YMCA Summer Send-Off, CARE workshops and more in Sewickley's Nonprofit Corner

Sewickley Valley YMCA

625 Blackburn Road, Sewickley. 412-741-9622. sewickleyymca.org.

Summer Send-Off

The Sewickley Valley YMCA is hosting its first annual Summer Send-Off on Aug. 14. Summer Send-Off is a free family event providing a fun-filled evening for children and families to celebrate the summer. Enjoy a family swim in the Y’s Large Pool and bring a blanket or lawn chairs for an outdoor movie under the stars on the Sewickley Valley YMCA’s Athletic Field. Fern Hollow Nature Center will provide outdoor games, and the Tull Family Theater will provide popcorn.

This event is free and open to the community and YMCA membership is not required.

Mary & Alexander Laughlin Children’s Center

424 Frederick Ave., Sewickley. 412-741-4087. laughlincenter.org.

The Village Preschool in-person registration

Registration is being accepted for The Village Preschool.

The program for 3-year-olds is 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Class is limited to 12 children. Children must be 3 by Sept. 1. Registration is $50, and tuition is nine monthly payments of $225. Waitlist only.

The program for 4-year-olds is 9 a.m.-12:10 a.m. Mondays and Fridays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays.

Class is limited to 18 children. Children must be 4 by Sept. 1. Registration is $50, and tuition is nine monthly payments of $400.

Classes are intentionally small to give the school’s qualified, caring, experienced teachers an opportunity to know your child well and leverage Laughlin Children’s Center’s 60+ years of multidisciplinary experience to help your child grow.

For more information, contact Karen Borland at 412-741-4087 or k.borland@laughlincenter.org.

Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement workshops

CARE training including an educational component and active practice for general use by adults who interact with children of all ages in a variety of settings.

CARE is a trauma-informed, field-initiated training for nonclinical adults.

The training is not therapy but is based on 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 a set of techniques for giving effective commands to children and a set of selective ignoring techniques to redirect problematic behaviors.

The Laughlin Children’s Center Psychology department is offering a one-day CARE workshop for adults only, 10 a.m.-noon July 30 and Aug. 6, Aug. 12 and Aug. 13.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts

200 Broad St., Sewickley. 412-741-4405. sweetwaterartcenter.org.

Art classes

Summer registration is open. Sweetwater Center for the Arts offers weekly camps through Aug. 20 for ages 4-16 in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, drawing, painting, mixed media, performing arts and culinary.

Sweetwater also offers pre-care beginning at 8 a.m. and after-care until 5 p.m. and scholarships to students demonstrating need. In addition to summer camps, Sweetwater offers ongoing classes and workshops for youth and adults of all skill levels and experience, as well as private lessons with professional teaching artists.

To ensure a healthy learning space for all, a limited number of seats is available.

Explore options and register online. Contact Erin Cory at ecory@sweetwaterartcenter.org with questions.

Editor’s note: The Nonprofit Corner is a new weekly listing of the Sewickley area’s nonprofit events and fundraisers. To have your information listed, email Sewickley Herald editor Katie Green at kgreen@triblive.com.