The TeamHumanity Games & Events

06/26/2026

Amazing work. We are proud to be involved!

First cohort in the books.
Smiles and certificates of advancement. A strong group of students and a powerful first step for the start to our summer tour. Even more to come through the Verticals Mobile STEM Lab.

Grateful for the volunteers and everyone who assisted with this program. MPACT. Monessen Family Center. SPHS. Thankful to EQT, Somerset Trust, and Shelfmark for helping us get started.

Cohort #2 on the way.

06/03/2026

05/18/2026

This is huge!! We are so grateful.

HUGE NEWS 🚀
Team Humanity at Verticals has received a game-changing commitment from Somerset Trust Company that will help take our mobile robotics program to the next level.

The future is being built right here in Brownsville, and it will benefit youth across Fayette County and the Mon Valley.

We are grateful, we are ready, and we are committed to keep moving our region forward.

More details soon.

05/15/2026

Wow 🤩 Check out the new Verticals mobile STEM lab that will service Fayette County and the Mon Valley. Kids will actually be able to make robots 🤖 in this lab. We are so grateful to our sponsors. EQT Corporation Somerset Trust Company and . This is a game changer!

05/14/2026

Proud to see , now Wear the Message by Team Humanity continue to grow.

What started as a nonprofit program is now being adopted in schools, creating new opportunities for students to build confidence, creativity, and real-world skills through design, technology, and entrepreneurship.

This is how community-driven programs create lasting impact.

05/10/2026

To all of our mothers out there. This is your day and you deserve it! Happy Mother’s Day from May your day and year be as beautiful as these 💐

05/03/2026

🗣️Mon Valley Kids with creative ability. This is for you!

Some kids don’t just play with LEGOs…

They design.
They problem-solve.
They build worlds.

✨ Introducing: Brick by Brick — A Youth LEGO Art Showcase at Verticals Makerspace & Entrepreneurship Center

We’re creating a space where kids can bring their LEGO creations — swords, gadgets, mini worlds, inventions — and display them like real artists.

🔹 LEGO Art Gallery (show off your builds)
🔹 Live Build Zone (build on-site & win prizes)
🔹 Paint & Create Station (for young artists)
🔹 45-Minute Mystery Brick Challenge

🏆 Awards for creativity, storytelling, engineering, and more.
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📍 Location: Verticals Makerspace
13 Arch St, Brownsville, PA 15417
📅 Date: Sunday, May 31
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
👧🧒 Elementary School Students Only

📩 To participate, email: [email protected]
Include your child’s name and age.

We believe creativity deserves to be seen.
If your child builds, imagines, and creates…this is for them.

04/19/2026

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐏𝐚., 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐅𝐋 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬’ 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲

𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐅𝐋’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

As the NFL Draft comes to Pittsburgh, Fayette County has a story worth telling — and it starts with one of its own.

Back home, he was Bruiser. Early in his NFL career, he was Will James Peterson. In time, football fans came to know him as William James — the name many know him by today.

Before the 10-year NFL career, before the Sundays on the big stage, Will James was a Brownsville kid carrying hometown pride with him everywhere he went.

He starred at Michigan, where he started as a true freshman on a national championship team. He was selected in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.

Then came a moment that said everything about who he was. As a rookie, he started the very first game of the season for New York on Monday Night Football at Mile High Stadium, the day before 9/11. Asked what college he went to, he gave an answer people in Fayette County will never forget:

Brownsville.

He went on to build a 10-year NFL career, one of the most notable in modern Fayette County history.

And yet, what makes his story truly stand apart is what came after football.

Will James came home.

He did not just leave Fayette County with success. He brought success back with him. He returned to invest in local young people, create opportunity, and build pathways that did not exist before.

Through Team Humanity, Verticals Makerspace and Entrepreneurship Center, and the Verticals Mobile STEM Lab, he has poured into this community in a way that is rare, personal, and lasting.

Others may have moved on. Will came back.
Others may have inspired from a distance. Will showed up in person.
Others may have had football careers. Will turned his into a mission.

That is why his story still resonates.

Not only because he made it to the NFL. But because he never stopped being from Brownsville. Never stopped being from Fayette County. And never stopped giving back to the people and places that shaped him.

From Brownsville to the NFL stage — and back home again — Will James’ story is about more than football. It is about pride, purpose, and giving back.

04/16/2026

Another great program started by Team Humanity. Check it out!

WEAR THE MESSAGE Beta: the first public creator drop platform for social-change apparel. TURN YOUR MESSAGE for social change INTO A PRODUCT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WEAR. No audience. No design experience. Just an idea worth sharing. Creators. Individuals. Students. Schools. Community groups. Anyone can appl...

03/19/2026

Team Humanity continues to make moves to elevate Fayette county kids and impact the Mon Valley!