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More Love for the Steeler Nation

Just an update on helping to send the Steelers Fans to Hawaii – there is still time to vote for Jack D. from Pittsburgh – currently he is behind some Jets fans to win a trip to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

Dan Gigler who writes Blog’n’Gold for the Post-Gazette – just wrote about another Pittsburgh family who is competing to win a trip to the super bowl. They are in the lead but need your vote. Dan also included a link to our post about voting for Jack D. to win a trip to Hawaii. Thank Dan!

And make sure to check out the PG’s Steeler Nation page on Facebook here.

Come on Steeler Nation – just a few clicks to help out some fellow football lovers.

Help Send These Steeler Fans to Hawaii

Friend of IheartPGH sent this to me this morning. Procter&Gamble has a contest on their facebook page – the family that gets the most votes for their photo gets a trip to Hawaii for the probowl.

Currently Jack D. and his Steeler loving family are in 2nd place with 173 votes. Please stop by and cast a vote for the Steeler nation. Click here to vote!

The Best T-shirts in Town – Meet Commonweath Press and Get Your Own snOMGpgh t-shirts!

danrocksnomg A long time ago, before there were blogs and before IheartPGH – some friend and I used to screen print t-shirts in my basement. The first t-shirt we every printed was an IheartPGH t-shirt (I think I still have one of the origonals). After printing a ton of shirts and realizing that I wasn’t really able to do large orders – I picked up a flyer for Commonwealth Press and sent them an email. Dan and I met for coffee and we have been talking t-shirts ever since.

Dan and Shannon started Commonwealth Press in the basement of their house – they do an awesome job of screen printing t-shirts – if you can dream it – they can print it. They are fast and helpful and affordable – Iknow they have done a great job of large and small orders (I think they were once kind enough to print 8 t-shirt for me). One of the first converstaions Dan and I had was about clean and green and I know they do their best to steer clear of some of the toxic elements that can be involved in screen printing. Continue reading →

This SUNDAY – Be Part of the Steeler Fan Movie!

Thanks to you, the readers of IheartPGH and your entusiasm for the nation of Steeler’s fans I have had the opportunity to meet and watch the Steeler Game with the folks who are traveling the country to make a documentary about Steelers Fans.

They have already been to Steelers bars in Tennesse, Brooklyn and Chicago. This weekend they are bring their film crew to Western PA.

Ken and Stacey from Steeler Country Productions NYC will be bringing their crew to watch the game at Fred’s Divot in Ambridge. They are inviting any Steelers Fans who are interested to join them for a tailgate this Sunday.

Tailgate – 11 am on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Fred’s Divot
816 Merchant Street, Ambridge, PA

Check out the trailer for their film here.

More Info about the National Steelers Bar Tour

I wanted to follow up to yesterday’s post about this project and share some more information about what we are hoping to do.

Where did this idea come from: IheartPGH was started as a joke back in September 2005 – I didn’t even know what a blog was when I set this little website up. In the past four years this blog has become more than a website and it has been amazing to see the community of people in Pittsburgh and around the country come together to share their favorites. One of the places where the Pittsburgh community is most visible is the Steeler Nation. I will admit that when I travel, I look up the closest Steeler bars – even if it isn’t football season – I even tried to convince my mom we should have dinner at the local Steelers bar in Venice, FL when we were visitng my grandparents for easter.

So last week I was booking a plane ticket to visit an old Pittsburgh friend and I noticed that JetBlue is running this promotion All-You-Can-Jet – for $599 you can travel as many times as you want in the month of September. So I have been talking about this idea with some friends and decided to see if there was any support for the project. I sent around some emails and got a good response from some friends. I put up the post and fundraising challenge yesterday to see if there was any interest in supporting a tour of Steelers bar – I never expected to get so much support so quickly.

Supporting the Project: I know there have been some questions about this – we are not a charity – just some bloggers hoping to put together a little project to visit some Steeler Bars around the country. There are lots of great non-profit projects out there that need your support, especially in this economy. So we have tried to come up with a way for you to help us raise some money for this trip in exchange to something of value – your link on the blog roll, an IheartPGH t-shirt or tote bag or a blog post about you/your organization. If there are other ways we can help you and you can support the project – please let us know.

Where Are You Going To Go?: I am not sure yet – I think the best way to figure this out is to ask the Steeler Nation and we have already recieved so many great Steeler Bar recommendations. Depending on costs – we will use the JetBlue Pass to fly to the furthest places. If things go well – hopefully we can continue to visit Steelers bars for the entire football season. There are already some offers for iron city beers in New York City.

Tracking the Tour: Of course, there will be blog posts, tweets and photos. Maybe this could become a book or a photo book. I would love to look at getting a better camera or if we can raise some more money bringing along a cameraman to make a documentary about the Steelers Bar.

Spread the Word, Support the Tour: – click here to learn more about how you can support the Steeler Bar Tour and IheartPGH

UPDATE – We have raised the first $500 – THANK YOU PITTSBURGH LOVERS!!!! Visit the Support Page to learn how you can help support the tour!