{"id":7867,"date":"2013-08-19T06:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2013-08-19T06:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:53:23","slug":"2nd-annual-ride-for-food-sept-15th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2013\/08\/19\/health-fitness\/2nd-annual-ride-for-food-sept-15th-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Annual Ride for Food - Sept. 15th, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7868\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ride-for-food-logo_an2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7868\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7868\" alt=\"2nd Annual Ride for Food - Sunday September 15, 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ride-for-food-logo_an2-300x300.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ride-for-food-logo_an2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ride-for-food-logo_an2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ride-for-food-logo_an2.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>2nd Annual Ride for Food, <\/strong>Sunday September 15th, 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - Before Framingham had the <em>Pearl St. Cupboard &amp; Cafe, (a<\/em> food pantry which opened in the former DMV Office in Downtown Framingham), many hungry Framingham residents already had <strong><em>a place to turn<\/em><\/strong> -- <em>literally<\/em>...<\/p>\n<p>Even today, Joanne Barry, <em>Executive Director<\/em> of \"<strong>A Place To Turn<\/strong>\", an emergency food pantry in Natick tells us,<em> \"our food pantry serves those in need in Metrowest, with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">close to 70% being Framingham residents<\/span><\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barry is reaching out to those in Framingham to participate in the <strong>2nd Annual Ride for Food<\/strong>-- a bike ride to help raise money for <!--more-->several Greater Boston food pantries -- including <strong>A Place To Turn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The ride will be held <strong>Sunday, September 15, 2013<\/strong> and consists of a 12, 25, or 50 mile course beginning and ending in Dedham. Get complete details about the <a title=\"2013 Ride for Food\" href=\"http:\/\/threesquaresne.org\/?page_id=943\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Ride for Food<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have fun and help feed their community!\u00a0 <\/strong>There are two ways you, your friends, neighbors, bike lovers, food lovers or anyone else can help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Register to Ride<\/strong> - Go to <a title=\"Register and Join 'A Place to Turn' Team for 2013 Ride for Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/ripplesofhope\/three-squares-new-england-ride-for-food\/teams\" target=\"_blank\">rider registration web page<\/a>, (there is a $75 registration fee). NOTE: Be sure to click \"Join\" on the 'A Place to Turn'\u00a0 Team!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Support a Rider<\/strong> - Want to support a rider? <a title=\"Support a Rider in the 2013 Ride for Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/ripplesofhope\/three-squares-new-england-ride-for-food\/fundraisers\" target=\"_blank\">Go here<\/a>. Click on the rider you want to support. It's as easy as that!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Place To Turn's share of the proceeds allow them to providing healthy food to those in need in the greater Natick \/ Framingham \/ Metrowest area.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking of riding and have questions, please email Hilary at <a title=\"Email Hilary at 'A Place To Turn', Food Pantry, Natick MA\" href=\"mailto:hilary@aplacetoturn-natick.org\">hilary@aplacetoturn-natick.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>About \"A Place To Turn\" - <\/strong>established in 1979, the founders were among the first to recognize that economic hardship exists in the suburbs. Begun in the basement of a private home, then briefly operating from St. Patrick Church in Natick, in 1981 settled in present location in small cape on grounds of Hartford Street Presbyterian Church, Natick, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more info, contact A Place To Turn, Joanne Barry, Executive Director, joanne@aplacetoturn-natick.org, or phone (508) 655-8868, or visit the website at: <a title=\"'A Place To Turn', Food Pantry, Natick MA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aplacetoturn-natick.org\/\">www.aplacetoturn-natick.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; Before Framingham had the Pearl St. Cupboard &amp; Cafe, (a food pantry which opened in the former DMV Office in Downtown Framingham), many hungry Framingham residents already had a place to turn &#8212; literally&#8230; Even today, Joanne Barry, Executive Director of &#8220;A Place To Turn&#8221;, an emergency food pantry in Natick tells us, &#8220;our&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2013\/08\/19\/health-fitness\/2nd-annual-ride-for-food-sept-15th-2013\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2787],"tags":[3465,3467,3449,3468,3464,656,3466],"class_list":["post-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-fitness","category-local-sports","tag-a-place-to-turn","tag-bike-ride","tag-food-pantry","tag-fund","tag-joanne-barry","tag-natick","tag-ride-for-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7873,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions\/7873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}