{"id":1273,"date":"2026-09-30T17:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=menards-announces-october-food-drive"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:29:57","slug":"menards-announces-october-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=menards-announces-october-food-drive","title":{"rendered":"Menards announces October Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Web-photos-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; Menards home improvement is now serving as a drop site for local food pantries during the month of October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Food Drive will take place Oct. 1 until Oct. 31. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menards said it is accepting non-perishable food items for donation to food pantries. Customers can purchase items at its store and drop them off in the large collection box near the exit doors.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/09\/30\/menards-announces-october-food-drive\/\">Menards announces October Food Drive<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; Menards home improvement is now serving as a drop site for local food pantries during the month of October. The Food Drive will take place Oct. 1 until Oct. 31. Menards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1274,"template":"","class_list":["post-1273","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}