Tag: Pittsburgh Cares

  • Learn about great Pittsburgh Places to Volunteer at the Help or High Water Party

    Learn about great Pittsburgh Places to Volunteer at the Help or High Water Party

    This is one of those events that highlights some of the best of Pittsburgh. Hosted by Pittsburgh Cares, a non-profit organization that matches people who want to volunteer with organizations that need volunteers, this party is a chance to find out more about where you can volunteer your time. Pittsburgh Cares is a great organization and they are bring together over 35 other amazing organizations for a big awesome volunteer party at the Union Project. (The Union Project is a perfect spot for a Pittsburgh volunteer fair because most of the remodeling of the building was done by, you guessed it, volunteers.)

    If you are looking to get more involved in your community, meet some other civic minded folks or just find out more about what these organizations do everyday, stop by the Union Project on Thursday night for Help or High Water II.

    Help or High Water II: A Volunteer Fair

    Thursday, September 21, 2017
    6-10pm
    The Union Project

    Here are the details from the Help or High Water II: A Volunteer Fair (and a birthday party!) Facebook Event:

    Pittsburgh Volunteer Fair

    The first “Help or High Water” event in January was such a success — hundreds of volunteers, dozens of nonprofit agencies in attendance — that Pittsburgh Cares is organizing another to help us commemorate our 25th year of serving the Pittsburgh region.

    In other words, happy birthday to us!

    We’re celebrating with food trucks, beer from Full Pint Brewing, wine from J&D Cellars, Maggie’s Farm Rum, Red Star Kombucha, celebrity bartenders, and more. Bring your friends, bring your wallets (suggested $5 at the door), and bring your willingness to improve your community by supporting one (or more) of Pittsburgh’s many worthy charities and service agencies.

    While you’re here, get to know a bit more about the evening’s beneficiary, Pittsburgh Cares, which works to advance a culture of volunteerism and civic engagement in the region. Pittsburgh Cares matches non-profits with volunteers of all ages, and organizes one-time and recurring volunteer activities.

    This volunteer fair is open to all ages, all abilities, anyone and everyone who wants to get active and give back, but is unsure where to start. Come out to the Union Project on Sept. 21, have a drink, and start building a more vibrant city by meeting amazing people from:

    1. 412 Food Rescue @412FoodRescue
    2. ACLU of Pennsylvania @aclupa
    3. All for All
    4. Amachi Pittsburgh
    5. Assemble
    6. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
    7. Bike Pittsburgh
    8. Book’Em (Pittsburgh’s Books To Prisoners)
    9. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
    10. Casa San Jose
    11. CeaseFirePA
    12. Community Human Services Corporation
    13. Coro Pittsburgh
    14. Dress for Success Pittsburgh
    15. Engineers Without Borders Pittsburgh Professional Chapter
    16. Focus On Renewal
    17. GASP
    18. GLCC of Pittsburgh
    19. Girls Rock! Pittsburgh
    20. Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council – GPLC
    21. Homeless Children’s Education Fund
    22. Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh-Refugee & Immigrant Services
    23. Just Harvest
    24. Keys Service Corps AmeriCorps
    25. Lawrenceville United
    26. Mattress Factory – Museum of Contemporary Art
    27. Northern Area Multi-Service Center – Landmark Home Health-Refugee Resettlement
    28. One Pennsylvania
    29. PennFuture
    30. Pennsylvania Resources Council
    31. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
    32. PULSE – Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience
    33. PPWP–Planned Parenthood of Western PA
    34. Proud Haven
    35. Wesley Family Services-In Service of Seniors
    36. YNPN Pittsburgh