{"id":13723,"date":"2024-09-27T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13723"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:33:08","slug":"taylor-auto-teams-with-connecting-kids-to-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/taylor-auto-teams-with-connecting-kids-to-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Auto Teams with Connecting Kids to Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13724\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13724\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Terry-Crosby-right-and-Taylor-staff-fill-bags-and-load-carts-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Terry-Crosby-right-and-Taylor-staff-fill-bags-and-load-carts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Terry-Crosby-right-and-Taylor-staff-fill-bags-and-load-carts-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Terry-Crosby-right-and-Taylor-staff-fill-bags-and-load-carts.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terry Crosby (right) and Taylor staff fill bags and load carts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Truth Staff<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Automotive employees from all over the region came together last week at the Perrysburg headquarters to help assemble food bags for youngsters as part of Connecting Kids to Meals\u2019 mission to alleviate hunger in the area. The food was donated by Tylor Auto and the bags also contained messages of encouragement for the youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are an eight-year-old kid, just getting this bag, what positive message would [you receive]?\u201d asked Wendi Huntley, CEO of Connecting Kids to Meals as the Taylo staff was just about ready to line up to assemble the bags. \u201cDo you appreciate hearing \u2018you can do anything if you put your mind to it\u2019 or \u2018you are loved. Any message to a kid \u2026 a lot are facing challenging times and your positive message may be the only kind thing they see that day or that weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taylor staff then filled 400 bags of food which are to be distributed to the various partner organizations in the Toledo area, said Huntley. As for Taylor, this was another chapter in a partnership that has lasted for almost six years. The past donations have included a van that is used for delivery of meals to various school locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to partner with them,\u201d said Steve Taylor. \u201cIt\u2019s a great partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of Connecting Kids to Meals (formerly, Feed Lucas County Children) is to provide hot, nutritious meals at no cost to children in low-income and underserved areas throughout the entire year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13725\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460349125_8199028646840432_7426160938326473965_n-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460349125_8199028646840432_7426160938326473965_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460349125_8199028646840432_7426160938326473965_n-354x250.jpg 354w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460349125_8199028646840432_7426160938326473965_n.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff Taylor Automotive employees from all over the region came together last week at the Perrysburg headquarters to help assemble food bags for youngsters as part of Connecting Kids to Meals\u2019 mission to alleviate hunger in the area. 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