We recently learned that former PIC mom and Board member Molly Roth passed away last month. Molly and her husband Michael Hesson along with their two daughters, were at PIC for a decade. Their eldest daughter Elinor enrolled in PIC's After School Center in 2005. Three years later, their youngest...
Bob Behr and Nancy Juergens enrolled their daughter Annie at PIC in the early 1980s. Longtime residents of West Philadelphia, they have remained actively involved in PIC ever since. They were among the earliest supporters of the Sweet Dreams Campaign to expand the center and have participated in...
Big news! The National Association for the Education of Young Children ( NAEYC ) has featured PIC Rainbow Lead Teacher Joanne Browley on the cover of the April/May issue of their professional publication Teaching Young Children (TYC) . The magazine is designed especially for preschool educators. It...
PIC Plants... Cookies without the Calories! It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm that spread through PIC as the annual Plant Sale got underway last week. On its opening day, the online store had over 200 visits and did over $2,000 in sales. By the end of the first week, over $5,000 in plants had...
PIC Plant shoppers broke every record during the first week of pre-sales and the sale momentum continues: 151 orders placed with over $7,000 raised to-date...and climbing! The current top selling plants are impatiens! Participation STILL Counts! After a tight race, the Roadrunners became the first...
PIC Spring Plant Sale online store is open for business! Browse the store for a great selection of houseplants, container plants, and pre-planted pots. There are plenty of choices for inside and out. We also have many new varieties of perennials, annuals and herbs! Pre-sale campaign: March 21- April...
Posted by PIC Mom and Plant Sale Chair Vicky Olsen (Zoe is a Roadrunner and Lukas is a Rainbow). For the past five years, my husband Craig and I have been proud to support PIC's Annual Plant Sale. This year I am thrilled to be chairing the event and invite you to get involved by buying and selling...
On Monday, March 21, the PIC online store will open for business! Browse the store at picplantsale.org. Make your selection and then send the link to your family, neighbors, friends and co-workers so they can have first pick of this year’s selection, too. Don’t have a garden? This year we have a...
For the fifth year in a row, the Mott Campus Clowns have come to PIC to put on a show. This year, they entertained the children in our After School Center with sing-along songs, classic clown skits and comedy magic-- all with an anti-bully message. But, these are no ordinary clowns! These clowns...
Diversity Like No Other As someone who has been in the field of early childhood education for nearly thirty-five years, I have visited many, many early childhood programs via consulting, conferences, and accreditation validation work. What I learned is that child care programs tend to be...
