{"id":361063,"date":"2026-08-02T22:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361063\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:17:09","slug":"voices-for-children-of-broward-county-host-annual-back-to-school-event-in-hollywood-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361063\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices for Children of Broward County host annual back-to-school event in Hollywood &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; With just days to go before the new school year begins, a non-profit organization helped children prepare for the big day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voices for Children of Broward County hosted its annual \u201cBack-To-School Extravaganza\u201d event on Sunday morning at Old Navy in Hollywood\u2019s Oakwood Plaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteers gave over a hundred children in foster care the opportunity to get new school clothing and essentials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKids in foster care typically don\u2019t have the opportunity to get to select their own clothing or pick out their own backpacks and so this event really allows them to have some ownership of the things that they want and provide some dignity and joy while doing it,\u201d said Erica Herman, President &amp; CEO of Voices for Children of Broward County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the event, Florida Panthers\u2019 mascot Stanley C. Panther made a visit and helped with the distributiuon of items. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizers said the initiative aims to alleviate back-to-school stress for vulnerable youth.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; With just days to go before the new school year begins, a non-profit organization&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-361063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}