{"id":252402,"date":"2026-07-26T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252402\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:13:08","slug":"phillies-ballgirls-host-their-annual-christmas-in-july-toy-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252402\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Ballgirls host their annual Christmas in July toy drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Phillies are helping spread a little holiday cheer months ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Ballgirls hosted their annual Christmas in July toy drive at Citizens Bank Park, collecting new, unwrapped toys before Saturday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As a thank you, anyone who brought a toy received a voucher for a discount to a future Phillies game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s a good cause, and it gives kids something to open,&#8221; said Marie Helms of Levittown, Pa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">All donations benefit Grands Stepping Up, a nonprofit that supports grandparents and guardians raising children.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Phillies are helping spread a little holiday cheer months ahead of schedule. The Ballgirls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[107759,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-252402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-107759","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252402","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=252402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}