{"id":5194,"date":"2013-12-19T10:03:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2013-12-19T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T15:03:53","slug":"vantage-goes-over-the-top-for-toss-a-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/vantage-goes-over-the-top-for-toss-a-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vantage Goes Over the Top for Toss A Toy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5195\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vantage-100_8205.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5195\" alt=\"Vantage 100_8205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vantage-100_8205.jpg?resize=666%2C441\" width=\"666\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vantage students load the toys into the Toss A Toy truck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With no Toys for Tots operating in Van Wert County again this year, Lee Kinstle GM teamed up with the local<\/p>\n<p>Salvation Army to help collect toys for area children in need. To meet this challenge, they enlisted the help of Vantage, the VW YMCA Central Mutual Insurance, Braun Industies, Alspach-Gearhart, Ag Credit, and Van Wert Family Physicians to help make this Christmas a happy one for all children.<\/p>\n<p>Vantage students and staff raised over $1,600 for the cause by holding several fundraisers. A jeans day and ugly sweater contest was held first, followed by a dodgeball tournament, a candy cane sale, a penny stall and the sale of paper Christmas trees for the commons area. Career Tech programs also donated money to buy toys, with Building &amp; Grounds donating the most money to the cause. Mrs. Amy Grothouse, Jr. Cosmetology and VCC teacher spearheaded the effort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5196\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vantage-100_8208.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5196\" alt=\"Vantage VCC students are pictured with Eric McCracken (right)and the Toss A Toy truck. Also in the front row is Mrs. Amy Grothouse.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vantage-100_8208-300x122.jpg?resize=300%2C122\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vantage VCC students are pictured with Eric McCracken (right)and the Toss A Toy truck. Also in the front row is Mrs. Amy Grothouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On December 11, her VCC students took a shopping trip to WalMart to purchase toys to add to those that staff and students had donated! &#8220;A couple of my students told me that this (shopping for the toys for kids) would be the best part of THEIR Christmas&#8221; said Grothouse. &#8220;I am so proud of all Vantage students for the effort they put toward this project. My heart just bursts with pride&#8221;, she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lee Kinstle&#8217;s Eric McCracken, and his team were very happy with the results. &#8220;The Vantage students see the need and rise above to get it done&#8221;, he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With no Toys for Tots operating in Van Wert County again this year, Lee Kinstle GM teamed up with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33,1889,111],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-christmas","tag-toys","tag-vantage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-1lM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 22:45:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}