{"id":229968,"date":"2026-06-28T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229968\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:01:09","slug":"hope-fest-community-event-will-benefit-st-josephs-center-hazleton-standard-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229968\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Fest community event will benefit St. Joseph\u2019s Center \u2013 Hazleton Standard Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hope Fest, a community event that benefits St. Joseph\u2019s Center, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at City View Park, Hazleton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Geisinger is the platinum sponsor for Hope Fest. SUBMITTED\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HZS-L-HOPEFEST-0628-2.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"1191304\" \/>Geisinger is the platinum sponsor for Hope Fest. SUBMITTED<\/p>\n<p>The event includes food trucks, tricky trays, a cornhole tournament, free kids games, a petting zoo with pony rides, and more. The band North of 40 will perform.<\/p>\n<p>Geisinger is the platinum sponsor for the event, donating $5,000. Lehigh Valley Hospital \u2014 Hazleton, part of Jefferson Health, is the silver sponsor, donating $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph\u2019s Center in Scranton is an independent Catholic agency sponsored by the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Its mission is to provide individuals and families with special needs the opportunity to develop their abilities and potential to the fullest extent possible through compassionate residential, community and family services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hope Fest, a community event that benefits St. Joseph\u2019s Center, will be held from noon to 6 p.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,182,803,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-229968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229968","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=229968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}