Laughlin Children’s Center CARE Workshops

Register for one of the Laughlin Children’s Center’s popular and 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.

Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement is a trauma-informed, field-initiated training for nonclinical adults. Care training emphasizes principles taught in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.

CARE utilizes the 3 Ps – Praise, Paraphrase, and 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.

Two sessions are available on Dec. 8, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

To register, visit laughlincenter.org or call 412-741-4087.

Cochran Hose Company holiday events

The Cochran Hose Company is collecting new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots. Stop by one of the following local businesses during regular business hours before Dec. 2: The Ultimate Pastry Shop, Fun Buy the Pound, Safran’s Supermarket or Bridgeside Market. Drop your toys off to Cochran Hose Company during Sewickley Light Up Night on Dec. 2 (look for the fire truck on Beaver St).

Or, bring your toys to our Santa at the Station event on Dec. 4 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Cochran Hose Company. There will be crafts, cookies, fire safety, fire truck rides, and Santa. This is a free event, but new, unwrapped toys will be accepted for Toys for Tots.

Free Toy Store

Walking the Talk is having its second annual Free Toy Store 9 a.m. Dec. 10 at St. Matthews AME Zion Church. It provides the ability for people who are in need of Christmas presents to come and “shop” for them at our event. All are new, unwrapped toys, enabling people to provide a smile on the face of their families for Christmas. To sign up, email your name, number of children, gender and ages to walkingthetalktoydrive@gmail.com. Donations toward the drive are accepted as well.

Penguin Bookshop event

At noon Nov. 26, Penguin Bookshop will host An Afternoon of Music and Art with Shari Finney and Kathryn Blocki to celebrate the release of the illustrated children’s book, “The Shoemaker’s Dream.” Finney, the book’s illustrator, will have paintings and other works for sale. Blocki, a local flutist, will also play music throughout the event. Copies of “The Shoemaker’s Dream” will be available to purchase. For more information, visit penguinbookshop.com.

Pictures wanted

Leetsdale officials seek photos to be featured on the new borough website. They are looking for current images of the borough in all seasons. Photographs should be at least 2,000 pixels in horizontal measurement and at least 800 pixels in vertical measurement. Submit photos online to simek@leetsdaleboro.net.

Library events set

Sewickley Public Library at 500 Thorn St. hosts Block Party, a family program where people can play, build, read and learn together with blocks. It is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to noon on Nov. 26. The program is free and no registration is required.

The library hosts Mother Goose on the Loose, a storytime for children ages birth to 3 years old with their parents/caregivers, from 10-10:45 a.m., 11-11:45 a.m. and from 1-1:45 p.m. Nov. 29. It is designed to help baby’s reading readiness skills through music, stories and movement. Weekly registration is required. Registration opens Nov. 20.

Call 412-741-0937 or email kids@sewickleylibrary.org for more information.

Toy pickup

Leetsdale Police Department is hosting Kids Christmas Toy Pickup from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 10 at the Leetsdale VFW parking lot, 515 Beaver St. Drive-thru to receive a gift from Santa. RSVP to dreyer@leetsdaleboro.net or call 724-266-1397 by Dec. 5 to participate.

New toys are being accepted at the borough office for this event.

Luminary kits

Boy Scouts from Sewickley Troop 243 are continuing the tradition of selling luminaria kits for the holiday season. Each kit contains 10 five-inch candles, 10 white paper bags and a bag of sand. The price is $14/kit, by check or PayPal. Orders will be taken through Dec. 5, with delivery to local homes on Dec. 10. To support the fundraiser, email BSTroop243Sewickley@gmail.com or call/text Jennifer Nastasi at 708-829-8734.

Senior Men’s Club

An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club speaker on Nov. 18 will be the Ambridge Senior High School Steel Drum Band and maestro Todd Hartman. There will be no meeting on Nov. 25. On Dec. 2, John Robertson will talk about a career in radio and television. Dec. 9 is the Senior Men’s Club Christmas Party at the Allegheny Country Club, and on Dec. 16, Jacki Smathers will do a SingSingSing Christmas performance. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.

Business Connection

The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet Nov. 23 at Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Susan Ansell, CPA, and Eddie Grimes of Good Advertising. To attend, become a member or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.

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