Reading City Councilman Jaime Baez Jr. will host the annual Party at the Park on Saturday, Aug. 22, bringing an afternoon of activities, resources and entertainment to Pendora Park.<\/p>\n
The free community event will run from 1 to 6 p.m. at the park, located at 1805 Forrest St. in Reading.<\/p>\n
Activities will include backpack and school supply giveaways, bounce houses, a dunk tank, food trucks, local vendors, live entertainment, free haircuts, face painting and community resources. Attendees will also have an opportunity to enter a raffle for Philadelphia 76ers tickets.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s event will introduce several educational and community-focused programs, including a Civics 101 session covering the roles and responsibilities of local elected officials and the three branches of government.<\/p>\n
A homeownership class will provide information about steps and resources available to prepare for purchasing and owning a home, while a funeral planning seminar will cover planning options and considerations.<\/p>\n
Youth volunteers will also provide technology assistance to residents, particularly older adults, who want help understanding smartphones, apps, other technology and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
Party at the Park will continue its annual tradition of honoring Reading residents whose lives have been lost to violence. Previous events have included the dedication of a memorial bench and tree.<\/p>\n
This year, orange bricks engraved with the names of loved ones will be placed in their memory.<\/p>\n
Party at the Park is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading City Councilman Jaime Baez Jr. will host the annual Party at the Park on Saturday, Aug. 22,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-267612","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\/267612","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=267612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}