Smarter Parents, Safer Kids Workshop

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Smarter Parents, Safer Kids Workshop

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FREE!

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Date

Sun, Oct 4, 2026

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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Location

Keystone Kidspace

10 East Hamilton Ave
York, PA 17401

Free parking is available in the Smalls Field parking lot across the street.

Sunday, October 4, 2026

10am-12pm

Smarter Parents Safer Kids is a parent-focused, interactive workshop where you’ll learn:

Accurate information about healthy sexual development in childhood, and signs of potentially problematic behavior
Practical skills for open, honest parent-child communication—especially around sensitive topics
Strategies to create protective environments for kids at home, in the community, and online

Kids ages 6 and up can explore Keystone Kidspace’s hands-on STEAM activities under the supervision of Keystone Kidspace staff while parents learn valuable safety tools—no separate childcare needed!

This event is free, however, registration is required.

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York County Children's Advocacy Center

Before launching Keystone Kidspace, Jessica was a nonprofit consultant specializing in strategic and business planning and taught courses in nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy at York College.She currently serves on the board of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children and was selected as a 2024-25 York Federal Fellow by the White Rose Leadership Institute. She led the board of York’s Central Market during its multi-million dollar revitalization effort and has served on the boards of a number of local nonprofits including the Cultural Alliance and the York JCC. Jessica also was proud to be appointed to the Pennsylvania Commission for Women by Governor Wolf at the start of his first term and was reappointed twice as Commissioner. A native of Montreal, she met her husband Pat while working and living in Boston and they moved to his hometown of York in 2007. They have two boys.

She currently serves on the board of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children and was selected as a 2024-25 York Federal Fellow by the White Rose Leadership Institute. She led the board of York’s Central Market during its multi-million dollar revitalization effort and has served on the boards of a number of local nonprofits including the Cultural Alliance and the York JCC. Jessica also was proud to be appointed to the Pennsylvania Commission for Women by Governor Wolf at the start of his first term and was reappointed twice as Commissioner. A native of Montreal, she met her husband Pat while working and living in Boston and they moved to his hometown of York in 2007. They have two boys.

Prior to returning to York, Jennifer spent more than a decade as a public relations executive marketing technology start-ups in Boston, Fairfax, Va., and Silicon Valley.As a community volunteer in York, she has served on the board of YorkArts and has been involved in numerous projects with the Cultural Alliance, York County Community Foundation, York Academy Regional Charter School, York Country Day School and BOP! She lives in York with her husband Steve and their three boys.

Smarter Parents, Safer Kids Workshop

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At Keystone Kidspace, kids are given permission to play differently, and you never know what you’ll find each time you visit.

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