Pittsburgh Parent Resources Guide

Medical & Dental

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  Dentistry For Kids

  Pittsburgh

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  Pediatric Dentist

     Dentistry For Kids, Inc. provides exceptional dental care for children of all ages...from toddlers to college students. Our specialty is Pediatric Dentistry which encompasses areas in orthodontics, oral surgery, growth and development, preventive dentistry, and emergency dental services.

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  The DNA Clinic

  The DNA Clinic

  The DNA Clinic provide accurate DNA testing for those seeking a paternity test, immigration test, prenatal test, and other DNA related tests. Our trusted clinics are one of the largest networks in the USA and Canada. Our friendly staff will help you get the most out of your DNA results and help you to understand who the father it, or what part of the world your heritage if from. Call today to schedule your appointment with a DNA specialist at 800-831-0178.

Services

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  A Fare to Remember

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  We've got it made...so you do too!

     Ready for a delicious, quick, home-cooked meal? In today's busy world, juggling work, kids, parents, chores, activities and feeding your family can be tough to manage. Discover a way to enjoy home-cooked dinners again...the easy way! Order your dinners by phone, fax or online and we'll have them ready for pickup at your convenience...without all the stress. We do the preparation...you provide the heat...and you take the credit! A Fare To Remember @ Home is available to help with your @ Home celebrations. We are available to help with all of your entertaining. We happily accept requests so call ahead with your special orders and get them in early so that we are sure to be available. Remember! Our delivery will save you precious time during your busy schedule! (less) ... Read more

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  bitWise Academy

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  50% DISCOUNT - ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN ONLINE S.T.E.M. CLASSES IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY!

     Are you interested in extending your child's learning beyond the classroom this summer? Join bitWise Academy and take self-paced online classes in STEM and computer science!

  25% DISCOUNT - ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN ONLINE S.T.E.M. CLASSES TODAY!

  Are you interested in extending your child's learning beyond the classroom this academic year? Join bitWise Academy and take self-paced online classes in STEM and Computer Science!

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  Camp Deer Creek

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  Camp Deer Creek is a family owned, traditional summer day camp for boys and girls ages 4-15, located about 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Operating from mid-June to mid-August, Deer Creek offers swimming, horseback riding, nature, archery, arts & crafts, music, drama, climbing wall, field games, zip lines, creeking and lunch on our 16 acres. We also provide transportation from many Pgh. areas including Mt. Lebanon, Cranberry, Wexford, North Side, Oakland, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, East End, Monroeville, Oakmont, Fox Chapel, O'hara, Shaler, Hampton and Indiana Township. We have seven 45 minute periods per day from 9:30am to 3:30pm with lunch in the middle. A Pittsburgh staple since 1933, we are celebrating 87 seasons in 2019, the last 47 being run by the Weitzel family. Check out our website (campdeercreekonline.com) or contact us for more information at 412-767-5351. (less) ... Read more

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  Camp Pillsbury

  Owatonna

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  Camp Pillsbury is an exciting, safe, fun, coed overnight summer camp for kids ages 6-17.

     It is a unique sleep over camp in Minnesota that provides over 100 activities to choose from. No matter what each child's interests are, they are certain to find activities that not only fascinate them, but help build their character, self-esteem and confidence. Camp Pillsbury offers its campers the chance to fly on the trapeze, participate in musical theater, team sports (such as basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball), learn magic tricks, go horseback riding, tumble, dance, and play an instrument - all in the same day! Because each camper chooses the activities they participate in, they are spending their day with campers who share the same interests, helping form stronger bonds with new friends. The programs and classes we offer put an emphasis on activities that today's kids gravitate to. Camp Pillsbury offers Circus Arts, Rock Band, Musical Theater, Dance, Fine Arts and Crafts, Technology/Digital Arts & Multimedia, Team Sports, Individual Sports, Magic, Water Sports, Extreme Sports, Horseback Riding, Orchestra, Woodworking, Vocal Ensembles, Cheer, Gymnastics, Role Playing Games, Archery, Weightlifting, and much more. Our fully elective program allows campers to select all of their favorite activities and to also try new ones within our established daily schedule. Campers have the opportunity to develop existing skills and explore new interests. Every program and activity is open to all age groups and all skill levels where we meet each child's individual needs and respect their individuality. Our day is comprised of 6 one hour periods; three Majors and three Minors. Majors are taken at the same time each day with the same staff and campers and is an activity that each camper has chosen to learn more about, get better at and be in the end of session show or exhibition. Campers choose three Minors each day that they can try once or repeat as often as they like. This allows campers plenty of opportunity to try new activities they have never been exposed to before. Campers thrive, building on existing interests and developing new ones. They flourish and excel in the areas they become passionate about and self-confidence soars. They become better singers, dancers, actors, athletes, artists, musicians and even students. Camp Pillsbury is helping kids from all over the world be successful through programs led by experts in a unique camp environment. Our campers learn from the best to be the best. They also form friendships that last a lifetime. Campers sleep in dorms and will be provided with great food, fun and friends throughout the summer. (less) ... Read more

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  Catalina Sea Camp

  Toyon Bay

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  Summer camp on Catalina Island is a great way to spend the summer. Wonderful memories and new friends await at Catalina Sea Camp one of California's premier overnight summer camps.

     Our one-week and three-week camps are one of a kind ocean adventure and marine biology summer camps located at Toyon Bay on Catalina Island. Sea Camp offers three one-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8-13 and two three-week coed sessions for teens ages 12-17. Our hand-picked counselors and instructors create an atmosphere of fun and excitement while leading campers on a host of ocean adventure, marine biology, and social summer camp activities. Catalina Sea Camp is a program developed by Catalina Island Marine Institute, also known as "CIMI". Rules for participation in Guided Discoveries programs are the same for everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap (less) ... Read more

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  G and G Studio Creations

  Mars

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  Family Photography

     Their original style and warm, personal approach to the business has brought a fresh and energetic dimension into the Pittsburgh photography scene. Families, children, Brides, high school seniors and executives too.

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  Gilda's Club Western Pennsylvania

  Pittsburgh

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  The mission of Gilda's Club Western Pennsylvania is to provide a meeting place where men, women, teens and children living with cancer, along with their families and friends, join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care. FREE of charge and nonprofit, Gilda's Club offers support and networkings groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a non residential, home-like setting.

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  Highmark Caring Place

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  Center for Grieving Children, Adolescents and Their Families

     The Highmark Caring Place is dedicated to grieving children and families, working to ensure that they find hope. The Caring Place champions the cause of grieving children by creating awareness of their needs, providing programs for grieving children and families and empowering the community to effectively serve grieving children. Groups are offered at no cost to children ages birth through high school graduation and their families. The Caring Place is funded by community contributions along with matching funds from Highmark Blue Shield.

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  INPAX Academy

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  INPAX KIDS CAMP: Registration is now OPEN! Make a lasting impact in your child's life this summer with a fun and empowering experience at INPAX! The INPAX Kids Camp centers around improving your children's fitness and ability to defend themselves. Each day your children will work and play through fitness challenges created by our personal trainers to build strength, coordination, mobility and speed with an emphasis on "primal movements" that enhance their physical capacity for any sport or endeavor. In addition, kids will learn basics of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and age-appropriate self-defense and situational awareness. Your kids will gain improved problem-solving ability, valuable real-world skills, and a huge boost in physical movement and fitness. Camp may only last a few days, but the lessons remain for a lifetime! Camp director Brian Cowin has been creating developmentally appropriate children's programs for over two decades. Brian is a BJJ National Champion and serves as the full-time director of the INPAX Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program. INPAX exists to build a safer community, and that starts by building strong, kind, and confident kids! Ages 8-11 Week 1: June 10th-14th Week 2: June 17th-21st 9am-12pm Early bird special: $125 - Register by May 1st! Full registration $150 (less) ... Read more

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  Integrated Care

  Southwestern PA

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  RECEIVE EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FREE - Early Intervention is a Totally Free service for any child from birth to the age of five, when presenting with at least a 25% delay or greater in any one of the five major area's of child development: Cognition - Communication - Self Help - Social Emotional - Gross Motor. We travel all over the Southwestern PA Area!

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  IQ Escape

  Pittsburgh

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  IQ Escape offers an immersive, one-of-a-kind escape room experience. Our escape games are all about fun and allow groups of co-workers, friends, and family members to experience 60 minutes of themed adventure - designed to elicit unmatched thrills and excitement! We don't simply ask you to "escape the room", IQ Escape teams may be tasked with solving crimes, saving the world, traveling through time, or pulling off the perfect heist! Additionally, we don't ask you to fumble through a series of combination locks and puzzles - like our less inventive escape room brethren. We expect you to navigate through a well-developed adventure, modeled with seemingly real life tasks and storylines. Great for kids 8 and up. We do require at least one adult in the room for children under 12. Parents will assist in keeping the kids on track in the room! We are able to customize the difficulty level by giving additional clues to younger groups! (less) ... Read more

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  JCC of the Lehigh Valley

  Allentown

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  Here at the J, we guide our members through Jewish values, cultures, and traditions, while welcoming all who walk through our doors.

     Our warm atmosphere caters to all walks of life through an array of programs fit for children, teens, adults, and seniors alike. From our early childhood center, camps, and preschool, to our fitness and recreational options, we strive to proactively engage with every generation through social, educational, arts, cultural, and wellness opportunities. OUR MISSION The Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley sharpens the mind, strengthens the body, and inspires the spirit of the entire community through social, education, recreation, and wellness programs instilled with Jewish values, culture and traditions. OUR HISTORY The JCC is more than just a building. We are a community. Throughout our 100 year history together, we have grown roots that reside in the loving and welcoming nature of our community. It is in these people, our members, that we continue to branch out. A century ago, the JCC of the Lehigh Valley was created to serve the needs of a growing Jewish community. We have established ourselves as a driving force in the social, cultural and educational life surrounding the greater Lehigh Valley. The entire community - families and singles, young and old - have come to play, learn, exercise, socialize and share in the cultural wealth of our community. The JCC has become our "neighborhood," a place where Jewish and secular values and traditions can be shared actively in a warm, comfortable, vibrant environment. The JCC proudly serves over 2,000 members. We welcome you to tour our facilities, find out about our programs and become part of our extended family. We've celebrated 100 years and enjoyed thousands of memories. Now, our JCC story continues. We hope that you will be a part of it. (less) ... Read more

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  Luminari

  Pittsburgh

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  Teen camps!

     Luminari's Summer Camps bring local teens new friends, fun & laughter, lifelong skills, adventures, and much more! All camps are designed for rising 8th to rising 12th graders (currently 7th and 11th grade students). Enrollment is open now and filling up quickly! Early bird tuition available until May 1st, and need-based scholarships/financial aid are available. Camps & Dates: I want to be an Ambassador! 6/11-6/19. Speak & Tell 6/24-6/27. Camp Delicious! 7/8-7/12. Fantastic Fiction 7/15-7/18.

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  Rainbow Play Systems

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  Rain Play Systems are The Best Outdoor Swing Sets

     Let Your Imagination Soar with Rainbow Wooden Swing Sets Today, Rainbow Play Systems has 600,000 structures installed worldwide. Rainbow is 1,800,000 children strong and growing stronger since they are already actively playing on their very own Rainbow. Your child can be the next to blast off, rocketing to the moon. Tomorrow, your child will be the ringmaster in the center ring of the circus. Last week, they were pirates sailing the seven seas, searching for hidden treasures. With their imagination and a Rainbow play system, there are no limits to where they can go. Rainbow Play Systems offers over 100 Cedar Castles & Clubhouses or over 50 Redwood Castles and over 150 wooden play set options and accessories from which you can choose. This allows you the freedom to design the ideal outdoor wooden swing set for your family. For healthy, safe fun, we assure you every Rainbow swing set is built with quality craftsmanship and your child's safety in mind. Rainbow has over 200 locations worldwide to serve you, providing professional delivery & installation service nationwide and offers the best Lifetime Warranty coverage in America. (less) ... Read more

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  Sing Sing Sing!

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  At Sing Sing Sing! we believe in the magic of summer camp.

     Our summer camps are designed to bring out the spark that will have each and every camper jumping out of bed in the morning with excitement! We combine glamour with joy, education with glitter, and creativity with pop culture. In each and every summer camp our goal is for our campers to find their own unique voice and gain the confidence to use it. Check our site for the full list of our 2019 camps! Sing Sing Sing Summer Camps run in three options: morning, afternoon, or ALL DAY, Monday through Friday. Each half day summer camp is $175, or ALL DAY for $299. If you register for ALL DAY there will be a supervised lunch and play time from 12-1pm. Campers should bring a bag lunch Mon-Thurs, and on Fridays a pizza party lunch will be served. (To register for all day camp, register for the morning camp and choose ALL DAY at checkout). Sibling discount 10% (does not combine with any other offer. Use promo code SIBLING for second camper.) We do offer early drop off or late pick up for $25. Morning Camps are from 9am to 12pm and cost $175. Afternoon Camps are from 1 to 4pm and also cost $175. ALL DAY CAMP is from 9 am to 4pm and you save $50 when you book it ($299). (less) ... Read more

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  Stout Training Pittsburgh

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  Stout Training Summer Camp is an action-packed day camp for kids ages 5-12. Located in Pittsburgh's historical Strip District location, our camp features authentic Brazilian Jiujitsu, sports, team-building exercises, and tons of activities. Each session runs Monday-Friday from 9am-4:30pm, and additional family members can receive a discount. (10% for 2nd & additional family members) We offer 4 sessions of our Summer BJJ Day Camp plus NEW Competition Camp in June & July 2019 (June 17th-21st, June 24th-28th, July 15th-19th & July 22nd-26th for the Summer BJJ Day Camp & July 8th-12th for the Competition Camp) with a multi-week discount available too. Enroll now, because available spaces fill-up quickly! Call 412-888-9797 or email stoutpgh@gmail.com for more details!     What will my child do at the BJJ Summer Day Camp? Campers will engage in a variety of high-energy activities, including dodgeball, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, day hikes, tug-of-war, and more! Counselors are not only enthusiastic and positive role models, but are thoroughly trained and possess current CPR/AED and PA Child Clearances. At our summer camp we practice life skills such as focus (through fun guided meditation/visualization exercises), bully prevention (through role-playing games), real world self-defense that recognizes that situational awareness is the most important component. We also provide healthy snacks during the day. (Please pack a peanut free bagged lunch for your child daily). Camp is conveniently schedule from 8:30-9am drop-off time until 4:45-5:30pm pickup time Monday Through Friday. Ages 5-12 Welcome. No prior martial arts experience needed. Each week limited to 22 participants. COMPETITION CAMP!!! Starting this year we will be our second Competition Camp for serious youth competitors from July 8th-12th in the Strip District. This camp is for Youth BJJ practitioners & competitors who want to take their jiu jitsu to the next level. Each day will feature 3 sessions with both gi & no-gi featuring drilling, competition preperation, mindset and simulation matches. This camp is open to Youth students ages 10-14 from all teams & affiliations. (Age exceptions can be made on a case by case basis.) We offer 4 sessions of our Summer BJJ Day Camp plus NEW Competition Camp in June & July 2019 (June 17th-21st, June 24th-28th, July 15th-19th & July 22nd-26th for the Summer BJJ Day Camp & July 8th-12th for the Competition Camp) Have one child, register for our early bird discount (Limited to first 20 sign ups until March) $175/week. We also have a multi-week or family discount. Select the package and amount of weeks you would like from the links below: One Week Only for One Child: $175 Multi-week/multi-child discount 10% 0ff Have questions or need more information? Call/text 412-888-9797 or email stoutpgh@gmail.com (less) ... Read more

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  Tara Petro Photography

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  Tara Petro Photography is a lifestyle and on-location portrait and wedding photographer. We are available for maternity, newborn, baby, children, family, high school senior, engagement and wedding photography. Tara specializes in personalized, playful, and fun photography sessions that you'll look forward to every year. Based in Hopewell Township, serving Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.

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  The Coding School

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  LEARN CODING in the most SUPPORTIVE, In-Depth and RISK-FREE learning environment possible in Pennsylvania with The Coding School!

     Our one-of-a-kind program provides students with ONE-ON-ONE lessons from top computer scientists at SpaceX, Google, Stanford, Harvard & more... ALL FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME! Middle and high school students meet for weekly, face-to-face coding lessons & mentorship via video chat with their own personal instructor to learn in-depth skills and knowledge at their own pace in fields including Artificial Intelligence, Mobile App Building, Web Development, Cybersecurity, Healthcare & Tech and more! Our students increase their college competitiveness by creating projects to showcase their skills and passions in the college admissions process. To register and for more information visit: https://www.the-cs.org/summer/index.html (less) ... Read more

Health & Beauty

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  Lakevue Athletic Club

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  Lakevue Athletic Club has a state of the art fitness facility that spans over 11,000 square feet and includes racquetball courts, yoga area, a zumba studio, spin classes and so much more. Lakevue is your one stop shop for tennis, fitness, youth activity camps, personal training, zumba, pilates, yoga and so much more! At Lakevue, we are more than just a gym, we are a family!

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  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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  Researchers at UPMC are looking for healthy men and women 35-60 years of age with blood pressures in the high-normal range (systolic 120-139 &/or diastolic 80-89) to participate in a research study of how the brain changes with change in blood pressure. Participants must NOT have hypertension, heart or blood vessel disease, insulin dependent diabetes, or a chronic medical, physical or psychiatric disease requiring medication. Participants will attend 3 sessions in a month's time each session lasting approximately 2 hours, 1 session will include an MRI. Payment at the completion of these sessions will be $150. Additionally, we will monitor your blood pressure over the next two years. At the end of this time you will be asked to repeat the 3 sessions mentioned above for additional compensation. For more information call Kim Novak at 412-246-6200 or e-mail her at novakkj@upmc.edu (less) ... Read more

Adult Classes

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  Color Me Mine of Pittsburgh

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  Adults can play too at Color Me Mine in Pittsburgh!

     Color Me Mine pottery painting studio is not just for kids! Walk-in anytime or check out our adult pottery painting workshops and events for all skill levels! Enjoy some quality creative time with friends, family or on your own. We are also a great spot to host a bridal or baby shower, team building event, or just an evening out with friends. Check our website calendar for special events and workshops or call to book your group of 6+. Wine welcome (21+) Ask us about scheduling your special needs group!

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  Zone 28

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  The Zone 28 Entertainment Complex located in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania features 60,000 square feet of exciting games and activities for your group's enjoyment. Groups can have a great time bowling on the complex's 33 bowling lanes, playing laser tag in our new state-of-the-art arena, playing games in the newly renovated arcade and NEW! Escape Room Challenges! Zone 28 can accommodate groups of 15-500 people. Suite 28 is a luxury 8-lane private suite includes 8 private lanes, full private bar (for guests over 21) and upscale party room. Suite 28 includes state-of-the-art audio and video technology. Endzone, sports bar & grill offers a wide variety of food options and catering packages. www.zone28complex.com 412-828-1100 (less) ... Read more

  $25 OFF Birthday Pkg /$50 Off Escape Room/1/2 Price Games on Wed!

  Schedule your next Birthday Party Package at Zone 28 to receive $25 OFF! Please mention PittsburghKidsGuide.com to receive your discount. $50 off your escape room if you buy all 10 spots …

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