employees recently provided gifts to 30 children participating in the Angel Tree programs sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. The Angel Tree program connects donors with children in need. SSC employees purchased clothing and toys and donated the items.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p>Seminole State College employees recently provided gifts to 30 children participating in the Angel Tree programs sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. The Angel Tree program connects donors with children in need. SSC employees purchased clothing and toys and donated the items.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSC-Angel-Tree-788x591.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>SSC Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs Toni Wittmann (left) and SSC student worker Bethany Randall (right) ready gifts for the Angel Tree program.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Jennings, a representative from DHS, was grateful for the donations, due to a lower number of donors this year.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\u201cI am so thankful,\u201d Jennings said. \u201cI really appreciate SSC helping us. Otherwise, these kids wouldn\u2019t receive Christmas gifts. We depend on donations and most couldn\u2019t help this year due to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><br \/>The SSC Classified Staff Association and the Professional Staff Association organized the effort and purchased gifts for the children.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College employees recently provided gifts to 30 children participating in the Angel Tree programs sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. The Angel Tree program connects donors with children in need. SSC employees purchased clothing and toys and donated the items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}