{"id":6090,"date":"2022-04-22T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2022-04-22T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:53:00","slug":"mid-atlantic-procurement-team-makes-a-meaningful-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/news\/mid-atlantic-procurement-team-makes-a-meaningful-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Atlantic Procurement Team Makes a Meaningful Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On April 12, the Mid-Atlantic Procurement Team spent the day volunteering at the Food Bank of Central &amp; Eastern North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Leech, a Buyer based out of the Morrisville, NC District Office, was compelled to organize this meaningful volunteer day after realizing the impact that rising food costs have had on many local community members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it was important to select an organization that has a direct and immediate impact on the communities where we live and work,\u201d says Leech. \u201cSpeaking on behalf of the entire team, we enjoyed ourselves and were pleased to be able to give back to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flatiron volunteers assisted in the produce garden, a primary source of Food Bank\u2019s supply.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Food Bank of Central &amp; Eastern North Carolina or to register to volunteer, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/foodbankcenc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/foodbankcenc.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unable to volunteer your time but are interested in making a monetary donation, you can do so at <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.foodbankcenc.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=10523&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;10523.donation=form1&amp;chosen=60&amp;s_src=headerbutton&amp;s_subsrc=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/secure.foodbankcenc.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=10523&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;10523.donation=form1&amp;chosen=60&amp;s_src=headerbutton&amp;s_subsrc=website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A one-time donation of just $35 provides 175 nutritious meals to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the entire Mid-Atlantic Procurement Team for your commitment to community outreach. Volunteers included Dominic Leech, Becky Duncan, Brian Kerschen, Hanan Hakam, Davie Baldwin, Tim Cook and Jake Duffy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6093&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6094&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On April 12, the Mid-Atlantic Procurement Team spent the day volunteering at the Food Bank of Central &amp; Eastern North Carolina. Dominic Leech, a Buyer based out&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-6090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-at-flatiron","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}