{"id":45010,"date":"2017-12-07T16:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T16:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45010"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:16:28","slug":"riverbats-give-back-more-than-5200-books-donated-to-brown-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/12\/07\/riverbats-give-back-more-than-5200-books-donated-to-brown-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverbats give back: More than 5,200 books donated to Brown Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College presented more than 5,200 children\u2019s books to the Travis County Sheriff\u2019s Office for its Brown Santa program Tuesday, December 5, at Highland Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the college\u2019s Student Government Association (SGA), the drive benefits children of low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs fortunate as many of us may be during the holidays, we should never forget that many continue to struggle. These donations represent the spirit of keeping our friends and neighbors in mind and providing for those who are less fortunate,\u201d says Richard Vega, ACC SGA president. \u201cEach book sparks a child\u2019s imagination and creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch, the college\u2019s annual holiday book drive has collected more than 28,000 books for the Brown Santa program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrown Santa helps more than 1,000 families in Travis County,\u201d says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez. \u201cWe could not do it without your support and your efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, partners include ACC\u2019s Phi Theta Kappa and Alpha Delta Kappa chapters, the ACC Police Department and Classified Employees Association, Adjunct Faculty, and Male Leadership Program.<\/p>\n<p>View photos from the event:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accdistrict\/albums\/72157690005933094\" title=\"Brown Santa by Austin Community College, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4581\/38144321454_34d6f7542f.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='ACC Brown Santa'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College presented more than 5,200 children\u2019s books to the Travis County Sheriff\u2019s Office for its Brown Santa program Tuesday, December 5, at Highland Campus. Sponsored by the college\u2019s Student Government Association (SGA), the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/12\/07\/riverbats-give-back-more-than-5200-books-donated-to-brown-santa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":45013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[609,507,612,1787,1776],"class_list":["post-45010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-book-drive","tag-books","tag-brown-santa","tag-sally-hernandez","tag-travis-county-sheriffs-office"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}