PITTSBURGH, PA (May 11, 2020) Mayor William Peduto and the Department of Public Safety personnel will be reading bedtime stories for children. Mayor Peduto will read stories from the City-County Building as part of the Grant Street Reading Series on Mondays and Fridays at 7 PM. Public Safety personnel will read a story on Wednesdays at 7 PM.
Stories will be broadcast from the City of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor and Pittsburgh Public Safety Department Facebook pages and available on the Pittsburgh City Channel’s YouTube page.
The books that they are reading are provided through the City of Pittsburgh’s partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a free program available to all children ages 0-5 who live within city limits to register and receive one book every month in the mail until their fifth birthday. More information about the program and registration is available here.
Tonight, the City-County Building is illuminated to recognize Poison Prevention Week and the 50th Anniversary of "Mr. Yuk" in partnership with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
For questions about the lighting at the City-County Building, please reach out to the Office of the Mayor.