Saturday, March 7, 2026 from 12-3pm Meet our in house seamstress, Mrs Melissa, and get ready to stitch and create! We will be learning basic hand stitching and techniques with a pre-started project that you will be able to take home with you. Choose between a knick...
Sunday, March 8, 2026 from 12-3pm Bring the arcade home with this fun, customizable Paper Cup Claw Machine! Participants will design and construct their own working claw machine using paper cups and a drinking straw. Once built, they can decorate and personalize their...
Sunday, March 22, 2026 from 12-3pm What’s all the buzz about? Find out when you join Miss Lara to make your very own buzzy bee with just two of our favorite supplies: pipe cleaners and googly eyes. Activity available at intervals starting at 12pm and ending at...
Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 12-3pm Bring weather science to life with this mesmerizing, hands-on experiment! In the Rain Cloud in a Jar activity, participants will create their own “cloud” and watch it rain right before their eyes. Using simple materials, students...
Saturday April 11, 2026 from 12-3pm What’s really inside a black marker? In this hands-on science exploration, participants will explore capillary action by observing water travel through a coffee filter and separate ink into a surprising spectrum of hidden colors....
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.
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.
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.
