LightHouse Women & Children\u2019s Center marked a new milestone Thursday with the ribbon cutting of its new playground at 715 N. Sixth Street in Reading. The celebration highlighted a space designed to bring joy, healing, and community to the women and children served through the center.<\/p>\n
The new playground features poured-in-place rubber surfacing and equipment designed to be inclusive for children of all ages and abilities. During the event, LightHouse also introduced Alvernia University\u2019s \u201cSanctuary in Color\u201d Project, sponsored by the Berks County Community Foundation. The community art initiative was created with children from across Berks County and adds bright artwork throughout the playground and surrounding space.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis playground represents more than play\u2014it represents restoration, community, and the simple joy every child deserves,\u201d said Kate Alley, Executive Director of LightHouse Women & Children\u2019s Center. \u201cWe believe God delights in every laugh and smile shared here. Homelessness isolates and community heals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hope Rescue Mission CEO Robert Turchi also recognized the community support behind the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis playground is a testament to God\u2019s goodness and our community\u2019s compassion,\u201d Turchi said. \u201cThank you to every donor whose generosity made this playground \u2014 and countless moments of joy \u2014 possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
LightHouse Women & Children\u2019s Center is part of Hope Rescue Mission, a faith-based nonprofit founded in 1894. The organization serves more than 1,500 individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Berks County each year through shelter services, transitional housing, workforce development, and supportive programs.<\/p>\n
More information about programs and services is available at www.HopeForReading.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LightHouse Women & Children\u2019s Center marked a new milestone Thursday with the ribbon cutting of its new playground…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-29751","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\/29751","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=29751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}