{"id":17270,"date":"2024-02-29T20:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vasinvictor.com\/DEVfoodbank\/?page_id=17270"},"modified":"2025-03-14T22:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:25:46","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vasinvictor.com\/DEVfoodbank\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17270\" class=\"elementor elementor-17270\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-249c5a7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"249c5a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-baa4ef0\" data-id=\"baa4ef0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da6d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9da6d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHAT WE\u2019RE ADVOCATING FOR<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3da06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a3da06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take Action to End Hunger. 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