Kidsburgh Pittsburgh

From the top events each month for kids to the latest news in healthy living, the Kidsburgh section of NEXTpittsburgh keeps parents up to date with what they need to know and where to go in Pittsburgh. Check out the trove of stories in our archives right here and on the Kidsburgh.org website.

3,500 Boxes of Joy are helping to make summer more fun for Pittsburgh kids

Thanks to an impressive collaboration, this project is helping to save the summer for Pittsburgh kids.

30 Jul 2020

New hotline will provide much-needed support to Pittsburgh families in the age of COVID-19

The new family hotline will launch July 27 and operate 24 hours a day through September 30.

22 Jul 2020

Tyrion Pittister, a dog fighting ring survivor, releases his second children’s book

The story is geared toward kids who are afraid of change, new places and making new friends, says the author who notes that she co-wrote the the tale with her four-legged pal.

20 Jul 2020

UPMC Children’s Hospital researchers successfully use umbilical cord blood to treat rare genetic disorders — with the potential for many more

It's an approach that has proved effective for treating 20 diseases, and possibly many more.

16 Jul 2020

Connecting Champions pairs kids battling cancer with career mentors. What do you want to be when you grow up?

“I’d ask kids what they wanted to be and their eyes would light up. You could tell that, in that moment, they totally forgot about having cancer.”

06 Jul 2020

Dear Mt. Lebanon School District. A student petitions for change

Sam Blehar thought he got a great education from Mt. Lebanon schools. Now it's clear to him that the school district’s curriculum fails to address an entire part of our oppressive history that is still a current reality.

19 Jun 2020

Powerful essay by Fox Chapel student Will Generett on being Black today

"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage," says high school senior Will Generett in quoting James Baldwin. In response to his anger he wrote an essay called "Run."

01 Jun 2020