TURTLE CREEK NEWSLETTER Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

208 Penn Plaza, Suite 208, Turtle Creek, PA, 15145

Phone: (412) 823-2060 Fax: (412) 829-6958

ART IN THE PARK

On July 18, 2017 FCC-Turtle Creek held an Art in the Park day at Pioneer Park in Monroeville. The day consisted of bubbles, fly swatter paint-

ing, making a nature wand, and a take home craft with lunch. Additional activities included: a Sen-

sory Bin, chalk, and a kerplunk game!

Thank you to all staff who helped make this day great!

We hope all who participated enjoyed the pro-gram, and we hope to do it again! Thank you!

Family Support Picnic

Friday, August 4th

11:00am-2:30pm

Please mark your calendars to attend the annual Family Support Picnic. This

fun day will provide you with a chance to socialize with families from our cen-

ter and from other Family Support Centers!

Games and activities provided!

**Must RSVP

*Transportation provided upon request.

Pittsburgh Zoo Trip

Family Care Connection @ Turtle Creek will be having a field at the Pittsburgh

Zoo!

Date: 08/21/2017

Time: 9:15 am from Center

Price: $5.00/family

*Bag lunches are suggested

*Be sure to wear comfortable shoes for walking. Children should wear tennis

shoes

*Dress for the weather. Sunscreen may be needed

Please RSVP to hold your spot!

Allegheny Family Network

Fatherhood Cookout

Date: August 10, 2017

Time: 11:00am

Location: Shenlley Park @ the Veteran’s Pavilion

Come enjoy an afternoon of fun, food, and family

at the annual Fatherhood Cookout! This event is

for fathers and their families.

**Please RSVP to the Center if interested in at-

tending.

Family Care Connection @ Turtle Creek wants to thank Tickets

for Kids for a fun filled evening at PNC Park! Our families had a

great time and made some wonderful memories!

1 2 3 4 Family Support

Picnic @ Monroeville

Community Park

(11:00a-2:30p)

RSVP/Center

Closed

5

6 7 Staff Meeting

(9a-11a) 8 9 10 AFN: Fatherhood

Cookout

(11:00am-?)

RSVP for Event

11 12

13 14 Staff Meeting

(9a-11a)

15 16

CENTER

CLOSED

17 Center

Closed (9a-12a) 18 19

20 21 Pittsburgh

Zoo Trip

(9:15am-?)

RSVP for Event

22 23 24 25 26

Community Day

(12:00pm-5:00pm)

27 28 Joint Staff Meeting

Center Closed (9a-Noon)

29 30 31Center Closed

(10a-12p)

August 2017 Transportation available for

programs upon request.

Please RSVP.

Fun and FREE Summer Activities

Kids Bowl FREE

Your children can bowl two game FREE every day this summer! Go to

kidsbowlfree.com to find a participating alley near you. A couple of local lanes

that participate are: North Versailles Bowling Center and Lokay Lane

(Monroeville).

**Will have to pay for Bowling Shoes: $3.75/pair

FREE Summer Movies

The Phoenix Movie Theatre in North Versailles (formerly known as Destinta)

is offering free movies on Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays @ 10am.

Doors open at 9am. There will be G rated and PG rated movies offered.

Turtle Creek Y Games

FREE organized outdoor games for children ages 5-12. Pro-

gram is sponsored by the Turtle Creek Rotary, and run by staff

from the Wilmerding YMCA. FREE lunch program will be

provided at the site by the Allegheny County lunch program.

Where: Hamilton Fields Park in Turtle Creek

When: Monday through Friday, 10:00am-2:00pm, June 12th-August 11th

Home Depot KIDS Workshops

Come make FREE wooden project with your child at any Home Depot store

When: First Saturday of the month, 9am - Noon

Local Libraries Story Times and FREE Activities

Each of the libraries in the are have a variety of FREE sum-

mer story times and activities for the whole family. Check

online for the offerings from the library nearest you!

Free Basketball Mini-Camps

(Lunch Included) The Allegheny County Parks Department today announced its annual Hometown Hoops Mini-Camps for ages 9-18 will be held June 19-August 4 in 11 communities. The 34 bas-ketball mini-camps are free and will take place 10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, at the locations listed below. A free box lunch will be provided at noon during each mini-camp by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services through its SummerFood Program. Participants may attend as many mini-camps as they like. Proper basketball attire is re-quired. Pre-registration is recommended to guarantee that every child receives a lunch. Parents or guardians may register participants online at www.alleghenycounty.us/parkprograms or by emailing hometownhoops@alleghenycounty.us or calling 412-350-2455 at least 24 hours in advance of the mini-camp their children plan to attend. In case of inclement weather, call 412-350-2455 to confirm if a mini-camp is taking place. The Hometown Hoops Mini-Camps are funded through a grant se-cured by Allegheny County Economic Development. For more infor-mation, www.alleghenycounty.us/hometownhoops.

Date Location Municipality

July 3 Worthington Avenue Playground Clairton

July 5 & 6 Mon-View Heights Basketball Court West Mifflin

July 7 Worthington Avenue Playground Clairton

July 10 & 11 McKeesport Safe Passage McKeesport

July 12-14 Riverview Children’s Center Verona

July 17 & 18 Mapleview Terrace Basketball Court Braddock

July 19- 21 Harrison Village Basketball Courts McKeesport

July 24 & 25 Verona Presbyterian Church Verona

July 26 & 27 Hulton Arbors Verona

July 28, 31 Crawford Village Basketball Courts McKeesport

August 1 Crawford Village Basketball Courts McKeesport

August 2 & 3 Quarry Field Basketball Courts East Pittsburgh

August 4 Natrona Ballfield Natrona Heights

Community Day!

Lifeline Community Outreach invites you to enjoy

their “Feel the Love” Community Day Celebration

and Health Fair!

This event is 100% FREE, and they will also be dis-

tributing book bags and school supplies to kids!

There will also be face panting, music, prizes, food,

bouncy house, and health and wellness services.

Date: August 26, 2017

Time: 12:00pm-5:00pm

Location: 232 Church Street Ext.

Turtle Creek, PA 15145

Questions? Please call (412) 824-5683

1st Annual Multi-Community Car Seat Check & Safety Fair

Kathy Strotmeyer, Southwest Regional Coordinator of PA Traffic Injury Prevention Project, organized this event

which collectively checked 48 car seats, and provided 12 new seats to families in our neighborhood! Thank you to Kathy, community workers, policemen, and firefighters for your

hard work to ensure the safety of our community, families, and children. And a thank you to Suzie Rubiano (FCC-Turtle Creek Nurse) and Schanna Turner (FCC-Turtle

Creek Community Aid) for representing Children’s Hospi-tal: Family Care Connection, and for providing great infor-

mation on car seats and car seat safety!

Congratulations!

We would like to take this time to con-

gratulate Leah Jones on getting a full

time job as a Nurse’s Aid!

Wait to go, Leah!

Fall Programs

Just a reminder to keep a look out in the September

Newsletter for programs that will be starting back up at

FCC-Turtle Creek in the Fall!

Programs include:

Kindergarten Readiness Toddler Playgroup

Tummy Time Community Resource Days

Fatherhood Parent Leaders

It’s not too late to get active this summer! Physical activity is any movement that requires energy. It can be anything from cleaning to running to playing with your kids. Getting enough physical activity can build strong bodies, calm minds and create more peaceful sleep. Here are a few ways to get active with your kids:

1. GET OUTSIDE! Sunshine, fresh air and open space are great motivators for both you and your chil-dren to be active. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water and wear sunscreen.

2. Rainy day? Play Duck-duck-goose or musical chairs. Have a dance party or act out scenes from your fa-vorite book. Get moving any way you can.

3. Children tend to naturally like to move, so let them. Pick a safe place inside or stick close outside and see how they explore. Keep a close watch and be mindful of safety.

4. Parks in Pittsburgh provide lots of space and often built-in activities. Pack some snacks and head to the park for a day of fun.

Take a break from chores or errands, or perhaps before bed, to spend some time stretching. Loosening up your muscles can help you, and your child, move better throughout the day and rest easier at night.

FREE Medical Clinic

Every Thursday @ 5:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Assembly of God Church

Address: 4561 Old William Penn Hwy.

Monroeville, PA 15146

This clinic provides medical

care to uninsured, and un-

derinsured, children and

adults.

*FREE Opportunities*

The Allegheny Department of Human Services: Im-

migrants and Internationals Initiative has provided a

Summer Youth Program Guide (2017). Within the

guide it discusses “Free Opportunities”, Employ-

ment Opportunities, Programs with Minimal Cost or

Financial Assistance, Food Programs, Additional

Opportunities and Resources, and Local Listings.

If you are interested in any of these items, please let

your home visitor know and a copy of the guide can

be provided.

**Many of the camps take place from June through

August 2017.**

Breast Feeding Support Group La Leche League leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their

own babies, and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League In-

ternational to help mothers, and mothers-to-be, with all aspects of breastfeed-

ing. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at the Monroeville

United Methodist Church. Meetings begin at 7:00pm.

Address: 219 Center Road

Monroeville, PA 15146

Transportation is limited. Contact

Ms. Suzie for additional information

and transportation time.

NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE? Turtle Creek Food Pantry: Second Sat/month. 9-10:30am 519 Penn Ave. 412-824-0006 Garden City United Methodist Church Food Pan-try: 2nd Thurs/mo. 9-10:30am ..6:30-7:30pm 412-373-0391 Cross Roads Presbyterian Food Pantry (412-372-2311) Fridays, Serving Monroeville families; Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank 2nd Thursday of each month 5:30-7pm ; 1 North Linden St, Duquesne 412-460-0418. Penn Hills Food Pantry: 412-798-2711. Word and Worship Church Food Bank: last Sat. of each month 11:30-1:30 1200 Wolfe Ave N. Braddock: 412-824-1616.

Watermelon Craft

Materials:

Paper Plate (any size)

Red, Green, & Black Markers

Scissors

Directions:

First, start by cutting the paper plate in half. Parents, this is a

good time to work with scissors with your children by showing

them how to hold them to cut the plate for their watermelon.

Next, allow your child to color the red and green parts of the

watermelon. During this time, talk about what they know about

watermelon. Do they like it? Should they eat the seeds? Is the

green part good?

Finally, give your child the black marker and have them make

seeds on the red part of the watermelon to complete it!

Enjoy and Have Fun!

**One way to make this craft even more fun, is to use red,

green, and black tissues paper with glue to create the colors on

the plate.

Cheerio Corn on the Cob

Materials:

Green and Yellow Con-

struction Paper

Cheerios (Whole Grain or

Regular)

Scissors

Glue

Directions:

Start by tracing the corn

on the cob pattern provid-

ed onto the yellow and

green construction paper.

Cut out the corn and the leaves then glue the corn on top

of the leaves. This would be good for children to help with

scissor cutting to get them used to holding scissors and

opening and closing their hand to make the scissors work.

(**This is just a suggestion. If you are not yet comfortable

with your children using scissors go ahead and do this part

yourself.)

Then, allow children to glue on the cheerios to make it look

like kernels of corn.

Corn Husk Template

Corn on the Cob Template