{"id":393,"date":"2009-01-14T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/393"},"modified":"2009-01-14T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:49:08","slug":"called-to-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/called-to-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Called to serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are less than one week from the inauguration of <em class=\"b\">President Barack Obama<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0 <em>(I get goosebumps when I say that)<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 I can hardly wait!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been impressed with his transition so far, and am loving the tone he is setting. One of his mantras throughout the campaign was that WE can make a difference, WE can change things. If our nation, or society, the world are going to see positive change, <em class=\"b\">WE need to be involved<\/em> in it &#8211; not just leave it to the politicians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dayofservice.jpg\" title=\"National Day of Service\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dayofservice.jpg\" alt=\"National Day of Service\" \/>In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, the Obama and Biden families will be participating in community service on Monday the 19th &#8211; and have asked the rest of us to join in on this <em class=\"b\">national day of service <\/em>on Monday.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All sorts of events being hosted &#8211; from litter cleanup, to boxing cans at food banks, to planting gardens, to donating blood, to making sandwiches, and more. I found several great options, but have settled on helping feed the homeless at Tent City 4 in Kirkland.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"resource window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usaservice.org\/page\/content\/eventsearch\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to find a service opportunity in your area.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"b\">Are you going to participate? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are less than one week from the inauguration of President Barack Obama\u00c2\u00a0 (I get goosebumps when I say that).\u00c2\u00a0 I can hardly wait! I&#8217;ve been impressed with his transition so far, and am loving the tone he is setting. One of his mantras throughout the campaign was that WE can make a difference, WE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/called-to-serve\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Called to serve<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-social-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}