{"id":171049,"date":"2026-04-20T18:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:52:16","slug":"young-erie-residents-give-care-packages-to-the-homeless-for-day-of-caring-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171049\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Erie residents give care packages to the homeless for Day of Caring event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Youth in the community came out for a giveback event called the Day of Caring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Youth Leadership Institute of Erie took to Perry Square to support the homeless with care packages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/strike-out-against-alzheimers-hosts-bowling-tournament-ahead-of-flag-football-game\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Strike Out Against Alzheimer\u2019s raises money ahead of flag football game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Strike Out Against Alzheimer\u2019s raises money ahead of flag football game&quot;}\"> Strike Out Against Alzheimer\u2019s raises money ahead of flag football game <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The organization provided goodie bags, clothes, canned goods, food and drinks, all in an effort to help our community and get the youth involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGetting the youth involved is so important because again we\u2019re going to be passing the torch onto them, so them being involved and knowing how to tackle the issues in the community is very important,\u201d said Azana Williams, the youth engagment coordinator for the Youth Leadership Institute of Erie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On April 25, the Youth Leadership Institute of Erie will hold a Presque Isle clean-up in support of global Youth Service Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youth in the community came out for a giveback event called the Day of Caring. The Youth Leadership&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2346,136,138,137],"class_list":["post-171049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-care-packages","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171049","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=171049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}