Our events keep us vibrant May was tremendous. Our inaugural Day of Play fundraiser ( read about the day's success ) exceeded all expectations. While early rain moved our children’s concert indoors, by the time the music ended the sky had brightened, giving us a fun afternoon on the playground. An...

Recently I saw a three-year-old on our nature playground building with the outdoor blocks. Each block was carefully placed in ways that did not follow the typical “build up” type of block play. The blocks were each balanced with incredible skill and clearly there was more intentionality going on...

A letter from Deb Green I am excited to share the latest progress on our expansion project and to let you know of the next steps. As the afterschoolers have settled into the Stucco Building and the Aviary, our newly-leased building at 43rd and Locust Streets, we turn our attention to the renovations...

Everything you need to know - from Deb Green This is the time of year when many children approach the older end of the age range for the classrooms that they are currently in. It is a time when you begin to have questions about children moving to the next age group. I hope that this memo answers at...

Our Invaluable Staff If there is a single reason why PIC is so loved, it is most definitely our teachers! I hear it from parents day after day, and through comments in our family feedback survey year after year. For all of our 38 years, PIC has placed a high value on its staff. In fact, the largest...

Last week, I spent several days in Washington, D.C. representing the Parent-Infant Center at the Public Policy Forum sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Forty-six states were represented at the Forum and I was honored to be part of the Pennsylvania...

February 10, 2017 Dear Friends, One year ago today, former Executive Director Cindy Roberts lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. Cindy was a part of PIC's culture for more than 30 years -- as a parent, a Board member, an administrator, and Executive Director. She was dedicated to the children...

Dear PIC Families, Thank you to all who completed the Food Program Interest Survey. I wanted to follow up with the survey results, respond to the questions/comments that came up most often, and present our next steps. We had 187 responses to the survey (fantastic!) -- 48% of you responded YES to...

I needed the Children's Book Fest I write this as I return from PIC’s Children’s Book Festival, an annual event that was re-envisioned and led by our Diversity Committee. What a wonderful event! What a needed event! As our country faces such frightening and frustrating divisiveness, bringing...

PIC is tremendously grateful to everyone who was interviewed for this project. Although not everyone appears in this cut, there are several additional versions in production that will incorporate more footage. We would like to especially thank PIC dad David Stotz for sharing his time and talents by...