{"id":227261,"date":"2026-06-24T22:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227261\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:24:14","slug":"berks-county-seeks-volunteers-for-star-spangled-spectacular-on-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227261\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County Seeks Volunteers for Star-Spangled Spectacular on July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/Berks County\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berks County<\/a> is calling on community members to volunteer for the Star-Spangled Spectacular on Saturday, July 4, at the Berks County Fairgrounds, 1216 Hilltop Road in Leesport, as part of celebrations tied to the nation&#8217;s 250th anniversary. The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers receive perks such as designated parking, access to a hospitality tent with food and beverages, shade, and a Star-Spangled Spectacular T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>For modified or shortened shifts, individuals should <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/2026\/06\/24\/berks-county-seeks-volunteers-for-star-spangled-spectacular-on-july-4\/mailto:starspangledberks@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email the organizers<\/a>. A parent, guardian, or authorized adult must accompany volunteers younger than 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Star-Spangled Spectacular will feature live music throughout the day, food trucks, children&#8217;s activities, a fireworks finale at 9:30 p.m., and performances from the Reading Symphony Orchestra. Members of the public are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs for comfortable seating. Donations of nonperishable food items will be accepted to benefit Helping Harvest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berks County is calling on community members to volunteer for the Star-Spangled Spectacular on Saturday, July 4, at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,28,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-227261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227261","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=227261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}