KidsPeace Foster Care in Berks County will bring a holiday twist to the middle of summer this weekend with its annual \u201cJingle in July\u201d 5K Run and One Mile Walk.<\/p>\n
The event will be held rain or shine on Saturday, July 25, at the Gring\u2019s Mill Recreation Area in Wyomissing. The 5K race is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., followed immediately by the One Mile Walk.<\/p>\n
While early registration has closed, participants can still register on-site beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday. The registration fee is $25 per person, and event T-shirts will be available while supplies last.<\/p>\n
In addition to the races, the event will feature a costume contest, raffles, a toy drive and awards for participants. Proceeds and donations from the event will support foster families and children served by the KidsPeace foster care office in Temple.<\/p>\n
Organizers also noted that past events have included a special appearance from Santa Claus, who has made the race part of his \u201csummer vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s sponsors include Wagner\u2019s Heating & Cooling as the Gold Sponsor, Burkhardt Mechanical as the Silver Sponsor, and Diamond Credit Union, Hafer Equipment and Sheetz as Bronze Sponsors.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1882, KidsPeace provides residential treatment, educational services, psychiatric care, foster care and community-based programs for children and families. According to the organization, more than 300,000 children have participated in its programs since its founding.<\/p>\n
Those interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent, making a donation or accessing KidsPeace resources can visit the organization\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KidsPeace Foster Care in Berks County will bring a holiday twist to the middle of summer this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-250510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","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\/250510","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=250510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}