{"id":146555,"date":"2025-12-09T20:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146555"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:53:26","slug":"dorney-park-wraps-up-successful-heroes-for-the-holidays-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146555","title":{"rendered":"Dorney Park Wraps Up Successful \u201cHeroes for the Holidays\u201d Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALLENTOWN, PA \u2014 December 9, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.Tc-2F6febIbNyrBA3ozPTr5-2BSWtDcR4bOZh-2FG5OCMD6VE-2BVrHEkA5n4DfjRZuGkK0F1TSS_ail3gdgmR7ioUfSQxyJnm8MPw15MJ-2FhGzhe7Unv9pV-2FowKeyGuHOmmLSKuyC34P7aJlst1UEUbNDIMEhHDS0QNKKLD00iwGURMzdWDuqWwioqwzvh0gXcF3Rz2nKehSRN-2BcAX43Ku1uikxbQYO0VhuzMnZMhpyUIh37NUBBrEgRsNYx-2F-2FfKRwS0G8fEDW03GvuebBCprrMMbzPy4JNpNGDQzgo-2FcQzoSRGeiVk4q6w9yQSPsV4DssMW-2FCeSYgtCYp4a-2FB3bzwb5F5O59mrI-2F-2FInvXtrAMkHO-2B1WcrTlVtbIZHasgihSEu-2FyjiNsVG0AQf6yWTYUqn9haVfdErYtdQAcXc2D9pSo58XRtU171PFHeTWHBNFeupxFD36SrEZ2n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn%3Du001.Tc-2F6febIbNyrBA3ozPTr5-2BSWtDcR4bOZh-2FG5OCMD6VE-2BVrHEkA5n4DfjRZuGkK0F1TSS_ail3gdgmR7ioUfSQxyJnm8MPw15MJ-2FhGzhe7Unv9pV-2FowKeyGuHOmmLSKuyC34P7aJlst1UEUbNDIMEhHDS0QNKKLD00iwGURMzdWDuqWwioqwzvh0gXcF3Rz2nKehSRN-2BcAX43Ku1uikxbQYO0VhuzMnZMhpyUIh37NUBBrEgRsNYx-2F-2FfKRwS0G8fEDW03GvuebBCprrMMbzPy4JNpNGDQzgo-2FcQzoSRGeiVk4q6w9yQSPsV4DssMW-2FCeSYgtCYp4a-2FB3bzwb5F5O59mrI-2F-2FInvXtrAMkHO-2B1WcrTlVtbIZHasgihSEu-2FyjiNsVG0AQf6yWTYUqn9haVfdErYtdQAcXc2D9pSo58XRtU171PFHeTWHBNFeupxFD36SrEZ2n&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765414823518000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fgWrr9nqA-Av5ZyBgphU8\">Dorney Park<\/a>\u00a0successfully hosted its annual\u00a0Heroes for the Holidays\u00a0event today, welcoming\u00a036 local students\u00a0and more than\u00a060 first responders and volunteers\u00a0for a meaningful day of connection and holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p>Held inside White Water Tavern, the event featured a warm meal, gift-wrapping activities, and time for students to engage with police, firefighters, EMTs, school partners, and community organizations in a positive, supportive setting.<\/p>\n<p>Participating partners included South Whitehall Township Police, Pennsylvania State Police, Cetronia Ambulance Corps &amp; VFD, Upper Macungie Township Police, Parkland School District, Parkland CARES, and additional volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeroes for the Holidays is an incredible opportunity to bring our community together,\u201d said Kim Solis, Park Manager for Dorney Park &amp; Wildwater Kingdom. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to all the first responders and partners who helped create such a special experience for these students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nRyan Eldredge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, PA \u2014 December 9, 2025\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Dorney Park\u00a0successfully hosted its annual\u00a0Heroes for the Holidays\u00a0event today, welcoming\u00a036 local students\u00a0and more than\u00a060 first responders and volunteers\u00a0for a meaningful day of connection and holiday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146555\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dorney Park Wraps Up Successful \u201cHeroes for the Holidays\u201d Event<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dp-santa.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}