{"id":228876,"date":"2026-06-26T15:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228876\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:43:32","slug":"ugi-employees-build-bikes-for-kids-in-wyomissing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228876\/","title":{"rendered":"UGI employees build bikes for kids in Wyomissing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of UGI Energy Services employees gathered in Wyomissing to kick off summer by doing something special for local kids.<\/p>\n<p>They spent Wednesday assembling new bicycles, which, along with bicycle helmets, were donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County to hand out to local children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bicycle is one of the most powerful gifts you can give a young person,\u201d said Eli Perez, program administrator at Big Brothers Big Sisters. \u201cIt can open up their world in ways that are hard to put into words. What AmeriGas and UGI employees did today for our agency will make a real difference for the young people we serve. We are grateful for this partnership and proud to help get these bikes to local children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"UGI Energy Services employees in Wyomissing recently assembled new bicycles and donated them, along with bike helmets, to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County for local children. (Courtesy of UGI Energy Service)\" width=\"6960\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REG-L-UGIBikes-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"6502228\" \/>UGI Energy Services employees in Wyomissing recently assembled new bicycles and donated them, along with bike helmets, to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County for local children. (Courtesy of UGI Energy Service)<\/p>\n<p>The build was part of a nationwide initiative by UGI and its parent company, AmeriGas, that will see employees in nine cities assemble a total of 73 bikes for kids this summer. It is being done in connection with AmeriGas\u2019s title sponsorship of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, a professional cycling race returning to Philadelphia on Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened today in Wyomissing, with employees showing up, rolling up their sleeves, and giving local kids something meaningful, reflects the company we are building,\u201d\u00a0 said Michael Sharp, AmeriGas president. \u201cWe are proud to connect our title sponsorship of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic to our communities, and we look forward to celebrating everything our workforce has helped make possible when the race comes to Philadelphia on Aug. 30.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of UGI Energy Services employees gathered in Wyomissing to kick off summer by doing something special&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-228876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228876","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=228876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}