{"id":2902,"date":"2026-09-01T17:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=2902"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:51:11","slug":"independence-township-celebration-day-picnic","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/?mec-events=independence-township-celebration-day-picnic","title":{"rendered":"Independence Township Celebration Day Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"65\">&#x1f389; <strong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"60\">Independence Township Celebration Day \u2014 September 26!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"358\">Join us for a <strong data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"123\">FREE, family-friendly Community Picnic<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"167\">Independence Township Community Park<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"197\">Saturday, September 26<\/strong>! Enjoy great food, fun for everyone, kids\u2019 activities, yard games, and more. We\u2019re planning a fun-filled day for our community\u2014and we want YOU to be part of it!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"471\">&#x23f0; <strong data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"383\">Early in the day:<\/strong> We\u2019re starting early so the celebration won\u2019t conflict with the <strong data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"470\">Extreme Bull Riding that evening<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"548\">&#x1f4cd; <strong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"516\">Independence Township Community Park<\/strong><br data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"519\" \/>150 Independence Road, Avella<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"756\">&#x2764;&#xfe0f; <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"605\">We need volunteers to make this event happen!<\/strong> If you can help with planning, setup, food\/drink, activities, cleanup, or have ideas to share, please contact the Township Office at <strong data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"755\">724-587-3518<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"826\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"819\">Come celebrate Independence Township with your neighbors!<\/strong> &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8;&#x1f389;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f389; Independence Township Celebration Day \u2014 September 26! Join us for a FREE, family-friendly Community Picnic at Independence Township Community Park on Saturday, September 26! Enjoy great food, fun for everyone, kids\u2019 activities, yard games, and more. We\u2019re planning a fun-filled day for our community\u2014and we want YOU to be part of it! &#x23f0; Early [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"class_list":["post-2902","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmec_category&post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}