{"id":104239,"date":"2026-02-03T21:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104239\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:52:11","slug":"valentines-day-fundraiser-to-help-support-bethlehem-mounted-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104239\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day fundraiser to help support Bethlehem Mounted Police | State"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Love is in the air, and it has four legs!<\/p>\n

A local Valentine’s Day fundraiser is open to support the horses who help serve our community.<\/p>\n

69 News Reporter Sydney Kay has the story in Bethlehem with the group behind it, and how you can take part.<\/p>\n

Marissa Zondag, President of the Friends of the Bethlehem Mounted Police,<\/a> said the group was formed in 2012. It was created to support the then-newly brought back Bethlehem Mounted Patrol Unit, which came back in 2009 after a more than 60-year hiatus.<\/p>\n

The group, which is 100% supported by donations, helps support Mounted Police initiatives. Much of the donations go towards taking care of the horses. 40 volunteers come in on a monthly basis and feed the horses, clean their stalls, and help run the organization’s events.<\/p>\n

Stacey Burke, a volunteer and board member with the group, said the Bethlehem\u00a0Mounted Police holds a contest every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the group’s website, people can select their favorite Mounted Police horse and tell the group their Valentine’s name. The horse the people choose will mail his 5 by 7 Valentine card secretly to the person’s loved one, the website says.<\/p>\n

Grey, Casper, Seamus, and Star of Bethlehem are the horses participating in the contest.<\/p>\n

People can purchase Valentine’s Day bundles by heading to bethlehemmountedpolice.org<\/a>. A single card is $10, a five-card set is $45, and gift bundles cost anywhere from $20-$49.The contest culminates on Feb. 6. The cards will be mailed out Feb. 7.<\/p>\n

All the proceeds from the event directly benefit the horses of the Mounted Police.<\/p>\n

Burke said the contest has been held for 10 years.<\/p>\n

Friends of the Bethlehem Mounted Police volunteer Jolene Vitalos said people interested in volunteering can apply online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Love is in the air, and it has four legs! A local Valentine’s Day fundraiser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-104239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}