{"id":23714,"date":"2017-01-23T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/?p=23714"},"modified":"2017-01-23T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:00:26","slug":"ross-medical-in-morgantown-collects-items-for-blessing-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/ross-medical-in-morgantown-collects-items-for-blessing-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Medical in Morgantown Collects Items for Blessing Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Medical Education Center Morgantown Blessing Bags\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In December, the <a href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/campus\/wv\/morgantown.php\">Ross Medical Education Center Morgantown, West Virginia campus<\/a> collected items to be placed into \u201cblessing bags\u201d and distributed to the homeless in Morgantown. Between 2009 and 2012, nearly 2,000 people received homeless services in Monongalia County. Hundreds of homeless people are drawn to Morgantown annually, largely because the city offers services and shelter for these individuals. On the one day annual Point in Time Count, there were 52 children experiencing homelessness in Monongalia County. Families with children are the fastest growing portion of the homeless population. To provide some comfort, staff and students collected small toys and snacks as well.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morgantownwv.gov\/government\/city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morgantown City Council<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.monongalia.wv.us\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monongalia County Commission<\/a>, the immediate impact of homelessness is, of course, on those who find themselves without a place to live. However, this problem also affects the quality of life for all in the community. The costs of homelessness are not just borne by those who directly experience homelessness. Everyone pays at least some of the personal, health, social, economic, and governmental costs of homelessness because of the demand upon, and cost of police, health, and other public services.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Medical Education Center Morgantown Blessing Bags\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Morgantown-Blessing-Bags-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a small but heartfelt gesture, Desiree Gump, student in the <a href=\"\/programs\/medical-insurance-billing-and-office-administration\/\">Morgantown Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration program<\/a>, asked her classmates to bring in items that she and her parents could distribute between the holidays. \u201cWe were humbled by Desiree\u2019s suggestion and thankful to have a student with such a caring heart,\u201d said Dorie Alger, Campus Director. Over 500 items were collected including soap, hand sanitizers, chapstick, blankets, snacks, and, of course, stuffed animals. The collections were so bountiful for the small school that Desiree made several trips to collect everything. \u201cWe had people from <a href=\"http:\/\/wvumedicine.org\/ruby-memorial-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WVU Hospital<\/a> bring items into our campus for the blessing bags,\u201d said Career Development Representative Tiffany Jones. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t surprise me though \u2013 they have always been an active partner with Ross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the second activity recommended by Desiree as she and her family spearheaded the collection of letters to local veterans in November. Morgantown is very pleased to have such a civic minded individual.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December, the Ross Medical Education Center Morgantown, West Virginia campus collected items to be placed into \u201cblessing bags\u201d and&hellip;<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/ross-medical-in-morgantown-collects-items-for-blessing-bags\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}