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Hundreds of summer camps are available to Pittsburgh youths each year, but for some parents there is really only one choice that makes sense.“We wanted to…
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In November of 2013, Bert Dorazio decided he wanted to be part of World Kindness Day, so he called up a friend.“I said, ‘Why don’t we go down to a grocery…
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It all started with Jon Potter being, what he called, homeless with a purpose.“I was just traveling around, seeing the world and a lot of people would…
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Every Monday and Friday Marisa Niwa spends time with her father volunteering at the South Hills Interfaith Movement, or SHIM, food pantry.“I volunteer and…
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It all started in 1971 when Jimmy Cvetic grabbed a 13-year-old boy for stealing tape decks out of cars. He didn’t arrest him and less than two years later…
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Debbie Thackrah said she never expected her initiative, Feeding the Spirit, to be as large as it is today, considering its humble beginnings in 2011.“My…
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Each month, about 20 volunteers help to hand out food to more than 200 individuals and families at the Westinghouse Valley Food Pantry in Turtle Creek.…
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Deanna Blincow has been working with the Orphan Care Ministry since its conception in 2007, and serving as its director since 2012.Within this time frame,…
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In 2012, Lynda Carr lost her son Charles to a heroin addiction. Three years later, her stepson was killed in a drug-related car accident.“Most people…
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A giving circle is growing in the South Hills and at its center is Jennifer McDowell.“I’ve volunteered for a million different things over the years, but…