Since 2014, WQED Multimedia has collaborated with community partners to celebrate neighborliness and kindness through Be My Neighbor Day. Inspired by Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, the beloved PBS KIDS series from Fred Rogers Productions, this annual event aims to encourage local volunteerism and foster family engagement and community development, while striving to support diversity, equity and inclusion.
WQED and Fred Rogers Productions, supported by PNC Grow Up Great, invite neighbors to attend Be My Neighbor Day in the community of Canonsburg. The free event takes place Saturday, March 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“It is exciting to bring Be My Neighbor Day to Canonsburg as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of these engaging community events,” said Paul Siefken, president and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. “We are proud to work with both WQED and PNC Grow Up Great to help inspire kindness and connection in neighborhoods all over Southwestern PA.”
This year’s event will incorporate a walking history of Canonsburg that leads to four different activity hubs:
- Frank Sarris Public Library, 35 N Jefferson Ave., Canonsburg, PA 15317
- ARC Human Services, 111 W Pike St., Canonsburg, PA 15317
- Canonsburg UP Church, 112 W Pike St., Canonsburg, PA 15317
- Canonsburg Senior Center, 30 E Pike St., Canonsburg, PA 15317
Each activity hub will feature information about services within the community, activities for family participation, and opportunities to give back.
A great way to share kindness is through sharing traditions. As families visit the four activity hubs and locations, they will experience a presentation about something meaningful to the community, including a history of Canonsburg’s popular Fourth of July parade. Each location will offer a Daniel Tiger-themed activity, along with the opportunity to contribute a page to a family journal, which will help them identify and document their own family traditions.
Noteworthy to each venue are posters created by local children about why they love living in Canonsburg. Families will also have the opportunity to create a piece of community art, which will be dedicated and displayed at the Canonsburg Senior Center. There are few stories more delicious than that of the history of the Pittsburgh Cookie Table. Following that presentation, families can decorate cookies, adding to a collection that will be donated to local first responders.
Those interested in attending can learn more on the Be My Neighbor website: wqed.org/bemyneighborday.
