{"id":281370,"date":"2026-09-08T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281370\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:48:13","slug":"belt-sander-races-raise-more-than-35k-for-berks-mental-health-nonprofit-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281370\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Belt sander&#8217; races raise more than $35K for Berks mental health nonprofit | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EXETER TWP., Pa. \u2013 An unusual competition in Exeter Township raised quite a bit of money for mental healthcare in Berks County.<\/p>\n<p>Bertie&#8217;s Inn says its \u201cbelt sander\u201d races raised more than $35,000 earlier this summer. Participants sit on blocks of wood on belt sanders and race to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>For 36 years, the bar has held the races and fun events to support local charities.<\/p>\n<p>This year, that money is going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/grmha.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance<\/a>. That&#8217;s a nonprofit that promotes mental health recovery and wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXETER TWP., Pa. \u2013 An unusual competition in Exeter Township raised quite a bit of money for mental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[117604,82282,117605,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-281370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-belt-sander-races","tag-bertie","tag-greater-reading-mental-health-alliance","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\/281370","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=281370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}