In brief: YMCA summer camp registration, Query Club and more around Sewickley
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Summer camp registration
The Sewickley Valley YMCA offers weekly preschool summer programs for campers who have not yet completed kindergarten and are ages 3 years and older. Preschool Day Camp features arts and crafts, outdoor games, swimming, experiments, music and movement activities at Osborne Elementary School. Preschool Day Camp programs adhere to the covid-19 regulations put forth by Pennsylvania State child care licensing and the Department of Human Services. For more information about Preschool Day Camp, contact Amee Kuzniarski at 412-741-9622, ext. 133 or akuzniarski@sewickelyymca.org.
At Sewickley Valley YMCA day camp, kids will make new friends and have tons of fun as they explore new adventures each day. For more information, contact Marc Smith at 412-741-9622 ext. 103 or msmith@sewickleyymca.org.
Online registration for both camps opens March 14.
Senior Men’s Club
An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club will have State Rep. Valerie Gaydos speak March 11 at the YMCA. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for an informal social gathering followed by the presentation at 10.
Additionally, David Huffaker of the Port Authority will speak March 18, and Tonya of Disabled Animal Recoveries will speak March 25.
Fully vaccinated individuals are not required to wear a mask. Nonvaccinated individuals are requested to wear a mask. For more information, visit smensclub.org.
CARE Workshops
Start 2022 by registering for one of Laughlin Children’s Center’s informative Care Workshops presented by Dr. Gail Mangan, a highly acclaimed adolescent psychologist.
CARE training includes an educational component and active practice for general use by adults who interact with children of all ages in various settings. Adults who are clinicians will benefit from the training, as will those in roles such as receptionist, preschool teacher, daycare provider, medical provider, parent or foster parent.
CARE is a trauma-informed, field-initiated training for nonclinical adults. Care training emphasizes principles taught in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.
CARE utilizes the 3 P’s — Praise, Paraphrase, Point out — to connect with children and promote positive child-adult relationships. CARE training also contains techniques for giving children effective commands and a set of selective ignoring techniques to redirect problematic behaviors. Here is the upcoming schedule:
• March 10, 6-9 p.m.
• March 11, 9 a.m.-noon
• April 7, 6-9 p.m.
• April 8, 9 a.m.-noon
• May 12, 6-9 p.m.
• May 13, 9 a.m.-noon
Cost is $60 per participant. To register, visit laughlincenter.org/event or call 412-741-4087.
Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection
The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet March 16 at the Eat N’ Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Speakers will be Suzette McCarrell of McCarrell Landscape Construction and Stephanie Milazzo of Mary Kay Cosmetics. To attend, become a member or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446 ext. 302.
Query Club
All meetings take place in the Community Room of the Sewickley Public Library from 7-9 p.m.
The March 14 meeting will feature hosts Linda Zang and Chris Steffy. Rob Edwards will present Cowboy Artists of the American West: A Brief Survey 1870-1920 and John Orndorff will present John Wesley Powell and the Great American Desert.