{"id":201892,"date":"2026-05-25T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201892\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:18:10","slug":"bulletin-board-safe-berks-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201892\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin board: Safe Berks Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Safe Berks Walk for NO MORE will take place June 20 before Visit West Reading\u2019s Art on the Avenue. Check-in opens at 8:30 a.m. with a short program beginning at. Participation is free, though donations are encouraged to support the lifesaving services Safe Berks provides to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Walk for NO MORE brings together survivors, advocates, families, businesses and community members to raise awareness, honor resilience and remind survivors that they are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>To register, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/safeberks.org\/wfnm2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">safeberks.org\/wfnm2026<\/a>. If you or someone you know is in need of Safe Berks service, call the free, confidential hotline at 844-789-SAFE or text SAFE BERKS to 20121.<\/p>\n<p>Revolution program<\/p>\n<p>The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is hosting a dinner program June 10 at the Reading Leiderkranz on the role of Pennsylvania Germans and the American Revolution. Dinner is at 4:30 p.m., with the program to follow at 5:15.<\/p>\n<p>The presenters are Dr. William Donner, Freyberger Professor of Pennsylvania German Studies, Kutztown University; and Patrick Donmoyer, director of KU\u2019s Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center.<\/p>\n<p>Register at <a href=\"http:\/\/wacreading.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wacreading.org<\/a>. The deadline is May 28.<\/p>\n<p>Grief support group<\/p>\n<p>The sudSSpirit grief support group for those who have experienced the sudden unexpected death of a spouse or significant other will meet on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Exeter Community Library. It is free, and no registration is required. For more information and grief support resources, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/dominicmurgido.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dominicmurgido.com<\/a> or email sudsspirit@gmail.com or call 717-866-2401.<\/p>\n<p>History talk<\/p>\n<p>Local historian Richard Polityka will present a program on the history of Reading\u2019s Charles Evans Cemetery on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Wyomissing Public Library, 9 Reading Blvd. The program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyopublib.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.wyopublib.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Church picnic<\/p>\n<p>Huff\u2019s Union Church Picnic will be held June 20 at 540 Conrad Road, Hereford Township. Food and baked goods available beginning at 4 p.m. Music by Hannah Violet Trio from 5 to 8, weather permitting. Children\u2019s activities and games (10 and under) 5 to 6. Bring your own lawn chairs. Please leave animals, other than service animals, at home. The community is welcome. Call the church office 610-845-2626 for information.<\/p>\n<p>Strawberry festival<\/p>\n<p>A strawberry festival is set for June 13 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 130 S. Walnut St., Wernersville.\u00a0 The menu includes strawberries, ice cream and shortcake along with wood-smoked pulled pork, pork BBQ nachos, smoked macaroni and cheese and pit-baked beans. Guitarist Wayne Thompson performs starting at 4. There will be games, prizes, costume jewelry, raffles, homemade baked goods and plants. Proceeds benefit the Community Response Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Submit items to news@readingeagle.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Safe Berks Walk for NO MORE will take place June 20 before Visit West Reading\u2019s Art&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,858,28,128,130,129,289,706],"class_list":["post-201892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-ontap","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201892","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=201892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}