{"id":2870,"date":"2021-09-09T12:39:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2021-11-12T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:14:53","slug":"emergency-relief-funds-available-for-port-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/emergency-relief-funds-available-for-port-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Relief Funds Available for Port Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The aftermath of Hurricane Ida is currently being felt along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Northeast. Did you know that ongoing emergency funds are available right now? Port employees in need of immediate financial support can apply for assistance through the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aapa-ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=21800\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Port Employees Emergency Relief Fund<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by contacting AAPA Accounting Manager Larrinda Shields at (703) 706-4719 ext. 719 or by email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lshields@aapa-ports.org\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">lshields@aapa-ports.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/hearts-hand-prints-400p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2871\" width=\"155\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/hearts-hand-prints-400p.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/hearts-hand-prints-400p-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/hearts-hand-prints-400p-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, AAPA established a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aapa-ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=21800\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Port Employees Emergency Relief Fund<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to provide immediate assistance to port authority staff and their families severely impacted by that storm, as well as future hurricanes, earthquakes, or other natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations can be made by contacting AAPA Director of Finance and Grants Management Maranda Jones Anderson at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:mjones-anderson@aapa-ports.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">mjones-anderson@aapa-ports.org<\/span><\/a>. The foundation is a 501(c) (3) organization, so donations are tax deductible as charitable contributions, and 100% of all donations will go to assist port authority employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aftermath of Hurricane Ida is currently being felt along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Northeast. Did you know that ongoing emergency funds are available right now? Port employees in need of immediate financial support can apply for assistance through the\u00a0Port Employees Emergency Relief Fund\u00a0by contacting AAPA Accounting Manager Larrinda Shields at (703) 706-4719 ext. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":2871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}