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Ice Skate into Spring! Very Local’s 1st party is a benefit for 412 Food Rescue.

February 25, 2019 Lindsay

Ice Skate Pittsburghtl;dr: All Pittsburgh lovers are invited to come to an ice skating party on Sunday, March 3, 2019.  Hello IheartPGH readers, As you may have noticed over the past few months, there have not been many updates here on the ye olde IheartPGH blog. If you follow @IheartPGH on Twitter, you have likely seen some retweets from @VeryLocalPGH. I am excited to introduce you to a new Pittsburgh website that I have been working on for the past few months. Say hello to Very Local Pittsburgh.  The Very Local team, along with the help of a crew of writers and… Read the rest

Filed Under: *IheartPGH.com Updates, Events, For a Good Cause Tagged With: $8 Skate Date, 412 Food Rescue, Ice skating, PPG Plaza, Very Local, Very Local Pittsburgh, VeryLocal, Zeke's Coffee

Thanksgiving Events for a Good Cause – Cycling, Yoga & More

November 16, 2018 Lindsay

Pittsburgh Pedal for PantryWith Thanksgiving just one week away, one of the questions that pops up around this time of year is “where can I volunteer to help serve a holiday meal?” In addition to volunteering, here are some Thanksgiving events around Pittsburgh that support great local causes.  Know of other events that should be on the list? Please share in the comments below. Pedal for the Pantry 2018 – Food drive bike ride/race Sat. 11/17 – for those who like to bike in the cold This one caught my eye on Facebook because of the image posted on the Facebook event. Pedal… Read the rest

Filed Under: Cycling, For a Good Cause, Holiday, Non-Profits, Uncategorized, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunities in Pittsburgh, Yoga Tagged With: albright, Albright Thanksgiving-Eve, Live Music Yoga, thanksgiving, Turkey Trot, Yoga

In Bed By Ten: A Monthly Dance Party for a Good Cause

July 11, 2018 Lindsay

In Bed By Ten Dance Party to Benefit Prevention Point PittsburghUpdate 2/22/2019: Learn more about In Bed By Ten here. Do you like to dance but hate to stay up late? In Bed by Ten is the answer to all of your dance party scheduling problems. What is In Bed By Ten? Each month, In Bed By Ten hosts a dance party at Spirit in Lawrenceville. There is a $5 cover charge that is donated to a local nonprofit. DJ MB plays the best, most danceable songs from 6-9pm, by 9:30 pm you are on your way home and can be tucked into bed at the reasonable hour of 10… Read the rest

Filed Under: Events, For a Good Cause Tagged With: Alternate Histories, dance party, Design Crush, DJ MB, pittsburgh dance parties, Prevention Point, Spirit, things yinz need to know about

Soup N’at: Eat Soup & Support Pittsburgh Artists

February 23, 2018 Lindsay

Soup N'at Union Project[tl;dr: $10 gets you some soup from awesome Pittsburgh chefs and the $ goes to local artists.] Soup N’At is back! Great to see this event continue. Soup N’at is the Pittsburgh version of the Sunday Soup crowdfunding. Check out some of our past posts on Soup N’at here. How does Soup N’at work? Each guest donates $10 in cash at the door Guests eat soup donated by Pittsburgh restaurants, usually accompanied by delicious bread Local artists present their projects Each guest casts a vote for their favorite project. The winning project takes home all of the $ that was… Read the rest

Filed Under: Artists, Events, For a Good Cause Tagged With: artists, funding, Soup, soup n'at, sunday soup, Union Project

2 Women-Focused Organization Awarded At Nonprofit Accelerator Event

December 20, 2017 Ben

Two women-focused nonprofits were awarded $500 each at December 15th’s Social Venture Partners’ Full Circle Impact Accelerator Pitch Event. The event, held at Google Pittsburgh’s HQ, was a culmination of a fourteen-week accelerator program from Social Venture Partners Pittsburgh, a philanthropic grantmaking organization based on the venture capital model. The night’s $500 recipients were Ujamaa Collective and Prototype PGH. Ujamaa Collective invests in the economic and social growth of Africana women entrepreneurs and artisans through a boutique in the Hill District and Prototype PGH operates a North Oakland maker-space and offers maker educational programming focused on equity and feminism. At… Read the rest

Filed Under: Community Organizations, Community Resources, For a Good Cause, Non-Profits Tagged With: acce, Events, Google, nonprofit, pittsburgh, women-focused

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