{"id":294772,"date":"2026-09-27T01:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294772\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T01:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T01:56:11","slug":"eastside-block-party-brings-families-together-for-community-support-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294772\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastside Block Party Brings Families Together for Community Support | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A block party on Erie&#8217;s east side brought families and neighbors together Saturday for a day focused on connection, support, and community.<\/p>\n<p>Rodger Young Park on Buffalo Road served as the site of the family-friendly event, which offered a free picnic, clothing donations, and information about vital services available to area residents.<\/p>\n<p>Local musicians performed throughout the event, while children enjoyed a variety of activities designed to keep families engaged and entertained.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County United and Erie&#8217;s Black Wall Street were among the organizations hosting the event, working to connect community members with resources and one another.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the goal was simple: to bring people together and strengthen neighborhood connections. Several community leaders also attended, joining residents for an afternoon dedicated to fellowship, support, and community building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A block party on Erie&#8217;s east side brought families and neighbors together Saturday for a day focused on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9410,524,2347,136,138,137,11644],"class_list":["post-294772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-block-party","tag-community","tag-community-support","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-family-friendly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294772","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=294772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}