Mommy's Imagination Station INC
BUILDING BLOCKS TO BUILD ON
DUE TO COVID-19 we advise that all families 2+ are required to wear face mask. Open by (Appointment ONLY). Serving families of low income in the areas but are not limited to ...15210, 15211, and 15203 neighborhoods. We serve more of a boarder geographic area.
Our Services and employment are provided in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, disability and age.”
“We are an equal opportunity care provider”. “We are an equal opportunity employer at MISI.
Welcome to Mommy's Imagination Station INC
Fun For All
Mission Statement
Mommy’s Imagination Station INC is a Nonprofit 501C3 Organization where parents cooperate commitment to provide warmth, safe, and fun indoor play and learning space. Encourage social, education, and physical fitness growth opportunities for children and their parents. Helps build strength, endurance, balance, flexibility, confidence, parent support system, diverse community, and electronic community support. Our "Out of School Program" is a supervised program when schools are not in session. To qualify for this program families must be of low-income, with child, and/or child(ren). Parents have to actively engage/participate and scheduled for an appointment. The need would have to be of low-income, single parent, employment, job searching, laid off, let go, school closures, working from home so parent/caregivers have an environment "safe haven" to manage both. We have emergency appointments; schedule peer to peer group meeting/appointments, job search and other resources. We offer a safe haven for parents to get back on their feet while dealing with covid and who are currently experiencing covid related issues. Participating and scheduling an appointment with our organization leaves parents with a peace of mind and stress free to have a learn through play environment that caters to 3+ through 12 years old. School age children who also participate in are out of school virtual learning can also do their schoolwork while parents are actively job searching, in scheduled peer meetings and inquiring about other resources. Child's ages 3+ through 12 years old are welcomed under the supervision of parents or designated caregiver.
Our "Blues Clues for Mommy's" is a peer-to-peer appointment base group. This parent group is an educational support system for parents. MISI creates Imagination, creative learning through play, fun frequent opportunities for parents to share thoughts, activities and philosophies on "what works".
Blue's Clues for Mommy's focuses on 4 key components to success.
1. Brain Development-How the child's brain develops, and harmful effects of drugs and alcohol.
2. Harmful Media- Understanding media (TV, Internet, Radio, Print) messages and changing their impact in their family individual homes.
3. Social Norms- Identifying and changing social norms affecting individual community household.
4. Building Parent Peer Groups-How to create the expand the positive impact of Parent Peer to Peer groups in the community and the positive affects it has on households.
MISI has a variety of toys paradise create a movement in the community and engage children and families to produce happy and healthy
bonds. Our well trained, qualified and interactive instructors and volunteers focus on providing each family with customer service, security, cleanliness of the center, and interactive of the center during everyday operations. We have filled our center with activities that engage the children's imagination, encourage teamwork and stimulate their natural curiosity to understand and explore the world around them.
Vision Statement
The overall picture is happy and healthy families. Parents getting back into the work force and finding and sustaining employment. For parents to recover after the covid-19 pandemic, to provide those of low income, single parent households, those households of the black community with a safe haven for children and a place where parents can get back on their feet.
The 5 solution that Mommy's Imagination Stands by is to let every child's imagination run wild. And to ensure that parents are proactively participating to engage in parent to child bonding time. Fatigue associated with working and raising a child independently contributes to parenting difficulties. Single parents are likely to have less time for a social life or other activities, intensifying feelings of isolation and negatively impacting mental health. When the increased burdens of single parenting are associated with exhaustion, isolation, and depression, the evolution of developmental and behavioral problems in the child is more likely. More resources for mothers mean, income for households, less stress on the mother. In which happy children make a better world! Parents with a better support system for themselves and their children make a better and safer homes. Our aim is to ensure that creative and healthy concepts make children feel happy and good, so they can be themselves.
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Mommy's Imagination Station INC
Established on FEBRUARY 04, 2020
MOMMY'S IMAGINATION STATION INC is a NON-PROFIT 501C3 ORGANIZATION. Founded by TASHANNA HALL, PRESIDENT. Our mission has always been to provide a fun and safe environment for families to interact with their kids in a clean and healthy indoor facility. ALL of our board members have children of all ages. This makes it easier for us to stay current with our clientele’s needs. We want to provide the best experience to your families as we would with ours!
"Being a child means laughing, exploring, playing, living in a never-ending fantasy, their wild and carefree imagination, having self-confidence, respect, being creative, honest and above all unbiased. At this young age, millions of connections are made in the brain that will define the rest of children's lives which starts with infancy to 8 years old. Parents need more resources and a support system. Parents need to keep up on socialization skills and understand that they're not alone that there is someone out there just like them, tired, lonely, needing a break, confused, feeling stuck, unsure, battling the covid -19 pandemic, and a number relateable issue when schools re closed due to the pandemic, etc. However, we want parents to also have a safe place to relax and unwind, that they also deserve!"
Tashanna Hall, PRESIDENT
Our APPOINTMENT PROGRAMMING
MISI Community Center
APPOINTMENT BASE PROGRAMMING FOR LOW-INCOME PARENTS/CAREGIVERS WHILE PROVIDING A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHILDREN THAT ALLOWS THE PARENT/CAREGIVER TO ACTIVELYJOB SEARCH AND GET BACK INTO THE WORK FORCE DUE TO THE COVID 19 Pandemic!
At Mommy's Imagination Station, our number one goal is to hear and address community needs while navigating through out this covid 19 pandemic. Providing families of the black and low-income community with a safe haven and resources.
ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMING
Proposed use of building:
Lower Level GSF: 1000 SF intended use for leasable are: Business use. -"Mommy's Imagination Station" is an appointment-based business that serves low-income families by providing child and parental instruction in social, cognitive, and physical interaction development.
1. Job Employment Training -Parents who are having hardship or struggling through the Covid 19 Pandemic with regaining employment or sustaining employment. We help parents gain stability both individually, for their families and household.
2. MISI Blue's Clues for Mommy's -Parenting Classes/ Peer to Peer Group Activity geared towards parents who are low income, minority, loss employment, laid off, job searching, single parent, battling Covid 19 Pandemic, postpartum, depression and anxiety. Helping support and strengthen black families.
3. MISI Barney and Friends Early intervention Initiative- Appointment base that provides Early Intervention Services for children ages birth-6 years old. Early intervention is a family-directed program providing intensive developmental instructions for parents/caregivers and their children with special needs. We assist parents/caregivers/staff with a safe learning through play environment. We assist families in helping children reach developmental milestones by building on the strengths of the family and child.
*Friendly Resources-In ALLEGHENY County, call The Alliance for Infants and Toddlers, if you are concerned your child needs a developmental exam 412-885-6000.
4. MISI Tutor Time Initiative - To help support Parents/Caregivers with assisting with virtual learning and out of school programming designed to improve academic achievements for students of the hilltop area. Ages 3-12 years old for the school year. Giving parents/caregivers the needed resources on child development. "It’s a chance for children to expand their worlds beyond home life but the sense of the world around them. To develop critical skills through interactive peer engagement. It’s a place to nurture young minds in a safe and engaging environment. It’s an opportunity for children to learn more about themselves and how the world works. Giving parents the initiative to be more involved in their children's day to day. The truth is that parent engagement and involvement go far beyond finger painting and story time. This critical component of childhood sets the stage for an entire lifetime."
5. MISI The Teach and Watch AIM- To help support Parents/Caregivers with assisting children 3+ through kindergarten. Mommy's Imagination Station staff passionately strives to break the cycle of poverty at the start through nurturing care and an exceptional customer service. We help and assist families prepare young children for success in school and enable their parents to pursue educational and employment opportunities. Elementary students with strong social and emotional skills are...
-54% more likely to graduate from high school
-2x more likely to attain a college degree
-46% more likely to have a full-time job by age 25
6. MISI Play Therapy- To a child, the loss of a beloved parent or family member can be a devastating event. A child's sense of security is shattered, and their world becomes scary and unsafe place. Play therapy provides the child with a safe, secure and accepting environment in which to explore these painful events through natural medium of play. Children need to understand they are not alone during their grieving. MISI provides a safe haven for the community. And for the child a needed therapeutic environment to play, be creative, have fun with others who understand how they feel. Learning through Play is a basic human need. MISI kids who play are resilient, empathetic, and active. Through play kids learn to make friends, solve problems and believe in themselves. Even in hard times. MISI helps kids stay active and build valuable life skills through a learning through play environment.
7. MISI Dream Team Therapy- integrates family therapy and play therapy in order to address child and family problems and well-being. Creates healthy, safe, and fun bonding time, in real life, with real children and parents in the hilltop community. To create workshops to build confidence and self-esteem, sharing their feelings to feel less isolated. Adults play alongside modeling and supporting a culture trust positivity and inclusion.
Parents/Caregivers proactively engaged with their children's learning through play while exploring the world around them. Receiving resources to be proactive, less stress on the household means happy and healthy families and bolding time. MISI helps gain trust while helping families sustain a positive impact in the household and in our community. The first 5 years of a child's life is by far the most important. It is very important for parents/caregivers help lay the foundation for all social, emotional and intellectual development for years to come. MISI consider the fact that all interactions in a child's life present a new learning experience and our staff strive to make a positive influence in your child's daily routine through nurturance, acceptance, love and individualized attention. MISI believe in parents being hands on and involved in their child's progress. This nonprofit believes that family bonding time is how children learn best through hands on activities. Positive reinforcement, repetition and consistency. However, we also understand that each child must be viewed as a unique person with individual strengths, weaknesses, patterns and timing for personal growth. Therefore, every family that MISI engage with is treated with love and acceptance regardless of race, creed, culture, beliefs, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, physical appearance, abilities, disabilities, etc.
DISCLAIMER
This website is not intended to provide mental health treatment and again, does not constitute a client/therapist relationship which will be established after an initial consult and signed consent. I do not provide diagnosis via this website. The information provided on this site is not a replacement for the therapeutic relationship in psychotherapy or the coaching relationship. The information on this website is not intended to replace medical advice. I am not a Medical Provider (Physician, Psychiatrist, Nurse Practitioner, etc.). You agree and acknowledge the I am not providing health care, medical or nutritional therapy services, or attempting to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any physical, mental or emotional issue, disease or condition. The information provided in or through my Website pertaining to your health or wellness, exercise, relationships, business/career choices, finances, or any other aspect of your life is not intended to be a substitute for the professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by your own Medical Provider or Mental Health Provider. You agree and acknowledge that I am not providing medical advice, mental health advice, or religious advice in any way. Always seek the advice of your own Medical Provider and/or Mental Health Provider regarding any questions or concerns you have about your specific health or any medications, herbs or supplements you are currently taking and before implementing any recommendations or suggestions from our Website. Do not disregard medical advice or delay seeking medical advice because of information you have read on this Website. Do not start or stop taking any medications without speaking to your own Medical Provider or Mental Health Provider. If you have or suspect that you have a medical or mental health problem, contact your own Medical Provider or Mental Health Provider promptly.
MEMBERSHIPS
Members of Mommy's Imagination Station INC will have a discounted price to the annual meetings (MEET AND GREET) as a part of the "Get Involved Meetings" for parents. To be the first parents/caregivers to get new and updated information, and available resources.
Parents and caregivers must supervise their children to ensure their safety when on site.
Annual Membership fee for Mommy's Imagination Station is $125.00 per low-income households who qualify and must have children that are school age infancy-12 years old.
MEET PRESIDENT
TASHANNA HALL
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Meet The President: Tashanna Hall
Hi! I am Tashanna Hall, Founder and President of MOMMY'S IMAGINATION STATION. This nonprofit is a 501C3 tax exempt organization, established in Feb 2020. I’m excited to be part of a business that caters to parents, and children. I have a Degree in Business. I am "CURRENTLY STILL" a Pennsylvania State License Daycare Provider working on Keystone Star 3 in the Pittsburgh area, established in February 2018. Partnering with Trying Together, Keystone Stars, and ELRC. I am a mother of two beautiful daughters. I guess things change when you have your own little ones! What sparked my passion to found Mommy's Imagination Station? I am a parent; I know what it's like when you can't work due to pandemic, job search or need a safe haven to breath and have a moment. I also know what it's like to have every day seem like it's "take your child to work day" lol. I get it! Have you ever taken your child(ren) to fill out an application? Have you ever had your child(ren) sit in on a meeting? Have you ever taken your child(ren) on a job interview? Wait, how about have you ever just needed a mental health break and/or needed a peer-to-peer meeting? Did you have to take your child(ren) with you? I am sure you have if you are a parent, especially since the Covid- 19 Pandemic! Speaking of Covid what do parents and caregivers do when schools and daycares are closed, and you can't work? What do you do when you work from home? How do you do it with the child(ren) virtually in school? It's a lot, right? I too know how it feels! MISI is a much-needed demand for the community and working families in general. This Pandemic hit everyone globally. I can sympathize with you! MOMMY'S IMAGINATION STATION is your safe haven! I have faced some of the same challenges. It's a pleasure to have finally meet you :)
Safe haven for children and their parents !
At Mommy's Imagination Station Inc, we know that everyone will create a fun experience each and every time you visit. Set up your appointment now to be seen by one of our specialists.
Opening Hours
Come Visit
OPEN:
Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
Sat: 12 noon - 4pm
Sun: CLOSED
Due to Covid dates and times may vary and change based on community needs. NO walk ins!
(Please note that certain programs within the organization has outlined dates and times pertaining to that program or activity that is being offered at the time. WE ARE APPOINTMENT BASE ONLY. Call or email to schedule an appointment.
Location: 500 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh PA 15210
MIXED USE OFFICE BUILDING (Off Marland Street). 412-345-3315
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Mommy's Imagination Station Inc is your one-stop-shop for amusement, learning and fun activities. Contact us today and learn more about our wide range of entertainment options.
We have 4 different Sponsorship/Donor option which are different CONTRUBUTION LEVELS
(1.) Community Donation (2.) TRUSTED DONOR (3.) LOYAL DONOR (4.) ELITE FAMILY DONOR
MOMMY'S IMAGINATION STATION, WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DONORS 2022
*The Elizabeth Shiras Charitable Trust for being a Trusted Donor and for their support in The Dreamland Education Initiative.
*The Heinz Endowment thank you for being a Loyal Donor to help MISI to provide operational support that will strengthen MISI's ability to deliver educational services to vulnerable populations by providing a quality early childhood education program.
MISI DIVERSITY STATMENT
At Mommy's Imagination Station, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are and the community we serve. Our commitment to these values is unwavering – across all of our work we contribute to our community. They are central to our mission and to our impact. MISI diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our community services, and help us better serve customers, employees and community stakeholders from every background. We are constantly learning and iterating, whether through central programs, or work within our business teams, through programs here at MISI. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems to changing lives — and increasingly diverse—world.
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