{"id":260677,"date":"2026-08-06T23:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260677\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:54:08","slug":"duquesne-light-volunteers-pack-treat-bags-care-kits-for-local-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260677\/","title":{"rendered":"Duquesne Light volunteers pack treat bags, care kits for local families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Duquesne Light Company partnered with the nonprofit Beverly\u2019s PGH Thursday for a volunteer event to provide resources and celebratory items for local families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The collaboration was held as part of the energy company\u2019s Summer of Service initiative. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The annual campaign challenges employees to contribute more than 1,200 volunteer hours during the summer months. These efforts are focused on supporting communities facing affordability challenges in Allegheny and Beaver counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Volunteers, including members of the executive leadership team, completed several specific tasks to support families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The group assembled treat bags intended for children\u2019s birthday celebrations and created small gifts for mothers attending upcoming baby showers. Participants also packed dental care kits for children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Beverly\u2019s PGH provides families with essential resources, supportive experiences and meaningful celebrations intended to promote dignity and connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The partnership with DLC supports the nonprofit\u2019s Birthdays, Babies and Basics programs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Duquesne Light Company partnered with the nonprofit Beverly\u2019s PGH Thursday for a volunteer event to provide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110543,2346,9419,16610,3985,4521,1957,110542,2726,6725,73,75,74,895],"class_list":["post-260677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-beverlys-pgh","tag-care-packages","tag-community-service","tag-dlc","tag-duquesne-light","tag-duquesne-light-company","tag-families","tag-fmailies","tag-kids","tag-nonprofit","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260677","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=260677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}