April 8, 2025 Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center Hosts WOYC Open House The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center held an open house event on April 7 as part of its Week of the Young Child (WOYC) activities. The open house was held during WOYC’s Musical Monday and featured Operations Better Block – a Homewood-based community organization that enables residents to assume the primary role in formulating community development goals consistent with their perception of community needs – and Crescent Early Childhood Center. Activities included a guitar craft, music and dancing, play, food, refreshments, and learning about the work that the event’s visitors provide for the community. The Hub closed out its collaboration with Playnotes with a Tasty Tuesday Storytime event. On Work Together Wednesday, the Hub celebrated the WOYC with Reading is Fundamental’s Storymobile with a Storytime event that included playing with a parachute. The week was closed out with a Family Movie Night that included a screening of “Moana 2.” The National Association of the Young Child first established the Week of the Young Child in 1971 as a week to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and recognize early childhood programs and services that are centered around those needs. Increased interest over time led Trying Together to designate the entire month of April as the Month of the Young Child. ABOUT THE HOMEWOOD EARLY LEARNING HUB & FAMILY CENTER The Hub supports the early learning needs of young children, families, and early educators in the Homewood community. It offers developmentally appropriate activities for children from birth to age 9, individual group support for parents to set and meet goals for their family, and professional growth opportunities for center-, family-, and home-based early learning programs and relative-providers. The Hub is a community resource of Trying Together. For more information, contact Toni Beasley at toni@tryingtogether.org or visit the Hub’s website.
March 27, 2025 Remake Learning Days: Warhol Art Making The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will host a Remake Learning Days event that revolves around artist Andy Warhol. Learn More This hands-on event is intended for all ages. Participants can silk screen, make souvenirs, and learn about the work of the Pittsburgh-born pop artist. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 10 at the Hub, located at 7219 Kelly Street in Pittsburgh. Those interested in attending should register online.
November 13, 2024 GivingTuesday Donations Help Trying Together to Advocate and Increase Access to Early Childhood Programs With a donation to Trying Together on GivingTuesday, you are shaping the future and making a lasting impact by ensuring every child has access to high-quality care and education. By supporting the work of Trying Together, you will be joining with others who are passionate about advocating for the needs and rights of children and those who care for them. What is GivingTuesday? This year’s GivingTuesday will be on Dec. 3. It is a global day of giving that takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. GivingTuesday is meant to encourage people and organizations to donate their time and money to charitable causes. The day was created in 2012 by the United Nations Foundation and New York City’s 92nd Street Y. It is meant to balance the days focusing on retail shopping that take place before it – such as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. How to Give Gifts to Trying Together will be accepted from Tuesday, Dec. 3 through Tuesday, Dec. 31. Donations made for GivingTuesday will also support Trying Together’s end-of-year giving goals. Donating to Trying Together on GivingTuesday is easy – simply complete the online donation form. Please consider setting up a recurring donation at an amount that works for you – whatever level you choose makes a difference. Recurring donations are a generous and easy way to sustain our mission. Monthly giving programs are cost-effective and eliminate the need for repeated solicitation efforts, reducing costs for the organization and our carbon footprint. Automatic recurring donations can be set up by credit card or electronic funds transfer. How Your Donation Helps When you donate to Trying Together, you are supporting a number of initiatives, including: The Buzzword literacy initiative Developmentally Appropriate Parenting (DAP) Resources Series Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center Diaper & Formula Banks Institute for Early Childhood Career Pathways Pediatric First Aid/CPR Facilitation and Instruction Home-Based Child Care Business Cohort Community-Based High School Child Development Associate (CDA) Program Rapid Response Team Month of the Young Child campaign To donate, visit Trying Together’s GivingTuesday donation page.
September 10, 2024 Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
Get Ready for the November Election The Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) will drop by the Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center on Mondays for the next two months. Learn More During the visits, attendees can register to vote for the Nov. 5 election, learn where their voting poll is located, and be educated on the candidates’ views. VEEEM is a faith-based, nonpartisan community organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the Greater Pittsburgh area. VEEEM representatives will visit the Hub from 9 a.m. to noon on every Monday in September and October. For more information, call the Hub & Family Center at 412-545-5039.
