{"id":199556,"date":"2012-07-10T14:06:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=199556"},"modified":"2012-07-11T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:48:59","slug":"united-way-of-smith-county-to-kick-off-2012-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=199556","title":{"rendered":"United Way of Smith County to Kick Off 2012 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=199557\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-199557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/07\/thumb_unitedway-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_unitedway-logo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-199557\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 The United Way of Smith County kicks off its 2012 campaign today from 11:30 to 1:00 with a celebration at Brookshire\u2019s Rice Road in Tyler. The program will include guest speakers and check presentations by local companies who have \u201cset the pace\u201d for this year\u2019s campaign. A free hot dog lunch is being provided by Brookshire Grocery Company, as long as supplies last. Drinks are being provided by Coca-Cola. Last year, volunteers served over 350 hot dogs at the campaign kickoff. This year, community leaders will be dunked to help raise money for local programs through United Way. <\/p>\n<p>Since 1940, local businesses and individuals have come together to support the work of non-profit agencies in Smith County through the United Way. Last year alone, over 64,000 Smith County residents were helped by programs supported by people who give to the local United Way. This year\u2019s Campaign theme is \u201cThink Local. Give Local.\u201d United Way President Nan Moore says, \u201cAs a community, we are all connected. We have been reminded over the past year that what affects one of our Smith County neighbors will in some way affect all of us. That is why we ask you to please join us in \u2018Living United\u2019 in 2012.\u201d You can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwaysmithcounty.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.unitedwaysmithcounty.org<\/a> to learn more. For more information about how you or your business can get involved, call 903-581-6376.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The United Way of Smith County kicks off its 2012 campaign today from 11:30 to 1:00 with a celebration at Brookshire\u2019s Rice Road in Tyler. The program will include guest speakers and check presentations by local companies who have \u201cset the pace\u201d for this year\u2019s campaign. A free hot dog lunch is being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=199556\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Way of Smith County to Kick Off 2012 Campaign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 22:11:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199556"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200447,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199556\/revisions\/200447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}