{"id":264234,"date":"2026-08-12T22:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264234\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:54:10","slug":"reading-shelter-collects-back-to-school-donations-for-kids-teens-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264234\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading shelter collects back-to-school donations for kids, teens | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; A shelter in Reading that helps homeless youth is making sure kids and teens have everything they need for the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>The organization is collecting school supplies, clothing, shoes, and hygiene items for the kids staying at the shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Mary\u2019s Shelter has been working with agencies like the Veterans Coalition of Pennsylvania to expand its reach, making them a vital resource for teens and families at risk of homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be dropped off at Mary&#8217;s Shelter on Kenhorst Boulevard Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. &#8211; A shelter in Reading that helps homeless youth is making sure kids and teens have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[44072,4509,111573,18487,128,130,129,60355],"class_list":["post-264234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-back-to-school","tag-donations","tag-homeless-youth","tag-mary","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-school-supplies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264234","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=264234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}