{"id":21305,"date":"2025-10-23T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/?p=21305"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:22:11","slug":"holidaydrive2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/news\/holidaydrive2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The 26th Annual Holiday Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21298\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/holidaydrive_2025-300x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/holidaydrive_2025-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/holidaydrive_2025-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/holidaydrive_2025-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/holidaydrive_2025.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Japanese Social Services is starting its annual Holiday Drive Program!<br \/>It is our hope that members of the community will continue to express their goodwill and caring by participating and contributing to this year\u2019s Holiday Drive.<br \/>In continuing with last year, JSS will be purchasing and delivering food, essential items and gift cards for families in need. We would appreciate your support in the form of a donation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Please see below for the available methods of donation. We look forward to your participation and kind interest!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>*As our resources are limited, this Holiday Drive is being offered to existing JSS clients who have been identified as eligible by our counsellors and program coordinator.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to\u00a0 make a donation<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Online donation via CanadaHelps (Credit Card\/PayPal\/Google Pay) below<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>e-Transfer to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@jss.ca\">info@jss.ca<\/a>\u00a0(Note as Holiday Drive)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Cheque payable to \u201cJapanese Social Services\u201d (Note as Holiday Drive and mail to the JSS office)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>*We will issue a tax receipt for donations of $10 and over (Please make sure to let us know your name, residential address, and email address and\/or phone number). We would be appreciated it if you could provide with us your contact information even if you don\u2019t need a receipt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW110380222 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110380222 BCX0\">The outcome of the Holiday Drive will be\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110380222 BCX0\">posted<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110380222 BCX0\">\u00a0on our website<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110380222 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW110380222 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank you sincerely for your support!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><script id=\"ch_cdn_embed\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/secure\/js\/cdf_embed.2.js\" charSet=\"utf-8\" data-language=\"en\" data-page-id=\"137808\" data-root-url=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\" data-formtype=\"0\" data-cfasync=\"false\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparations have begun! We warmly invite your donations to support those in need this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":21333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-21305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-397"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21305"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21504,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305\/revisions\/21504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}