{"id":43164,"date":"2025-11-24T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43164\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:52:11","slug":"2025-holiday-giving-volunteering-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43164\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Holiday Giving &#038; Volunteering Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From United Way of Berks County<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a02025 Holiday Giving &amp; Volunteering Guide\u00a0provides information on the needs of agencies serving Berks County. You can make a difference in the life of a child, family, older adult, individual, or organization during the holiday season. This guide will provide details on donations, volunteer opportunities, and \u201cfulfilling wishes.\u201d Please contact the agency you wish to assist to let them know you are interested in helping.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Please be sure to mention you read about their needs in the 2025 Holiday Giving &amp; Volunteering Guide by United Way of Berks County. *<\/p>\n<p>For more information or assistance, please contact Volunteer and ELU Manager\u00a0Madison Spence-Moore at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bctv.org\/2025\/11\/24\/2025-holiday-giving-volunteering-guide-by-united-way-of-berks-county\/mailto:madisons@uwberks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">madisons@uwberks.org<\/a>\u00a0or 610-685-4574.<\/p>\n<p>Tips for Holiday Giving and VolunteeringYou can donate as an individual or bring together friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, or faith group members.Please contact the agency directly\u00a0before\u00a0you begin a collection drive or volunteer project on its behalf \u2014 the agency\u2019s needs may have changed.Please keep in mind that agencies are often overwhelmed during the holiday season. Please be patient.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, the holiday season comes once a year, but volunteer opportunities are available all year long! The best holiday gift you can give our community is your commitment to service. Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwberks.org\/volunteer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uwberks.org\/volunteer<\/a>\u00a0to find opportunities that match your interests and availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From United Way of Berks County The\u00a02025 Holiday Giving &amp; Volunteering Guide\u00a0provides information on the needs of agencies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-43164","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\/43164","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=43164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}