{"id":8702,"date":"2018-11-20T21:03:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=8702"},"modified":"2018-12-03T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:31:31","slug":"fox-9-and-wcco-highlights-augsburg-students-day-of-service-at-minneapolis-homeless-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/20\/fox-9-and-wcco-highlights-augsburg-students-day-of-service-at-minneapolis-homeless-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox 9 and WCCO highlight Augsburg students&#8217; day of service at homeless encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8705\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-11.10.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-11.10.02-AM-300x170.png\" alt=\"Augsburg University students serving lunch to homeless families.\" width=\"277\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-11.10.02-AM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-11.10.02-AM.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Augsburg University students serve lunch to homeless families.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Augsburg University students spent November 17 handing out jackets, blankets, children\u2019s toys, and hot lunch to families in need at a homeless encampment near Augsburg. \u201cIt\u2019s basically in our backyard for our school and I think that helping the community is a really big thing for me,\u201d student Tyler Johnson told a reporter. This day of service was initiated by Augsburg student Inam Al-Hammouri, then other students quickly joined, including many members of the men&#8217;s soccer team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cooking a hot lunch and serving it to hungry families out in the cold is not something most college kids would do on a Saturday, but these youth at Augsburg University are not just your average students,&#8221; said Fox 9 reporter Christina Palladino. &#8220;The students believe it is their\u00a0<span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">responsibility<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to take action and empower their generation to build bridges to those less fortunate.&#8221;\u00a0The students said they plan to organize more days of service, especially now that temperatures are dropping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/augsburg-college-students-go-down-street-to-help-at-homeless-encampment?fbclid=IwAR1f76Q2n8XhtcSD25bJwti46g4G-cNJBeRXqDVrSQYMmteDhPpxLwgKkr8\">See full report at the Fox 9\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WCCO also covered the story. <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2018\/11\/18\/augsburg-fundraising-minneapolis-homeless-camp\/\">See full report at the WCCO website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University students spent November 17 handing out jackets, blankets, children\u2019s toys, and hot lunch to families in need at a homeless encampment near Augsburg. \u201cIt\u2019s basically in our backyard for our school and I think that helping the community is a really big thing for me,\u201d student Tyler Johnson told a reporter. 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