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  • Volunteer Here: 2024 Albright Thanksgiving Eve Dinner

    If you have been a long-time reader of IheartPGH, you know that this is one cause I support each year.

    The Albright Thanksgiving Eve dinner is a free community meal that was first organized by a Boy Scout Troop that met at the Albright United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Members of the Albright congregation and members of the community have kept this tradition going and 2024 is the 50th Anniversary of the Thanksgiving Eve Dinner.

    2024 Thanksgiving Eve Dinner Details

    • ️ Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
    • ⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
    • Location: First United Methodist Church Social Hall 5401 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (Enter above the Pittsburgh Toy Lending Library)
    • All are welcome to attend!
    • The dinner is completely free. Just show up.

    Volunteer Information

    Looking for a place to volunteer? Come join us!

    We need help with cooking, serving, dishes, and lots more. Families are welcome to volunteer.

    Check out the 2024 Albright Thanksgiving Eve Dinner FAQ for more info.

    Want to help? Fill our the Friends of Albright Volunteer form.

    Donate!

    You can help support the Thanksgiving Eve dinner by making a contribution to the Friends of Albright GoFundMe page. (I am one of the founders of Friends of Albright. Friends of Albright is a project of New Sun Rising, and all donations made to Friends of Albright through the GoFundMe page are tax deductible.)

    Help me reach the goal of 50 donors!

    I have set a personal goal of getting 50 different people to donate to the GoFundMe campaign in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the meal. If you would be willing to donate $5 or $10 (or more!) that would be great!

  • Big Heart Trivia! Free Trivia Night at Wigle Whiskey

    Big Heart Trivia! Free Trivia Night at Wigle Whiskey

    Most Monday nights, Wigle Whiskey hosts Batnam Nights, where they open their tasting room to a different Pittsburgh area non-profit and donate a portion of the proceeds to the organization.  This Monday night the Batnam night will be a Valentine’s trivia night to benefit a local historic preservation effort.

    On Monday, February 13, 2017, Friends of Albright is hosting a special trivia night at Wigle Whiskey in the strip district – Big Heart Trivia.  Friends of Albright, which I helped to establish in 2014, is a group of community members that has been working to preserve and re-purpose the Albright Church Building in Bloomfield into a community space.

    The trivia night is named after a note card found in the church archives, this evening will offer a chance to learn more about the effort to save the Albright United Methodist church and a chance to meet some of the folks who are involved with Pittsburgh historic preservation.

    Trivia night will be hosted by Dave Mansueto who runs the popular weekly quiz night at Brillobox each Wednesday.

    The event is free to attend, drinks will be available for purchase and there will be food provided.

    Learn more about the history of this 110 year old church and study up for the trivia by reading the East Liberty Valley Historic Society’s article Albright United Methodist Church building here.

    Big Heart Trivia at Wigle Whiskey

    DATE: Monday, February 13, 2017

    TIME: 6-9pm

    • 6pm – doors open, grab a drink
    • 7pm – trivia starts

    COST: FREE
    RSVP: here. Invite your friends on Facebook here.

    Looking for more historic preservation events in Pittsburgh?

    Be sure to join the Pittsburgh Historic Preservation MeetUp group and the Pittsburgh Historic Preservation Facebook group.

    Save the date! March 23 is the Saving Sacred Spaces Summit at the Priory Hotel. The Young Preservationist Association is teaming up with the national non-profit Partners for Sacred Spaces for a deeper look at how to preserve and reuse religious structures.