{"id":5896,"date":"2011-04-07T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2011-04-07T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T15:52:10","slug":"miller-%e2%80%93-motte-technical-college-partners-with-sister-schools-to-raise-14000-to-benefit-shelter-box-in-jeans-for-japan-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/04\/07\/miller-%e2%80%93-motte-technical-college-partners-with-sister-schools-to-raise-14000-to-benefit-shelter-box-in-jeans-for-japan-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller \u2013 Motte Technical College Partners with Sister Schools to Raise $14,000 to Benefit Shelter Box in Jeans for Japan Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Miller-MotteClarksville, TN <\/strong>– In light of recent disasters in Japan, the students, faculty and staff of Miller-Motte Technical College (MMTC) created a campaign called Jeans for Japan to raise donations for the cause. Employees were encouraged to pay $1.00 to wear jeans instead of scrubs or professional attire.<\/p>\n

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Miller \u2013 Motte Technical College Jeans for Japan Campaign, Clarksville TN.<\/p><\/div>\n

After one week, MMTC in coordination with their sister schools across the country, raised $14,000 with all proceeds to benefit Shelter Box, an international relief agency with operations in Japan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was simply amazing,\u201d said Gina Castleberry, Campus Director for MMTC in Clarksville. \u201cWe never could have imagined the awe-inspiring support we received. People want to help; they just need a way to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Miller-Motte<\/h3>\n

For over three-quarters of a century Miller-Motte has been a reputable leader in private career education. Our core mission is to provide students with an education delivering real-life career skills and necessary support to successfully start their new career. Miller-Motte Technical College offers Associate degree and diploma programs in fields including: Medical Assisting, Massage Therapy, Medical Office Assistant, Clinical Office Assistant, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Paralegal, Security and Investigation, Respiratory Therapy, Polysomnography, Phlebotomy and Surgical Technology. Please visit us online at www.miller-motte.edu<\/a> or call 931-553-0071 for more information.<\/p>\n

About ShelterBox And ShelterBox USA<\/h3>\n

Since 2000, ShelterBox has provided shelter, warmth and dignity following more than 140 disasters in more than 70 countries. ShelterBox instantly responds to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid. Each iconic green ShelterBox contains a disaster relief tent for up to 10 people, stove, blankets and water filtration system, among other tools for survival.<\/p>\n

ShelterBox\u2019s American affiliate, ShelterBox USA is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. Information: www.shelterboxusa.org<\/a>. Individual tax-deductible donations to ShelterBox USA can be made at www.shelterboxusa.org<\/a>, 941-907-6036 or via text message by sending SHELTER to 20222 for a one-time $10.00 donation. Location and time specific donations cannot be accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – In light of recent disasters in Japan, the students, faculty and staff of Miller-Motte Technical College (MMTC) created a campaign called Jeans for Japan to raise donations for the cause. Employees were encouraged to pay $1.00 to wear jeans instead of scrubs or professional attire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[108,4862,7359,7361,7357,6327,7358,7360,7355,7362,7356],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-1x6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5897,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896\/revisions\/5897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}