{"id":6132,"date":"2026-06-29T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:31:47","slug":"phs-donates-over-600-in-food-gift-cards-to-help-hartford-residents-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2026\/06\/29\/phs-donates-over-600-in-food-gift-cards-to-help-hartford-residents-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"PHS Donates Over $600 in Food Gift Cards to Help Those in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo-e1782748307634-1024x958.png\" alt=\"Jim Barrett and Dr. Stacey Brown at Hands on Hartford\" width=\"640\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6133 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo-e1782748307634-1024x958.png 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo-e1782748307634-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo-e1782748307634-768x719.png 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/06\/HOH-Barrett-gift-card-photo-e1782748307634.png 1077w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone\u2019s generosity, we collected over $600 in fast food gift cards to help people in need this summer. Small contributions like these can go a long way, especially for individuals facing limited access to food or support.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last week, Community Service Officer Jim Barrett met with our program director at Hands On Hartford to collect the donations. Officer Barrett gives these gift cards directly to people who are not connected to local programs, helping them get a meal when they need it.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud of our team for showing up for the community and encourage continued support. Every contribution makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about Officer Barrett&#8217;s role in the community in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Homelessness Is a Public Health Crisis | A Hartford Officer Speaks Out\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/miVDWB2X3Yc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>M<span>any community members are facing reduced assistance, unexpected hardships, and limited access to food or clothing. If you would like to contribute, we are still collecting items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn how you can help: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/A2MwJ\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/A2MwJ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to everyone\u2019s generosity, we collected over $600 in fast food gift cards to help people in need this summer. Small contributions like these can go a long way, especially for individuals facing limited access to food or support. Last week, Community Service Officer Jim Barrett met with our program director at Hands On Hartford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":6133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 16:51:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6137,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132\/revisions\/6137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}