{"id":321929,"date":"2026-11-05T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321929\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:50:11","slug":"pressley-ridge-launches-holiday-hope-season-with-shopping-experience-for-youth-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321929\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressley Ridge launches Holiday Hope season with shopping experience for youth in foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pressley Ridge launched its annual Holiday Hope season on Monday in Pittsburgh with a special shopping experience for youth in foster care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Former Pittsburgh Steelers Brett Keisel and former Pittsburgh Penguin Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury served as Champions for Children ambassadors as Pressley Ridge launched its annual Holiday Hope season on Nov. 2nd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Holiday Hope program brings local businesses, community organizations and individuals together to fulfill holiday wishes for youth served by Pressley Ridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The initiative focuses on children navigating mental and behavioral health challenges, family separation, special education needs and other hardships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In 2025, program supporters fulfilled holiday wishes for more than 1,000 children across the seven states where Pressley Ridge operates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">American Eagle Outfitters has served as a longtime partner for the Holiday Hope program. In 2025, employees of the Pittsburgh-based retailer provided gifts for more than 100 Pressley Ridge youth. This year, the company expanded its commitment to provide gifts for 20 additional children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Other Pittsburgh-area businesses and community organizations have provided ongoing support for the program. Longtime supporters include Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods, Michael Baker International, Henderson Brothers and members of Treesdale Golf &amp; Country Club, who contribute gifts and resources for children served by Pressley Ridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Susanne Cole serves as president and CEO of Pressley Ridge, a national organization providing programs and services for children and families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cHoliday Hope is about creating moments when children feel seen, valued and supported by their community,\u201d Cole said. \u201cExperiences like this shopping trip give youth the opportunity to express themselves and enjoy the excitement of the holiday season. We are incredibly grateful to American Eagle Outfitters, DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods and our Champions for Children Keisel and Fleury for helping make these moments possible,\u201d Cole said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pressley Ridge launched its annual Holiday Hope season on Monday in Pittsburgh with a special shopping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[41596,5924,130586,73,75,74,130585],"class_list":["post-321929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-brett-keisel","tag-foster-care","tag-holiday-hope","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pressley-ridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}