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PGH Funded: Komen Pittsburgh awards $1 million in grants
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh has awarded $1 million in community grants to local organizations looking to fund breast health education, screening and treatment initiatives throughout western and central Pennsylvania.
Since Komen Pittsburgh's inception in 1993, the organization has awarded more than $18.5 million to local organizations through its grant program. Komen Pittsburgh awards large grants once a year and small grants on a monthly basis that help serve emerging needs.
The majority of the funds raised for the grant program are acquired through Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure.
"The largest source of our funding comes from a long-time Pittsburgh tradition–our annual Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure that takes place every Mother's Day in Schenley Park," says Kathy Purcell, chief executive officer of Komen Pittsburgh. "Funds are raised for Race through a variety of sources including individual pledges and corporate sponsorship. It's this community's tremendous support of our Race that enables us to provide services throughout our region."
Purcell adds that 75 percent of all the money donated to Komen Pittsburgh remains in the region to serve the local community.
"Komen Pittsburgh is a local organization," she says. "The contributions we receive come from people who live and work in our community. It's our responsibility to put those funds to work in a manner that best meets the community needs. We service 34 counties in western and central Pennsylvania, and we work diligently to have the broadest reach possible in those counties."
Of the $1 million recently awarded, more than half of it has been awarded to Adagio Health for its Mammogram Voucher Program.
"Our greatest tool in the fight against breast cancer is early detection, and Komen Pittsburgh's Mammogram Voucher Program (MVP) reduces barriers for uninsured women and men so that they can access potentially life-saving breast screenings," Purcell says."The MVP is also the only program in Pennsylvania that includes men and has no age limitations."
The entire list of grant awardees is featured below.
Adagio Health
Mammogram Voucher Program, $568,063.00
Cornerstone Care, Inc.
Dancing with a Pink Ribbon Breast Health Outreach, $72,484.00
YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh
ENCOREplus – Bilingual Breast Health Program, $61,190.00
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital Foundation
Breast Health Coordinator, $57,000.00
Magee Womencare International
Wisewomen Ministries: Trained Peers Providing Culturally Appropriate Breast Health Education and Support, $44,050.00
Allegheny General Hospital
Breast Imaging Fellowship, $30,000.00
Allegheny General Hospital
Interdisciplinary Breast Surgical Fellowship, $30,000.00
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Breast Imaging Fellowship, $30,000.00
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Interdisciplinary Breast Surgical Fellowship, $30,000.00
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Small Choices – Big Change, $28,046.00
UPMC Hamot
Telemedicine Cancer Risk Genetic Counseling in Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown UPMC Facilities, $25,792.00
Allied Coordinated Transportation Services
Transportation Program for Breast Health Care, $23,375.00
Organizations interested in being a recipient of a Komen Pittsburgh grant must apply during the organization's Request for Applications period that is issued mid-summer of each year with a submission deadline of December. An independent, confidential panel then reviews the applications and evaluates them on how well they address the needs identified in the Komen Pittsburgh Community Profile. Any non-profit within the 34-county service area that provides breast services is eligible to submit an application.
For more information visit
Pittsburgh Public Market launches Kickstarter for a shared use kitchen
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Pittsburgh Public Market
, a non-profit founded by Neighbors in the Strip, launched a
Kickstarter campaign
to garner the last bit of funds needed to launch
The Market Kitchen
, a commercial kitchen space to help local food businesses grow at their own pace.
Approximately $600,000 has already been secured for the project thanks to the Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, the Allegheny County Development Community Infrastructure and Tourism Fund, and the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Service. With the help of the Kickstarter campaign, Pittsburgh Public Market hopes to raise an additional $10,000 for the project. The campaign will end on July 31 and this last bit of funding will be used for construction necessary to finish the space.
Plans for the kitchen have been a long time coming according to Kelly James, Kitchen Manager at the Pittsburgh Public Market.
"Neighbors in the Strip recognized the impact that The Market Kitchen project would have on Pittsburgh Public Market and began planning the shared use kitchen in 2005," she says. "Like starting any other business, feasibility and funding had to be considered from every angle. We also obtained the ideal space for the project when Pittsburgh Public Market moved to 2401 Penn Avenue."
According to Kelly, the food industry can be extremely challenging for entrepreneurs and often requires substantial loans and a brick and mortar location to retail from. Other than La Dorita's shared use kitchen in Sharpsburg, food entrepreneurs who can't afford their own private space are left scrambling for rental spaces in local churches or community centers and these types of rentals are often unpredictable in scheduling.
"The Market Kitchen offers an alternative to sky high rent and utility bills," she says. "Kitchen members will also have the opportunity to benefit from being able to utilize Pittsburgh Public Market to retail and market their product. They will be able to build their brand at their own pace. Personal chefs and cake decorators will have a home to base their business from, food trucks can use the kitchen as their commissary kitchen, and even existing businesses that have the need for more prep space can benefit. Best of all, the members of The Market Kitchen will be part of a supportive community of chefs."
Groundbreaking for the kitchen will happen in the next couple of weeks and it's hoped the kitchen will be ready for use in late August or early September. Once completed, the fully licensed commercial kitchen will include brand new, high quality equipment, onsite cold and dry storage, and loading dock access.
The Market Kitchen will be able to accommodate four users at a time and will be available to rent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bookings are already being made for the space and several businesses already have permanent schedules in place.
"I will be curious to see how many businesses we will be able to support," James says. "At this stage we are seeing so many differing needs and schedules and we will continue to plug in users until the schedule is completely full."
For more information about The Market Kitchen project and Kickstarter campaign, visit
Adrenaline rush: Fundraiser challenges participants to repel down a building
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Kathleen C. D'Appolonia understands the struggles of addiction well. Her son suffered with addiction for several years and nearly lost his life. Today he's eight years sober and will be repelling down the Westin as part of the Shatterproof Challenge to raise awareness for addiction.
The Shatterproof Challenge is an event organized by Shatterproof, a non-profit organization that works to support addiction advocacy efforts across the country. Participants in the Shatterproof Challenge who fundraise $1,000 or more are invited to repel down a building in the host city. In Pittsburgh, this building is the Westin Hotel in downtown.
Funds raised through the challenges are used to strengthen addiction resources in research, prevention, treatment and public policy. Currently Shatterproof is focusing funds on the launch of a resource center in December that will provide a comprehensive collection of information for all audiences that need support with addiction. They will also advocate for insurance reimbursement for screening and intervention programs for teens and for Good Samaritan Laws and Naloxone legislation to help prevent overdoses.
"I think I'm not different from many other parents who have dealt with their child's addiction," D'Appolonia says. "We experienced the nightmare of finding and coordinating evidence-based care and dealt with the stigma and secrecy of addiction. We were furious to find that there is so little research into the causes and markers for prevention and that there's so little that the professionals in your life like physicians, psychologists, teachers, police, attorneys and others can help with."
D'Appolonia adds that she hopes the Shatterproof Challenge and the funds raised through these events will help bring awareness to addiction and reduce the stigma addicts and their families experience during such a difficult time.
"Often people don't want to hear about addiction," she says. "Sometimes there's the assumption that there's a defect somewhere in your child or in his/her upbringing and that it's a moral failing. Families that deal with addiction often feel shame. They deal not only with their addicted child, but also with the devastating impact the addiction has on the rest of the family and they deal with it in silence. Imagine if your child had cancer. There would outpourings of support. That doesn't happen with addiction. Shatterproof will address this by educating the public on the prevalence of the disease, the science of addiction, and the need for better resources and support."
Learn more about the Shatterproof Challenge at
Summer Food Service Program helps prevent child hunger once school ends
Friday, June 20, 2014
More than 40,000 children in Allegheny County public schools get free lunches through the National School Lunch Program, leaving a large swath of county children vulnerable to hunger once the school year ends.
To help prevent children from suffering from hunger during the summer months, Allegheny County Department of Human Services is sponsoring more than 80 sites throughout the county to participate in the Summer Food Service Program, a federally funded program that provides free breakfast and lunch to children under 18 years of age as well as eligible individuals with disabilities. The sites opened for the summer on June 9 and will provide free meals through Aug.15, 2014.
"Summer Food is food that's in when school is out. It ensures a nutritious meal can be served when school cafeterias are closed for the summer," says Sally Petrilli, service administrator for DHS Office of Community Services.
Petrilli adds that while many low-income families also receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), these benefits "can only be stretched so far for some families and Summer Food allows those families in need to focus on dinner and weekend meals, easing the burden a bit."
Last year, 137,000 meals were served through Summer Food. To help encourage higher participation, Petrilli says the DHS-sponsored sites also offer recreational activities. This effort is especially important in light of a recent report from the Food Research and Action Center that shows only 18.7 percent of students who received free lunches in 2013 also participated in free summer meal programs.
"Recreation options bring more children to participate and receive a meal," she says. "This year Allegheny County Parks will host basketball mini camps at some of the sites. Allegheny County Department of Human Services will also provide arts and crafts materials and sports equipment like soccer balls."
More information about the DHS-sponsored Summer Food Service Program sites can be found at
New Pittsburgh tour series helps support non-profits
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Pittsburgh Transportation Group has launched a new group tour division with a focus on giving back to the community called "Pittsburgh Tours & More." This new division features a series of specialized Pittsburgh tours that are teamed with participating nonprofit organizations that will receive a portion of each tour's proceeds.
"Giving back to the community has been a longstanding tradition of our company and we wanted to continue that tradition with our new tour division," says Jamie Campolongo, president of Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG). "We're creating another way to put the fun in fundraising for a number of Pittsburgh nonprofit groups."
Current non-profit partners include Pittsburgh Film Office, Josh Gibson Foundation, Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and Animal Rescue League & Wildlife Center. Ticket prices for the tours range from $30 to $85 and run anywhere from 2.5 hours to 6 hours in length. Public tours run Fridays and Saturdays. Each tour also includes a food element such as a treat, lunch or sampling.
"We tried to cover a wide swath of needs and interests in our choices of tour partnered nonprofits," says Group Tours Director Sherris Moreira. "The tours already help spotlight and promote Pittsburgh, but by partnering the tours with nonprofits, it's another great way to spotlight and promote the city. We chose to support nonprofits that also give back to the community at large, so to us, it's a complete win-win."
The tours benefiting the partnering non-profits include the following:
Lights, Camera, Pittsburgh: The Official Film Office Movie Tour
(2.5 hours) benefiting the Pittsburgh Film Office features an interactive tour through the city backdrops of such movies as
The Dark Knight Rises
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Inspector Gadget
Jack Reacher
and dozens more created in partnership with The Pittsburgh Film Office. Chateau Café & Cakery will also provide treats on the tour.
City of Champions: The Pittsburgh Sports History Tour
(2.5 hours) benefits the Josh Gibson Foundation and explores the sports history of Pittsburgh and includes tours of former football fields like Forbes Field, the "Cradle of Quarterbacks" legend, and the stomping grounds of famous Pittsburgh athletes like Johnny Unitas. Treats will also be provided on the tour by
Chateau Café & Cakery.
Flavor of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh's Popular Food Culture Tour
(3 hours) benefits the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and will give tour-goers the chance to taste their way through Pittsburgh with bites from popular food destinations featured in
Huffington Post
Man Vs Food
Drive-Ins and Dives
Undercover Boss
, The Food Network, The Travel Channel and more. The food samplings included in this tour are enough for a meal.
The Amish Experience: Country Living at its Best Tour
(6 hours) benefiting the Animal Rescue League & Wild Life Center goes beyond the city limits and explores the countryside and shops of Old Order Amish in the heart of Western Pennsylvania. A homestyle lunch is provided on the tour by Tavern on the Square in New Wilmington.
In addition to these offerings, Pittsburgh Transportation Group has also been partnering with other non-profits to help them develop their own fundraising tours.
"We've been approached by nonprofits that are developing tours of their own and we are just putting the wheels under their tours, so to speak," says Moreira. "This way, we can partner and promote to interested constituents. So far, these encompass public art, business incubators and historical churches. It's actually very exciting to be able to provide another means of fundraising to a variety of nonprofits and charitable organizations."
Moreira adds that the tours are a great opportunity to do something fun and also contribute to a good cause.
"We all need to do fun things for ourselves, but sometimes it's hard to do so with other pressing matters in our lives," she says. "Tours that give back to good causes help alleviate the guilt of taking time for ourselves and people have responded well to that concept."
Learn more about Pittsburgh Transportation Group's fundraising tourism at
PGH Funded: Goodwill SWPA receives $800,000 grant
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA) has received an $800,000 grant from The Richard King Mellon Foundation to aid in the implementation of the agency's 2013-2016 strategic plan.
The grant will fund various aspects of the strategic plan with the goal of building Goodwill SWPA's infrastructure through initiatives such as program recruitment, safety improvements, technology for training, communications and retail enhancements.
"We are extremely grateful to The Richard King Mellon Foundation for this significant grant for our strategic plan." says Michael J. Smith, President and CEO of Goodwill SWPA. "Over the next three years, our plan serves as a blueprint for the transformation of our agency. The grant provides the needed resources to implement many of the key aspects of the plan."
There are five goals outlined in Goodwill SWPA's strategic plan. They are: implementation of a holistic and integrated service delivery model; implementation of innovative green initiatives; implementation of innovative human service programs; enhancements to organizational capacity to support innovation and create a culture of continuous improvement; and continuing to enhance financial stability.
With the assistance of this grant, Smith believes Goodwill SWPA is "well positioned to expand Goodwill's role as a recognized leader in workforce development and social services for people with special needs, as well as to support other community organizations that are committed to diversity and sustainability."
Improving Goodwill SWPA's technology will be among the primary focuses for the funds.
"This grant will help us develop a stronger technology infrastructure especially so we can better train employees throughout the region," says Smith.
In 2013, Goodwill SWPA helped more than 53,000 individuals overcome various barriers to unemployment through its various trainings, programs and other services.
This is the second grant awarded to Goodwill SWPA from The Richard King Mellon Foundation. The foundation was a leading supporter of a large scale capital campaign in 2010 to help fund the organization's move to its current Lawrenceville location.
More information about Goodwill's strategic plan can be found at:
Mayor Peduto announces plan to end veteran homelessness by 2015
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto recently announced his committment to ending veteran homelessness in Pittsburgh by the end of 2015 in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
With his announcement, Pittsburgh joins a growing number of communities across the country that have pledged to end veteran homelessness.
"Veteran homelessness is not an intractable social problem that can't be solved," says Mayor Peduto. "By focusing our resources and renewing our communities' commitment to this issue, we can end veteran homelessness in our city and our country. I'm proud to join Mayors across the country as we work toward the important goal of honoring the service of our veterans by making sure all of them have a home to call their own."
Pittsburgh will work with HUD, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), and the National League of Cities to leverage federal resources and develop a local strategy to make sure every veteran in the community has access to stable housing and the supportive services they need to stay off the street.
"We know that in order to achieve the aggressive goal of ending veteran homelessness by 2015, we need the support and commitment of local elected officials," says Jane E. Miller, Director of HUD's Pittsburgh Field Office. "I am so pleased Mayor Peduto has pledged his support and look forward to working with him to build momentum in reaching this goal."
As of last count in January 2014 there were 97 homeless veterans in the Pittsburgh area, 78 living in emergency shelters and 19 living unsheltered.
Since 2010, when the Federal government launched Opening Doors, a strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness, there has been a 24 percent reduction in homelessness among veterans. This reduction was achieved through a partnership between the Obama Administration, local governments, non-profits and the private sector. Mayor Peduto plans to use the momentum created by the Opening Doors plan to further reduce and eradicate veteran homelessness.
To learn more about resources for local veterans experiencing homelessness, visit
CMU grads develop smartphone case to prevent sexual violence
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
After three roommates at Carnegie Mellon University each had friends fall victim to sexual violence, they decided to do something about it.
Alan Fu, Jayon Wang and Siri Ramos founded the company
after they graduated in October 2013. The company's first product is called Whistl, a mobile alert system smartphone case that emits sound at 120 decibels that can be heard up to 300 feet away. The sound is comparable to the level of noise from a rock concert. The case, when partnered with the Lifeshel mobile application, will alert the case owner's family and authorities that they are in trouble.
"This product is important to us because we feel the problem deeply," says Ramos, the company's chief technology officer. "While attending school, all three of us had close friends that experienced sexual violence. This made us realize that this problem doesn't only happen to friends, and that it could just as easily happen to our siblings, parents, and children. We've created this product for them and anyone else who has experienced sexual violence."
Ramos added that sexual violence is a topic that has been gaining attention in the media and is hopeful this increased publicity will help incite change and that Lifeshel can help.
"In the past few months, the problem of sexual assault has finally been gaining massive media attention," says Ramos. "It is a welcome sight to see people taking action to stop it. However, it is a problem that has existed in our society for way too long. Lifeshel aims to protect people and communities via our brand and our smartphone cases. Our cases are the equivalent of a home or auto security system except for your person."
Although there are traditional forms of self-protection like whistles or pepper spray, Ramos believes that Lifeshel products are more likely to be carried by individuals and can harness the powerful features of smartphones to aid in the case of an attack.
"Whistl is always on your smartphone, so it is always on you," says Ramos. "In our age of constant connectivity, hardly anyone forgets their phone. In fact, most people always know where their phone is 24/7. This is in stark contrast to traditional self-defense solutions that get buried at the bottom of purses or left at home."
The mobile application Lifeshel has developed will work in conjunction with the case to send automatic notifications to loved ones, friends and police when the alert noise is activated and will also include features like location notifications, a strobing flash to disorient attackers and automatic sound and video recording to be used as evidence.
"Our app and network will enable helpful locals to protect their community against sexual assault," says Ramos. "This means that if you are ever in a panic situation, people on our network will be able to get to you and help you, even before the police can. This will be the difference between actual prevention versus simply dealing with the aftermath of a painful event."
The Whistl smart phone case and Lifeshel mobile application are currently in the prototype phase of development. They hope to start testing the prototypes with college students in Pittsburgh.
After successfully launching Whistl, Lifeshel hopes to develop additional personal safety smartphone cases like a case that includes a pepper spray feature without being bulky or cumbersome.
More information about Lifeshel can be found at
or by following the company on Twitter at
A fete for From The Ground Up Project at Phipps
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
To commemorate the end of the From the Ground Up Project, Phipps Conservatory hosted a Community Feast for all those involved in the yearlong project dedicated to helping high school students look at food and nutrition in new ways.
The students were also paired with a group of student partners from Gidan Makama Museum in Kano, Nigeria to make connections between culture and food. Fourteen students from Pittsburgh and 17 students from Nigeria participated in the project.
The project was sponsored through Museums Connect
, a program made possible by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the American Alliance of Museums.
Throughout the project, the students in Pittsburgh communicated regularly with their partner students in Nigeria who were also participating in the From the Ground Up project. The students communicated through Skype and Facebook, discussing their experiences and sharing photos and videos.
"The outcome of the Nigeria collaboration element of the project was for the students to develop a deeper understanding of food and nutrition in their own and their partner's country, and develop skills to grow and cook their own food, as well as make cultural culinary comparisons," says Jordyn Melino, exhibit coordinator at Phipps Conservatory and coordinator for the project.
The Community Feast, held on May 31, served as a gathering for the students and community organizations that played a significant role in the project's success. The event showcased healthy prepared dishes with homegrown ingredients from recipes discovered by students in the project. Student participants also displayed recipe books and photo documentaries of what they learned.
"The purpose of From the Ground Up was to engage high school students to take initiative in creating a handmade recipe book that reflects traditional recipes of their region or culture while learning about food nutrition, cooking and traditions through the progression of following local food from farm to table," says Melino. "The students were encouraged to interact with elders in their family or community to obtain traditional recipes and methods of cooking."
Now that the project has come to a close, Phipps intends to continue to share the experiences from the project with the community.
"We'll continue to share our experiences from this project with the visitors at Phipps," says Melino. "The student-created recipe books from this project will be on display at Phipps' upcoming Tropical Forest Congo exhibit opening in February 2015 and visitors will be able compare recipes between the Pittsburgh and Nigeria recipe books."
To learn more about From the Ground Up visit
Urban Chicken Coop Tour shows the fun side of urban chicken farming
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Chickens and urban living aren't typically two terms that go hand-in-hand, but this year's 4th annual Chicks-in-the-Hood Pittsburgh Urban Chicken Coop Tour proves that you can have a taste of country living right in your own city backyard.
The tour, on Sun., June 8, is organized by Pittsburgh Pro-Poultry People and is a one-day, self-guided tour of 15 Pittsburgh residents' chicken coops in the North Side and East End neighborhoods of the city. Last year, the tour attracted more than 250 attendees. Tickets are $10 for adults and include a tour booklet, a map with directions to each participating coop on the tour and an official Chicks-in-the-Hood collectible pin. All proceeds will benefit the Animal Rescue League. Last year's tour raised $2,540 to benefit
Just Harvest
"The tour is meant to promote the joys of backyard chickens," says Jody Noble-Choder, founder and organizer of the tour. "We are passionate about chickens for many reasons—they bring us closer to the food chain and the circle of life, they provide fresh eggs, create fertilizer for the garden, are voracious insect eaters, and are great pets. They're funny, affectionate and educational."
Noble-Choder lives in the old US Army Corps of Engineers Lockmaster's house at the Highland Park Dam on the Allegheny River. She's been a chicken farmer for the past five years and currently has 11 chickens with creative names like Buffy the Wormslayer, Attila the Hen, Vera Wing, Hillary Rodham Chicken, and Margaret Hatcher to name a few. Her chickens free range on the banks of the Allegheny River.
"I was a Martha Stewart devotee," says Noble-Choder. "Martha had Easter Egger chickens that laid blue green eggs and I wanted some. When my husband and I moved to our home, we created a variety of gardens including an organic potager garden. We've also incorporated various sustainable practices into our gardens including rain barrels, composting, and solar panels. Chickens in the garden were a natural fit."
Noble-Choder says chickens need approximately 2 square feet of coop space and 3 square feet of outdoor space per chicken and that an average size city lot can easily accommodate three to five chickens. They are also relatively easy to care for.
"Chickens require less time for care than my dogs," she says. "You don't have to walk your chicken every day. Each morning, I let my chickens out of their coop and into their run. I give them feed and make sure they have water. In the evening, the chickens go into their coop themselves and I lock the coop each night to ensure that they do not fall prey to night time predators such as raccoons. I also gather the eggs each evening. Once a week I clean the coop. A fun summer evening for us is sitting in a lawn chair with a glass of wine and watching the chicken antics."
Tour attendees will get the chance to meet Noble-Choder's chickens on the tour as well as learn the ins and outs of owning your own chickens.
"Tour attendees enjoy meeting—many for the first time—chickens and learning how to care for them and the benefits of having backyard chickens," says Noble-Choder. "Many times, the wife will be dragging her reluctant husband along the tour because she wants chickens and he is resistant. Usually by the end of the tour he is convinced and ready to build a coop."
Currently, the City of Pittsburgh regulates chickens under the zoning code, requiring a zoning variance for a chicken coop, however, the Pittsburgh Pro-Poultry People, Burgh's Bees and Grow Pittsburgh have been working with City Planning on more chicken/bee friendly regulations.
"The consensus seems to be that chickens are an animal control rather than zoning issue," says Noble-Choder. "The hope is to change the current regulations from zoning to animal control."
Noble-Choder also notes that each municipality has different requirements concerning chickens and to check with your municipal zoning officer to understand what your municipality's specific requirements are if you're interested in starting your own backyard chicken farm.
Tickets can be purchased the day of the tour at Commonplace Voluto
at 5467 Penn Avenue in Friendship/Garfield; Tazza D'Oro
at 1125 North Highland Avenue in Highland Park; Animal Nature
at 7610 Forbes Avenue in Regent Square; Thompson 0.08 Acres at 1240 Resaca Place, Pittsburgh 15212; and Choderwood at 7665 Lock Way West, Pittsburgh 15206, located at the Highland Park Dam at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Allegheny River Boulevard.
Family moves into Habitat for Humanity home after years in refugee camp
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Originally from Burundi, new homeowners Beuline Ndikumana and Issa Ntamagendro were displaced by civil war in 1972 and forced into a refugee camp where their five children were born. After moving to America in 2008, they partnered with
Habitat for Humanity
to escape living in an overcrowded, public housing project. Now, after investing more than 350 hours of "sweat equity" work on their home as a down payment, the family will finally have a place to call their own.
The family received the keys to their home in a dedication ceremony held on Sat., May 17 where they signed papers for an interest free mortgage which will include escrow for homeowner's insurance, municipal, county and school taxes. Their monthly payments will be less than $600.
In 2011, Habitat acquired the property from a real estate agent who was aware of the organization's search for a home large enough to fit the family.
"A Howard Hanna realtor familiar with our program knew we were looking for an affordable home that would house 6 persons and that we love putting families into Sharpsburg and the Fox Chapel School District," says Maggie Withrow, executive director for Habitat for Humanity Greater Pittsburgh. "The realtor had a house for sale in Sharpsburg that we evaluated and determined that a $50,000 purchase price to Habitat would ultimately be affordable to the family once we did a complete rehab."
As part of their agreement with Habitat Pittsburgh to receive the house, Ndikumana and Ntamagendro helped work on repairs to the home. The organization allows homeowners to invest a minimum of 350 hours of sweat equity in place of a traditional down payment. This equity can be earned by working on their own home, the homes of others or by working in the ReStore retail outlet in Edgewood.
"Most low-income families do not have, and can likely never save, the cash down payment for a house," says Withrow. "For traditional down payments, banks could require 10-25% of the cost of the house. For example, for a $90,000 house, a family would have to save a minimum of $9,000 which is totally out of reach."
Although Ndikumana and Ntamagendro committed many hours to repairing their home, they certainly weren't alone in the effort. More than 800 volunteers helped with repairs and updates that included converting an upstairs apartment kitchen into a bedroom, renovating all bathrooms, replacing windows, installing a new kitchen, new drywall, new molding, and reconfiguring walls. The house also needed a new furnace and new electrical work.
"It's the largest house Habitat Pittsburgh has remodeled and it took us just over two years to complete," says Withrow.
The project was made possible through the aid of several organizations. The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh provided volunteers from more than 15 congregations. Funds from the Fox Chapel Area School District's annual telethon were also used to complete much needed weatherization work on the 124-year-old home. Additional supporters include Dollar Bank, Excela Health, General Motors, KDA Company, the Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG), and Travelers Insurance, who helped rehabilitate this house through their financial sponsorship and volunteer labor. Volunteer groups from the Knights of Columbus, Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church, Nexus Real Estate, NAIOP, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and local universities also worked closely alongside the family in rehabilitating the home.
For more information about Habitat for Humanity Greater Pittsburgh visit
Source: Maggie Withrow, Habitat for Humanity Greater Pittsburgh
Photos from Habitat for Humanity Greater Pittsburgh and Ken Eber
PGH Funded: McAuley Ministries award $222,500 in grants
Friday, May 16, 2014
McAuley Ministries, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System's grant-making foundation, has awarded seven grants totaling $222,500 to seven local nonprofit organizations.
These grants are awarded to help support health and wellness, community development, capacity building and collaborative funding initiatives in the Hill District, Uptown and West Oakland, three Pittsburgh communities historically served by the Sisters of Mercy. The organizations awarded grants include
ACH Clear Pathways
Consumer Health Coalition
Grow Pittsburgh
Hill District Consensus Group
Pittsburgh Foundation for the Jail Collaborative
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh
The McAuley Ministries was established in 2008 following the sale of Mercy Hospital to UPMC. The proceeds from the sale were used to establish the McAuley Ministires, a grant-making foundation named in honor of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The foundation has awarded 318 grants totaling more than $11.76 million since its inception.
"These are challenging times for nonprofit organizations with fewer public—local, state, and federal—dollars available and increased competition for philanthropic support," says Michele Rone Cooper, executive director of McAuley Ministries. "Our hope is that every grant McAuley Ministries awards will help to sustain initiatives that are making a difference to residents and the community and support new initiatives that have the potential to improve the quality of life in the community."
In order to be considered for a grant, organizations must apply as well as fit a variety of criteria, including non-profit status, location in Hill District, Uptown or West Oakland, and having projects that are consistent with the foundation's grant-making priorities of addressing health and wellness, community development, capacity building and collaborative funding initiatives. The McAuley Ministries Board of Directors, comprised mostly of Sisters of Mercy, look for a specific plan to determine the impact of each proposed project and also consider factors like the applicant's track record and capacity to achieve outcomes.
"Through McAuley Ministries, the Sisters are continuing their outreach, albeit in a different way," says Rone Cooper. "From the very beginning, the Sisters determined that their vision for the organization was that of a good neighbor, where our funding contributes to neighborhoods that are safe, vibrant and celebrated, and where residents are healthy and enabled to reach their full potential."
The grant amounts and funded projects for each organization are detailed below.
ACH Clear Pathways
$7,500 for strategic planning and board development. ACH was founded in 2010 to provide urban children with visual and performing arts programming during out-of-school hours.
Consumer Health Coalition
$20,000 to educate and assist community-based organizations and consumers on the benefits provided through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the options available for enrollment.
Grow Pittsburgh
$50,000 to establish an Edible Schoolyard program at Pittsburgh Miller African-Centered Academy and bring garden-based education to elementary school students. Grow Pittsburgh's City Growers program will be established at two sites: the Centre Avenue YMCA through its residential men's program and at the abandoned Martin Luther King baseball field between Uptown and the Hill District. Both initiatives will reinforce the benefits of gardening and the nutritional benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Hill District Consensus Group
$5,000 to address the "play deficit" among children. Community members will construct a custom KaBOOM! playground, designed by Hill District children. The Consensus Group will recruit a team of parents, neighbors, and community members to plan the playground and an additional 100 community members to participate in the construction.
Pittsburgh Foundation for the Jail Collaborative
$50,000 over two years. The Jail Collaborative is a public/private partnership designed to give incarcerated men and women a second chance, support successful re-entry to the community and, by doing so, keep families together and strengthen neighborhoods.
$40,000 to support a violence prevention initiative that will employ 75-80 teens and young adults during the summer.
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh
$50,000 over two years to provide access to the Thelma Lovette YMCA. Financial assistance will be offered to 85 to 100 low-income Hill District families. Families must contribute a nominal portion of the membership fee and access the facility a minimum of eight visits per month to qualify for the subsidy.
For more information about the McAuley Ministries grant-making foundation visit
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Tennis program for autistic youth launches in Pittsburgh
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
A non-profit that makes tennis available to children with autism is launching in Pittsburgh this month at Shady Side Academy with its inaugural workshop being held on Sat., May 24.
The non-profit,
ACEing Autism
, is a national organization that uses its nationwide volunteer network to reach more than 500 children every week through its tennis programs. The program uses the sport of tennis as a means to enhance health and fitness, hand-eye coordination and motor development, as well as improve social skills for children with autism.
"Organized sports can provide important behavioral therapies for children with autism," says Sara Longo, the program director for ACEing Autism in Pittsburgh. "There is a huge need for organized sports programs in the autistic community."
As the program director, Longo will run the nine-week workshop at Shady Side Academy on Saturdays starting May 24. The first hour of each workshop is dedicated to children under 10 years old. The second hour is for children ages 11 to 20. No experience is required and all equipment is provided to the children participating. The cost for the workshop is $135 and special arrangements can be made for low income families looking to participate in the program.
Longo will run the program as a volunteer. She works fulltime as a Therapeutic Staff Support at the Watson Institute and has years of experience volunteering at local autism summer camps and outreach centers. She's also an experienced tennis player.
"I had the idea in my head for awhile that I wanted to open a tennis camp for children with autism," says Longo. "When I was ready to act on it, I searched to see what was currently offered and found ACEing Autism. I immediately fell in love with their mission and reached out to the founder to see if I could open a branch in Pittsburgh."
Once she gets her footing at Shady Side Academy, Longo hopes to expand the reach of the program.
"I am happy to make it my personal mission to grow ACEing Autism's presence in Pittsburgh," she says. "I hope to be able to expand to different schools in the future."
For more information about ACEing Autism, visit
PETA names Pittsburgher 'Sexiest Vegan Next Door'
Monday, May 12, 2014
Ashley Frohnert beat hundreds of contestants from around the country to win the title of "
Sexiest Vegan Next Door
." The online competition was run by animal rights organization PETA and with the help of her newfound title, she hopes to become a more prominent and recognized voice for animal rights in western Pennsylvania.
"I was surprised, excited and shocked when PETA told me I won," says Frohnert. "This contest has definitely been on a lot of my friends', family, co-workers' and acquaintances' radar and I couldn't wait to let everyone know I had won."
Frohnert, who currently lives in Garfield, became a vegetarian in 2008 when she learned of the harsh treatment of animals in routine factory farming. Shortly after, she decided to go vegan.
"I went fully vegan after learning how the egg industry violently disposes of male chicks as well as learning of the awful lives female dairy cows live and the fate of their babies," says Frohnert.
She hopes her newfound fame as PETA's "Sexiest Vegan Next Door" will aid in her pursuit of helping animals.
"I have been getting many questions and inquiries about my vegan lifestyle during my quest for the Sexiest Vegan title," Frohnert says. "I feel that winning has made even more people interested in learning more about veganism."
Frohnert currently volunteers with local animal shelters and recently raised $1,200 for the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society by completing a half-marathon. Her latest project is working with the Mayor Bill Peduto to launch a "Meatless Monday" program in Pittsburgh Public Schools cafeterias. She's also organizing the
Pittsburgh Walk for Farm Animals
, is involved with the Foie Gras Free Pittsburgh campaign organized by
Voices for Animals
, and wants to make Pittsburgh a no-kill city for animal shelters.
"My hope is that bringing attention to these topics will at least get them on the city's radar for now," she says. "Things may not change overnight, but over the next couple years we may see valuable changes helping animals."
Homewood youth program, ARThouse, relocates to permanent home
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
ARThouse, an arts education program for children in Homewood, started when children began joining artist and sculptor Vanessa German on her front porch as she created art. The casual gathering of children on her porch quickly grew into a program requiring more space than her porch could offer. After utilizing a temporary space, ARThouse will now be establishing permanent roots in the community with a new space solely dedicated to the program.
"The ARThouse started out as a porch, a porch where I worked because the ceiling in the basement was too low, a porch where kids came to sit with me and make art," says German. "The kids in my neighborhood showed me what my front porch was for, the kids who recognized the creative power of art. They demanded access to the space and materials the way that only children can, making a spectacle of their love and joy."
German and the children would use anything and everything as canvases for their art—slate from rooftops of demolished houses, scrap wood, bricks, cardboard, shoeboxes and anything else they could find. In time, her porch became too crowded with children joining her to create art. She was offered an empty home down the street as a temporary space to work with the kids and has been there for the past two years.
"For the last two years kids have been coming after school and on the weekends to paint, for a snack, or a hug, or a kind word," says German. "They stop by to see their work on display. The house is their gallery and is filled to the brim with art. People stop on the street to stare and say it makes them feel good to see something so beautiful in the neighborhood and that all the kids have a safe place to go."
With her time expired at the temporary space, German is now preparing to relocate the program to a new home where it can become a more permanent fixture in the community.
The new space is more than twice the size of the temporary space German utilized for ARThouse. It's a two family home with nearly 1,000 square feet of space on the first floor. It includes a kitchen, bathroom, and three large open spaces that will provide plenty of creative space for children.
"Now we have the opportunity to have a space that is not only ours, but that would belong to the community," says German. "There will always be space for everyone at the new house. It is on the same block as the temporary house and it has an attached vacant lot. Imagine in the spring and summer there being art making outside in a safe, fenced in space. All of this good can happen in a neighborhood that most people don't hear about unless something violent and tragic has occurred."
Before German can begin using the space to its full potential, some repairs and updates need to be made. The home needs plumbing, electric, porch and roof repairs, as well as new flooring, new windows, a fence and landscape/gardening.
German is
selling five of her sculptures
and has set up an
indiegogo campaign
to help raise funds to help pay for the repairs and updates for the space.
"The house will need some work—a lot of elbow grease, but we will fix this place up with care and with love," says German. "We will transform it into the ARThouse."
To learn more about the ARThouse, visit
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Prep: 20 min. + marinating Cook: 15 min.
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce,
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1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened pineapple chunks
2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup cornstarch,
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
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1 tablespoon canola oil
2 cups hot cooked rice
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A Chrysler sedan and a Ford F-150 pickup were also involved, Charleston County Sheriff's Maj. Jim Brady said. The sheriff's office is investigating the wreck.
Ladson Road was closed from Lincolnville Road to U.S. 78 after the accident. Traffic was rerouted onto Patriot Boulevard, Lincolnville Road and William Aiken to Hamburg roads.
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TNA is by far Spikes highest rated show and will continue to be so, they are top of Spikes priority list for that reason alone by some distance.
Its you who obviously has no idea what they are talking about. Most of the other shows on Spike pay to be on their channel or have a give and take type of deal. A wrestling promotion is a completely different kettle of fish from every other show. Not every show spans over two hours to increase their viewership average. Every other show on Spike gets far more ad revenue because people simply wont sponsor TNA. They have a shitty local Direct Auto Insurance deal but thats about it. Spike is all about inexpensive programming. Spike has spent 10s of millions of dollars on TNA and they arent even a profitable business. Do you think if TNA was their main priority they'd have bumped them for Bellator? Spike owns a share in Bellator, so its not even a question they are the main priority.
When are people like you going to stop with the 'TNA will be dead' crap? They have TV deals in over 120 nations worldwide (up from 2 years ago), do you know how much money they get from that? Tens of millions. They are going nowhere.
They dont have TV deals in over 120 markets. Thats just a lie. And in the countries they are on, they are on at an ridiculous time in the morning. All those deals internationally are subject to whether they are in business or not. And if they lost Spike they would go under.
This isn't even speculation. In 2014 TNA could die if Spike chose not to renew. Or if WWE and Spike came to terms by offering Smackdown as a lead in to Bellator and they kicked TNA off the air. I'm not saying that will happen, but there is always a strong possibility. Everyone knows it anyway, so why are you getting all defensive.
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