{"id":6382,"date":"2013-07-05T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2013-07-05T16:41:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T20:41:19","slug":"coatesville-native-seeks-support-for-community-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6382","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville native seeks support for community event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">He&#8217;s hosting back-to-school festivities for students, families<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6383\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PA110037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6383\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6383 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Jerod Hines is seeking sponsors for \" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PA110037-279x300.jpg\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PA110037-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PA110037.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerod Hines is seeking sponsors for the first annual \u201cChildren of Our Future: Back-to-School Barbecue and Festivities.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Coatesville native and entrepreneur wants to send city children back to school in style and is looking for public support.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Aug. 31, J-30 Entertainment will host its first annual \u201cChildren of Our Future: Back-to-School Barbecue and Festivities.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOur objective is giving back to the youth of tomorrow by providing a day full of entertainment before the start of another school year,\u201d said Jerod Hines, founder of J-30 Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Hines, who is also an African-American author, businessman and speaker, said J-30 Entertainment is an independent urban company that mentors youth and organizes youth events, providing entertainment through sports, photography, videography, and music.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held at Regency Park Apartments, a HUD-subsidized community that is home to about 1,800 children. \u201cI invite you to partner with us by sponsoring this event and making it a success, and the best it can be for every child and\/or family in this Coatesville community,\u201d said Hines, adding that sponsors\u2019 logos will appear on promotional materials and a banner the day of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A full slate of activities, which will cost $5 per household, will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Regency Park Apartments on Victoria Drive. Festivities will include hotdogs, hamburgers, salads, fruits, juices and water as well as outdoor games and activities such as Frisbee, horseshoes, volleyball, jump rope and kickball; a dance contest; petting zoo; moon bounce; a clown who will perform balloon art and face-painting; a dunk tank; free barber haircuts; professional athletes, who will be available for autographs; and music by a local DJ.<\/p>\n<p>Interested donors are urged to contact Hines as soon as possible at <a href=\"mailto:jjjasir24@yahoo.com\">jjjasir24@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0or 484-653-9262. All sponsorships and donations are requested by Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s hosting back-to-school festivities for students, families A Coatesville native and entrepreneur wants to send city children back to school in style and is looking for public support. On Saturday, Aug. 31, J-30 Entertainment will host its first annual \u201cChildren of Our Future: Back-to-School Barbecue and Festivities.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOur objective is giving back to the youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,172],"tags":[2441,941],"class_list":["post-6382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events","tag-j-30-entertainment","tag-jerod-hines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}