Our local kids’ museum turns the decidedly un-kid-like age of 30 today, but the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is unabashedly celebrating with a very kid-friendly and public birthday party and free […]

Since 2009, Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s (AIU) Center for Creativity has been making grants to fund education focused on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). “It’s the concept of thinking […]

The Mattress Factory has a busy fall planned for local kids, and all of it centers around the Factory’s signature installation art. With a $10,000 grant from the Keith Haring Foundation, […]

FamilyLinks, a nonprofit connecting families to a variety of social services, has been taking kids to job fairs via their BNY Mellon Pathways Program for several years now. Pathways helps […]

At Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the staff is busy working on the next tropical forest exhibit, which will concentrate on Central Africa, including Nigeria. To promote cultural understanding across […]

‘Power of Mentoring’ conference For the first time, the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania will hold a conference — Harnessing the Power of Mentoring in Schools – aimed at helping people […]

FitUnited unites community groups Last October, the local United Way, Eat’n Park and Richard King Mellon Foundation together formed fitUnited Pittsburgh. Its aim is to improve kids’ nutrition and their […]

People doubted the wisdom of Sue Mellon, gifted support coordinator for Springdale Junior and Senior High/Colfax School in the Allegheny Valley School District, when she wanted to give her 7th and […]

See the new line of dolls being created by Connie Feda, whose 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, has Down syndrome, so Hannah could have dolls that look more like her: Read about […]

Find out here why Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC was named by Parents Magazine among its 10 best hospitals in the country.

New Voice of Youth helps get kids’ ideas heard For the past two years, New Voices of Youth has helped local young people get their ideas heard on issues important to […]

Assemble for a party (and learn about biodiversity while you’re at it) Just as with any party, you’re invited to drop by or stay for the entire Biodiversity Learning Party […]

When famed chef Jamie Oliver came to Pittsburgh last fall to start his 10,000 Tablesprogram, aimed at getting more families to enjoy the benefits of home-cooked, television-free meals, Bobby Fry, […]

“Asthma hospitalizations triple when schools start up again in the fall,” reports Andrew Ellsworth of the new Healthy Schools Collaboration; that’s partly due to paints, sealants, duct work and other […]

“I don’t think young girls are encouraged to form a rock band as boys are,” says Angela Stich. “Even when I wanted to play an instrument, my mom bought me […]

The Education Partnership’s three-year effort to give school supplies to schools where students lack even the basics is more necessary than ever. “We’re seeing kids coming to school with nothing,” […]

Hilltop Computer Center in Knoxville was less than a year old last summer when Program Director Nicolas Jaramillo realized it didn’t have enough activities for its youngest patrons. Kids 8-14 […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh (BBBS) has long connected “littles,” many of whom come from low-income, single-parent families missing a strong guardian for the child, with “bigs” who are […]

Lawyer Natalie Kovacic attended a conference for women entrepreneurs last fall, hoping to improve her own business as a financial advisor and estate planner. Then she realized the conference she […]

The Month of the Young Child, celebrated every April, is unique to Pittsburgh: other cities in the U.S. only have a Week of the Young Child this month. Here’s a […]