{"id":22978,"date":"2025-11-15T12:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=22978"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:09:12","slug":"road-home-program-serves-well-over-400-veterans-and-active-duty-personnel-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/22978-road-home-program-serves-well-over-400-veterans-and-active-duty-personnel-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Home Program Serves Well Over 400 Veterans and Active Duty Personnel Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Turkey Drop 2025 was a great success Saturday and the Road Home Program and volunteers served more than 400 veterans and active duty personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia McDaniel of Road Home talked with our Greg Sapp at Family Care Associates where the distribution took place&#8230;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22978-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/patricia-mcwhorter-2.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/patricia-mcwhorter-2.m4a\">https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/patricia-mcwhorter-2.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey Drop 2025 was a great success Saturday and the Road Home Program and volunteers served more than 400 veterans and active duty personnel. 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