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Yelp’s Swingin’ to Summer

Get ready to jump, jive and jitter at Yelp’s Swingin’ to Summer! You’re invited to the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on June 23 from 8-10pm for a free evening filled with 1940’s flair, including some swell snacks and sips. Jitter, jump and jive with The Boilermaker Jazz Band, plus watch professionals leap and lindy… or join in yourself! Come dressed in your red, white and blues for this patriotic affair.

The event is FREE, but a $10 suggested donation will benefit Soldiers & Sailors. For a $20 donation, you’ll receive an amazing swag bag.

DRESS: Red, white and blue or 1940/50 retro flair

SORRY KIDS, THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY 21+! No ID, no entry.

BITES PROVIDED BY:

Bakn – yelp.com/biz/bakn-carneg…
Bluebird Kitchen – yelp.com/biz/bluebird-ki…
Bocktown – yelp.com/biz/bocktown-be…
Carota Cafe – yelp.com/biz/smallman-ga…
Dream Cream Ice Cream – yelp.com/biz/dream-cream…
Gluten Free Goat – yelp.com/biz/gluten-free…
Grandpa Joe’s – yelp.com/biz/grandpa-joe…
La Palapa – yelp.com/biz/la-palapa-m…
Mercurios – yelp.com/biz/mercurios-p…
Pastistio – yelp.com/biz/pastitsio-p…
Soba – yelp.com/biz/soba-pittsb…
Station – yelp.com/biz/station-pit…
Studio AM – yelp.com/biz/studio-am-h…
Sweet Peaches – yelp.com/biz/sweet-peach…
Twirly Girl Baking Co – yelp.com/biz/twirly-girl…
The Vandal – yelp.com/biz/the-vandal-…
Wallace’s Taproom – yelp.com/biz/wallaces-ta…

ADULT BEVVIES PROVIDED BY:

Arsenal Cider – yelp.com/biz/arsenal-cid…
Brooklyn – brooklynbrewery.com
Faber Craft Spirits – faberspirits.com
Frank B Fuhrer/Southern Tier – fuhrerwholesale.com
Full Pint – yelp.com/biz/full-pint-b…
Jaquin’s
Penn Brewery – yelp.com/biz/penn-brewer…
Tito’s – titosvodka.com
Victory Brewing Company – victorybeer.com

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVVIES PROVIDED BY:

Greenlight Juices – yelp.com/biz/greenlight-…
Natrona Bottling Company – yelp.com/biz/natrona-bot…
Tuners Dairy Farm – yelp.com/biz/turner-dair…

ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY:

ABC Balloon Twisting – abcballoontwisting.net/h…
DJD PGH – yelp.com/biz/djd-pgh-pit…
Frank and Victoria Dance
MC Sturman Caricatures
Paint Monkey – yelp.com/biz/paint-monke…
The Powder Room – yelp.com/biz/the-powder-…
Tapsnap – tapsnap.net
Tartan Swing – tartanswing.com
TechShop – yelp.com/biz/techshop-pi…
Assemble – yelp.com/biz/assemble-pi…
Beverly’s Birthdays – beverlysbirthdays.org

******** IMPORTANT INFO *************

This event is open to the whole Yelp community — all you have to do is click on the little RSVP button on the right to sign up for you and a guest. Want to bring a whole gaggle of buds? Send them the link and tell them to RSVP too!

Space *is* limited so don’t wait to RSVP. Priority will be given to Yelpers who have listed their real name and photo! Once we reach our limit we’re sold out so RSVP today!

Banff Mountain Film Festival & Benefit for Venture Outdoors

Venture Outdoors is a Pittsburgh non-profit organization dedicated to make it easy for everyone in Western PA to access the outdoors. Each year, Venture Outdoors brings the Banff Mountain Film Festival to Pittsburgh and the proceeds from the film screening benefit Venture Outdoors and helps expand the outdoor programming, making it possible for more people to get outdoors.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival will be in Pittsburgh on April 2 & 3.

On Saturday April 2, there is a reception before the films screening. Tickets for the fundraising reception are $100 and include your ticket to the film. General admission tickets are sold out for Saturday, but are still available for Sunday.

Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Carnegie Library of Homestead Musical Hall

Saturday April 2, 2016

5:00 pm – Fundraising Reception

7:00 pm – Film Screening Starts

Tickets: VIP $100, General Admission $25, tickets are available online here: http://bit.ly/VOBanff

Banff Mountain Film Festival Films for Saturday, April 2, 2016

  • 55-Hours-in-Mexico-05-JSchusler-MLowe-55 Hours In Mexico – Fly to Veracruz on a Friday, rent a car, climb the third-highest peak in North America, ski down and return to your desk Monday. How hard could it be?
  • The Last Dragons – An intimate glimpse at North America’s Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander as mythical as it is real. And in many waters, myths are all that remain of these sentinel stream-dwellers.
  • Darklight – In 2014, the award winning film Afterglow followed skiers down impossibly lit, virgin powder slopes in the dead of night. Get ready for the sequel, this time on two wheels.
  • Living Rivers – There is a new and emerging river surfing scene in Montana.
  • Reel Rock 10: A Line Across the Sky – Long considered impossible, coveted by many and attempted by a few, the Fitz Traverse has fueled the imaginations of climbers in Patagonia for decades. Tracing the iconic skyline of Cerro Fitz Roy and its six satellite peaks, it spans four miles and 13,000 feet across snow and ice-covered rock, with epic route finding and endless rappelling. Seizing their chance during a rare extended weather window, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold went big. The pair completed the first ascent in a five-day push during February 2014.
  • 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
  • Kroger’s Canteen – In 2014, Kilian Jornet won the Hardrock 100 mile race through the San Juan’s of Colorado. Along the way he stopped at Kroger’s Canteen – an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level. This is a story about that aid station, about the people who make it happen, and about the spirit one can only find at the Hardrock 100.
  • Bluehue – Natasha Brooks swims naked year-round in the cold mountain lakes of Snowdonia, Wales. Through this she finds solitude, grounding and a deep connection to the natural environment. Winner of the British Mountaineering Council’s 2014 Women in Adventure Film Competition.
  • Chasing Niagara – When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion a series of events leading his team on a remarkable two-year journey from Mexican rainforest rivers to the waterfalls of the U.S. Northwest before coming to a heart-stopping climax at the iconic falls.
  • Paradise Waits – How do you celebrate winter when snow finally falls? Freeskier Tim Durtschi takes tram laps at Jackson Hole and big mountain skier Angel Collinson rips up some Alaskan lines.

Happy Hour This Wednesday to Support the Women’s Center & Shelter

The Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh in a constant Catch-22. It needs to promote itself and its services to people in the community, but also needs to be discreet and protect the privacy of clients.

Last year WC&S answered more than 5,000 hotline calls, provided legal advocacy for nearly 4,000 clients, and sheltered more than 500 women and children.

But the WC&S also had to turn away 755 women and children last year. They consider turning away victims of intimate partner violence unacceptable. When their beds are full, they always try and find alternate arrangements. However, that’s not always possible.

WC&S is in the middle of a capital campaign to renovate and expand its facilities. The campaign is called Shelter From The Storm, and it needs your support. The goal of expanding their facilities is to ensure they provide sanctuary for those here in the Pittsburgh area who need it.

To get the word out, the WC&S is hosting a happy hour this Wednesday, March 30, at Olive or Twist. The goal is to inform new Pittsburghers and young professionals about what they do and what services they provide to women and children in the area. You can buy tickets at the door or in advance here.

WCS - Happy Hour


What: Happy Hour to Benefit Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

When: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 | 5:30-7:30pm

Where: Olive or Twist

Tickets: $25 online or at the door

Follow: @WCSPittsburgh

 

Summer Harvest: Come Support 412 Food Rescue and Help Fight Hunger in Pittsburgh

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On July 25th, The Livermore will be hosting Summer Harvest, an event that celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh while raising money for an important social cause: fighting hunger in Allegheny County. All proceeds from this event will go to 412 Food Rescue, a non-profit started by Leah Lizarondo (The Brazen Kitchen) and Gisele Fetterman (The Free Store).

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412 Food Rescue hopes to “rescue” every bit of food that stores can no longer use and convert them into meals for more than 175,000 “food insecure” people in Allegheny county, including over 43,000 children.

According to the Pittsburgh City Paper, this space is largely occupied by food banks that are unable to accept every donation in time to adequately provide for those in need. 412 Food Rescue’s approach quickly finds donors and brings the food directly to households in need, much like an “Uber for food-rescue.”

The co-founders of 412 Food Rescue: Gisele Fetterman (left) and Leah Lizarondo.

The co-founders of 412 Food Rescue: Gisele Fetterman (left) and Leah Lizarondo.

With the additional support of Jenny Liu, Geoff Misek, Nate Cochran, Jessie Schalles, and Shawn Rancatore, 412 Food Rescue won both the Jury Prize and the People’s Choice award at Steel City Codefest in February 2015. Currently they are actively recruiting volunteer drivers, app developers, and fundraisers to further their cause.

Summer Harvest will feature some great perks for its attendees:

Tickets are $20 ($25 after July 21st) to attend, and every cent of proceeds from this event will go directly to 412 Food Rescue. According to Lizarondo, for every ticket sold at Summer Harvest, 412 Food Rescue will be able to provide meals for a family of four for an entire week.

412 Food Rescue

Food rescued for many needy families. Photo courtesy of 412 Food Rescue.

Summer Harvest is supported largely in part by Startup Weekend Pittsburgh (@swpgh), a local group of community leaders who organize 54-hour events that teach entrepreneurship through competition. The next Startup Weekend will be a civic-themed competition on September 18-20 in Pittsburgh’s Allentown district.

Lee Ngo, Summer Harvest co-organizer and one of Startup Weekend Pittsburgh’s community leaders, says that Startup Weekend has been a core presence in Pittsburgh for over three years, cultivating a family of solutions-oriented collaborators in the community. He feels that it was time that they give something back to the city and make a real difference in the lives of Pittsburghers who struggle daily.

This is the first time that Startup Weekend Pittsburgh has ever donated to another cause in the city. Community leaders believe 412 Food Rescue is an obvious first choice, as it is introducing a substantial difference in the way our city engages intelligently with food in our community.

For more information or to purchase your tickets, go here: summerharvestpgh.eventbrite.com

Summer Harvest is also accepting sponsorships and donations for the event. Contact Lee Ngo for more information.

A Good Reason to Clean Out Your Closet Before Christmas

For the past few years, I have been part of a group of Pittsburgh bloggers who have helped the Pittsburgh nonprofit Community Human Services aka CHS raise money for their holiday gift project.  One of the things that I have learned about CHS is that they provide many important services to Pittsburghers who don’t fit into other social service programs.  The same holds true for the holiday gifts.  The money raised from the CHS Holiday Gift Project goes to CHS to provide a little holiday gift to the people who likely don’t fit into other holiday gift programs which are usually for kids or seniors.

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This year, we’re getting a little bit of a head start with a new idea for fundraising with ThredUp.  ThredUp is an online store that sells new and used women and kids clothing.  ThredUp will buy your extra clothes, as long as they are in good condition, and will donate the money to CHS.  I have sent several ThredUp cleanout bags back to ThredUp over the past year, and I have ordered from the ThredUp shop many times.  So I thought it was time to try the ThredUp fundraising program.

If you have some extra clothes that you were thinking of donating, please order a free ThredUp clean out bag and donate to the CHS holiday gift project.  Order your free clean out bag today.  The whole process takes a few week – so the sooner you order a free cleanout bag, the sooner we can raise some $$$ for CHS.   (Any funds that come in after the holidays will also go to CHS).

How to Clean Out Your Closet and Support the CHS Holiday Gift Project

Photo of a ThredUp clean out bag from Broke and Beautiful's blog

Photo of a ThredUp clean out bag from Broke and Beautiful’s blog

  1. Visit the CHS Holiday Gift Project Group on ThredUp HERE.
  2. Enter your email address, name and password and click “Join This Group”
  3. Click the yellow “Order a Bag Button” – for the items that ThredUp doesn’t want – you can choose to have them donated to Goodwill or sent back to you for a small fee.
  4. Wait a few days… ThredUp will mail you a bag with a prepaid shipping label attached
  5. Clean out your closet and fill up the bag
  6. Send your your bag back to ThredUp – postage is already paid on the label
  7. ThredUp will make an offer for the items that they want and donate that amount to CHS

More Ways to Shop and Support CHS

If you are interested in other websites w online shopping on ThredUp or a similar site Twice.  Use the following links, for each person who signs up – I get a $10 credit.  I will be donating all of the referral credits from both ThredUp and Twice to CHS.

CHS Holiday Gift Project By The Numbers

  • Total Amount we need to raise in 2014 – $5000
  • Amount I hope we can raise from ThredUp – $1000
  • Number of Pittsburghers who I hope will send a bag to ThredUp – 50
  • Date of CHS Holiday Gift Project Party at Houghs – Thursday, December 11 (more details to come)

I will be blogging and Tweeting updates about the project between now and whenever we finish raising the $5000 – please help me spread the word by tweeting with #CHxmaS.