{"id":167726,"date":"2026-04-16T17:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167726\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:34:10","slug":"cupcakes-with-a-cause-baking-and-mental-health-awareness-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167726\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupcakes with a Cause: Baking and Mental Health Awareness | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journey: Healing Together will be hosting their second Cupcake Showdown on May 2 from 12:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. at their location on 201 West 11th Street in Erie. This event brings together local bakers, businesses, and community members in hopes to raise awareness and funds for mental health initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Voting entry is $10 in advance with group discounts available, tickets $15 at the door. Participants of the event can vote on their favorite cupcake giving the baker the title of Best in Show.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds of this event will directly benefit Journey: Healing Together which is a nonprofit that has been continuously dedicated to providing mental health &amp; wellness resources, education, and support for individuals and families.<\/p>\n<p>Local businesses can support the event by sponsoring any of the competing bakers or the event itself. Sponsor opportunities range from Sweet Supporter at $100 to Golden Whisk Sponsors at $5,000 or more. The business will receive perks such as social media recognition, event signage, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in baking, attending, or sponsoring the event can <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journeyht.org\/great-cupcake-showdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sign up online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this event contact William Koehler at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erienewsnow.com\/news\/cupcakes-with-a-cause-baking-and-mental-health-awareness\/mailto:wkoehler@journeyht.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wkoehler@journeyht.org<\/a> or by calling (814)636-0821.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Journey: Healing Together will be hosting their second Cupcake Showdown on May 2 from 12:30 p.m. until 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2363,75526,136,138,137,2350,75528,75527],"class_list":{"0":"post-167726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-community-engagement","9":"tag-cupcake-competition","10":"tag-erie","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-news","13":"tag-fundraiser","14":"tag-journey-healing-together","15":"tag-mental-health-awareness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167726","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=167726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}