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Fun Ways to Help Build Playground for Special Needs Children

Great Ways to Help Build Our Playgournd!

The Miracle League of the South Hills has three great fundraisers this month with all the proceeds going to help with the construction of our new playground! Check out each fundraiser below and visit www.miracleleaguesouthhills.org for more details!

Play Ball!

Sean Casey’s Champions Baseball Camp is for serious players and takes place from June 18-20 at Boyce Mayview Park. Click here for more information and to register.

Great Gatsby Party

Join us for a grand evening at the Roaring 20’s Great Gatsby Party at Club Colony on June 23 at 6 p.m. Click here for more details.

Posted on 18/06/13 Filed under Miracle League of South Hills

Fundraising in the Time of the Sequester

The sequester-which involves across-the-board cutting of all domestic programs-was supposed to be so horrible that both major political parties would want to avoid it and compromise-but it happened nevertheless. The charitable deduction is one of the most effective tax incentives, creating three dollars in philanthropic programs for every dollar forgone by the federal government-yet it… Continue Reading

Posted on 17/06/13 Filed under AFP Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Blues Festival Offers Another Year of Great Blues

19th Year for Festival that Feeds the Hungry In a radio interview with WDVE 102.5 FM’s Sean McDowell this afternoon, the line-up for the 19th Annual Pittsburgh Blues Festival, presented by Peoples Natural Gas, was announced by Ron “Moondog” Esser, who chairs the Blues Festival Committee. The Pittsburgh Blues Festival will open on Friday, July… Continue Reading

Posted on 14/06/13 Filed under Grtr. Pgh. Comm. Food Bank

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for RSVP Programs

The Corporation for National and Community Service would like to make you aware of the RSVP 2014 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). CNCS anticipates it will award more than $14 million to local organizations that will sponsor RSVP programs. The competition is expected to yield more than 92,000 senior volunteers who will serve in CNCS… Continue Reading

Posted on 13/06/13 Filed under RSVP

Pittsburgh Cares Now Accepting 2013-14 Applications for HandsOn Tech VISTA

Pittsburgh Cares is now accepting 2013-14 term applications for HandsOn Tech VISTA, an AmeriCorps VISTA program in partnership with Google and the HandsOn Network. HandsOn Tech’s mission is to develop technological capacity within the nonprofit sector, allowing organizations to better address community need. VISTAs also work closely with the local Google office to coordinate nonprofit… Continue Reading

Posted on 11/06/13 Filed under Hands On Tech Pitsburgh

Customers Invited to Round Up Purchases to Benefit Mentoring Youth

JCPenney and Haggar Team Up in June to Support Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters, the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, is joining forces with JCPenney in June for the retailer’s charitable giving program, jcp cares. By rounding-up purchases both in-store and online at jcp.com, customers support maintaining and monitoring… Continue Reading

Posted on 10/06/13 Filed under BBBS Beaver County

Domestic Violence Survivor/Author to Inspire Families of Holy Family Institute’s SNAP Program

Evangelist Vanessa Ford Taylor, author of Behind the Mask: A Survivor’s Story, will speak to at-risk children and parents of the Holy Family Institute’s Mckees Rocks branch Monday, June 10th at 6:30PM. Taylor will share the personal struggles documented in her memoir which include overcoming a problematic childhood and domestic violence. “To those whose lives have been… Continue Reading

Posted on 07/06/13 Filed under Behind the Mask