MLK Day: Bookshelf Building
I think this looks like a great project to do on Martin Luther King Junior Day. The folks from the Sierra Club are great and this is a great project that will be used all over the city. Martin Luther...
View ArticleLooking for a Few Good Volunteers – Attend First Night PGH for FREE
Image by binarystatic via FlickrSo far one of the only replies to have been First Night Pittsburgh. The First Night team is looking for a few good volunteers to help make the event a success. Spend a...
View ArticlePaddle Without Pollution: Nominated for Canoe & Kayak Magazine’s ‘Paddle With...
Click to view slideshow. Local non-profit (and I heart PGH favorite!) Paddle Without Pollution is up for an award celebrating the best philanthropic effort involving paddlesports. You can vote for the...
View ArticleHey yinz guys! What the heck is a Redd Up Zone?
Mayor Ravenstahl with Troop 73 and Andy Masich, who adopted one of the first Redd Up Zones in Lawrenceville. Photo from the servePGH website. Maybe you’ve seen the signs around town declaring a certain...
View ArticleHelp East End Brewing Build a Healing Garden on Sat. Oct. 3
East End Brewing Cycling Jersey One of the many good people that I have gotten to know through writing a blog about Pittsburgh, it Scott Smith, owner of East End Brewing. The tagline for East End...
View ArticleAn Invitation to Spend Thanksgiving Eve with Your Neighbors
Thanksgiving Day Greetings (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Three years ago, on Thanksgiving eve, I was asked via a Facebook post from a friend to volunteer to serve food at a free Thanksgiving dinner. I had...
View ArticleThanksgiving-Eve Volunteers Needed To Serve Community Meal
This is one of my favorite posts to write every year. Six or seven years ago, an old friend posted on Facebook that volunteers were needed to help cook and serve a Thanksgiving-Eve meal. I showed up...
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