{"id":354854,"date":"2026-06-29T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354854\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:24:55","slug":"volunteers-needed-for-freedom-over-texas-4th-of-july-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354854\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers needed for \u201cFreedom Over Texas\u201d 4th of July event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Freedom Over Texas, the Gulf Coast\u2019s largest 4th of July celebration, is seeking volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The event is on Saturday, July 4, and runs from 3 p.m. &#8211; 10 p.m. at Eleanor Tinsley and Sam Houston Parks. It has an average attendance of 35,000 each year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This year, performers include Los Lonely Boys, Collective Soul and then the headliner, Keith Urban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Those who sign up to volunteer will either assist with greeting or help run one of the event\u2019s booths. You must be at least 16 years old to volunteer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Volunteer shifts include:<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. &#8211; 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The volunteer headquarters will be at the Fonde Community Center on 110 Sabine St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Volunteers will be given free parking, event shirts, food and refreshments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/july4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/july4\/\">https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/july4\/<\/a> to sign up to volunteer, and assignments will be distributed via email.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Freedom Over Texas, the Gulf Coast\u2019s largest 4th of July celebration, is seeking volunteers. The event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[45930,5799,64,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-354854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-4th-of-july","tag-celebration","tag-events","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}