March 2, 2023 Be My Neighbor Day 2023 Join WQED, PNC Grow Up Great, and Fred Rogers Productions for Be My Neighbor Day in Homestead! Be My Neighbor Day is a free event for families to celebrate kindness and what it means to be a caring neighbor. It invites children and families to participate in family volunteer activities that aid neighbors in need, and is a great way to help children understand how to support others and how one kind act can lead to many. Event Details Saturday, March 25 | 1 – 4 p.m. Visit any of the following locations to participate in service projects and activities, and possibly meet Daniel Tiger: Barrett Elementary School Carnegie Library of Homestead Steel Valley Family Center Dragon’s Den Learn More Be My Neighbor Day is sponsored by WQED, PNC Grow Up Great, and Fred Rogers Productions in collaboration with Homestead community partners. To learn more about Be My Neighbor Day, visit the WQED website. Celebrate Visit the PBS website to find Be My Neighbor Day resources to celebrate at home.
November 3, 2020 WQED Cardigan Day Did you know that Friday, November 13 is both World Kindness Day and King Friday the XIII’s birthday? Join WQED to celebrate kindness and the inspiring work of Fred Rogers during their 3rd Annual Cardigan Day. About As a day of festivity, Cardigan Day brings the community together to celebrate kindness. Beginning at 10 a.m., WQED will showcase the “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” castle in the street outside of the WQED building (4802 Fifth Avenue). This street lane will be closed to regular traffic, allowing motorists with children to safely pull up to see the castle and receive a kid’s kindness bag. Each bag comes filled with snacks, crown-making materials, and Sarris Candies chocolates. The castle will be available, weather permitting, for picture taking from the car, and kindness bags will be offered while supplies last. Following COVID Safety Guidelines, the event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Motorists MUST remain in their car at all times. Wear Your Favorite Cardigan As has been the yearly Cardigan Day tradition, WQED asks its neighbors to support kindness by donning their cardigans and using social media to post photos using #CardiganDay. Last year, Cardigan Day blew-up social media, trending as number one, as cardigan-wearing babies, pets and entire classrooms of students overtook Facebook and Twitter. Episode Screening of Mister Rogers Neighborhood WQED will culminate the celebration with a Family Movie Night featuring a Mister Rogers Neighborhood “kindness” episode. The show begins at 7 p.m. on Facebook. The event link will be available soon. Please continue to monitor the Facebook event page for updates. More Information For more information, visit the event Facebook page.
April 8, 2019 Fred Rogers: Be My Neighbor Day Are you interested in volunteering small acts of kindness towards your neighbors this April? Children and families are invited to join Fred Rogers Productions on Saturday, April 13th for a day filled with fun family volunteer activities that aid neighbors in need, including: Washing fire trucks, Cleaning a park or playground, Making greeting cards, Play games with seniors, and Helping out at a library! Volunteering stations range in location, time slot, and task, please visit their volunteer information page for more details and registration links. Learn More To learn more about this opportunity, visit the event website! For questions, contact event staff at education@wqed.org. Share this flyer with your network.
February 11, 2019 Raising Readers Together Club The Raising Readers Together Club runs weekly and explores the importance of acceptance, equality, and tolerance through reading. Thursday sessions are suitable for children ages five and younger. For children age six and older, see our Wednesday sessions at Willie Tee’s Barbershop. Winter 2019 Books: Word Play by Adam Lehrhaupt | February 7 My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith | February 14 Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney | February 21 Unplugged by Steven Antony | February 28 All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold | March 7 Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai | March 14 The Library Book by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark | March 21 Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg | March 28 Raising Readers provides free: books discussion food songs storytelling resources Questions For questions or more information, contact Cynthia Battle at 412.421.3889 or cynthia@tryingtogether.org. Share this flyer with your network.
