{"id":59954,"date":"2025-12-13T09:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59954\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:29:21","slug":"reading-to-host-4th-annual-back-to-school-giveaway-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59954\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading to host 4th annual Back-to-School Giveaway | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; A community-centered event designed to help local families prepare for the new school year is once again returning to Reading.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n, in partnership with State Representative Manny Guzman, is proud to host the 4th Annual Back-to-School Giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will feature free school supplies for students, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>Local barbers and hairstylists will also be on hand offering complimentary back-to-school haircuts, and families will have the opportunity to connect with community organizations sharing valuable local and state resources.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking will be available at the 6th &amp; Cherry Street lot from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. courtesy of the Reading Parking Authority.<\/p>\n<p>4th Annual Back-to-School Giveaway<\/p>\n<p>Friday, August 15, 2025<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Courtyard at 644 Penn Street<\/p>\n<p>Reading, PA 19602<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. &#8211; A community-centered event designed to help local families prepare for the new school year is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5636,32596,28,736,128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-59954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-eddie-morn","9":"tag-manny-guzman","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-reading","12":"tag-reading-city","13":"tag-reading-city-headlines","14":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59954","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=59954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}