More than 20 years helping women and children
Always B Smiling, Inc.
Kristin Huibregtse
Use: Five monthly events for special needs families to get together and socialize with other families and kids
Alternatives. Yes
Use: GrandFamily program, providing emotional and financial support to grandparents raising grandkids
Anchorpoint Counseling Ministries Inc
Mark Heinbockel
mark@anchorpointcounselingministry.org
Use: Single Moms Care support group with babysitting, meals, and counseling
Beverly's Brithdays
Megs Yunn
Use: 140 cans of infant formula for the Greater Pittsburgh Infant Formula Bank
CASA of Allegheny County
Karen E. Galentine
Use: to support recruiting, selecting and supporting adult advocates for children in Allegheny City welfare system
Cancer Bridges
Meg Dluhos
Uses: Living Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer support group-exercise, counseling and coordinated care
The Church of the Covenant (Hands and Hearts Committee)
Mary Wichterman
Use: Baby items for their Love In basket for new moms in need, gift cards for school clothing for kids
Community Human Services
Liz Holmes
Welcome home kits for families transitioning from shelters to home
Crop & Kettle
Timothy Iman
Use: Operational support for Farm to Table workforce training
Focus On Renewal
Diona Jones
Use: Urgently needed infant and toddler food, formula, and diapers/supplies
Food 4 Kids- Hamilton Presbyterian Church
Rev. Lance Chapman,Jane Shero
Use: weekend backpacks of food for 1034 kids in 3 Baldwin schools
Garden Home Ministries
Sharlene Dominic
restore@gardenhomeministries.org
Use: food, transport, and medicine for recovering homeless and addicted women
Greene County United Way
MaChal Forbes
mforbes@greenecountyunitedway.org
Use: food for families at Stuff the Bus event -free school supplies/shoes/haircuts to low income kids
Hair Peace Charities
Jamie Hall
Use: 141 wigs for women and girls going through chemotherapy
Harvest's Bounty- Charleroi Area SD Education Foundation
Kathleen Franks
kathleenfranks@charleroisd.org
Use: support Harvest Bounty backpacks-sustainable breakfast and lunch for 60 kids over summer
Horses with Hope, Inc.
Anne Davis
Use: offsets costs for 4 riders for a whole year
Lending Hearts
Vasso Paliouras
Use: Kids and Young Adults with cancer-family box lunches for kids in oncology and clinic
Light of Life Ministries, Inc.
Philip Spina
Use: Women and Children's Shelter-trauma informed art and wellness items for kids
Little Sisters of the Poor
Kathleen Bowser
adevpittsburgh@littlesistersofthepoor.org
Use: 10 new mattresses for low income elderly
Meals on Wheels @ the Crossroads
Lisa Fair
Use: Meal delivery to elderly in need
Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank
Sara Vins
Use: Programming to encourage bereaved mothers to donate breast milk to milk bank
North Hills Community Outreach
Abigail Kelly
Use: Grants to non-traditional students in post-secondary schools (tuition, fees, childcare)
Pennsylvania Women Work
Lauren Riegelnegg
Use: One time scholarship for basic necessities while women job search or transition to the workforce
Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas
Heather Bradley
pghbereavementdoulas@gmail.com
Use: In-person guidance and support to families with miscarriage or stillbirth
Pittsburgh South Brook Middle School
Jennifer Dresmich
Use: Evening/weekend food to kids for free/reduced meals. We are currently serving 45 children, but an additional 51 special needs children will also be included.
Samaritan Counseling Center of Western PA
Beth Healey
bhealey@samaritancounseling.net
Use: Counseling for women and children who lack resources to pay for it
Sisters Place, Inc.
Lynette Vybiral
Use: Helping homeless families from shelter to home- program supplies, household items, furniture
South Hills Interfaith Movement
Rachel White
Use: Much needed lead teacher salary, program supplies, food
South Park Meals on Wheels
Pam Mason
Use: Meal delivery to elderly in need
South West Meals on Wheels of PA
Candy Mageras
Use: Meal delivery to elderly in need
United Way of Washington County
P. Ann Hrabik
Use: hygiene products for Washington Middle/High Schools, plus other hygiene items for 6 elementary schools
The Washington Salvation Army
Captain Amber Imhoff
wpa.washingtoncorps@use.salvationarmy.org
Use: youth cooking classes- utensils, food and supplies
The Watchful Shepherd USA
Tracy Walnoha
Use: Communicator units, help buttons, and funds toward monitoring costs for 300 families
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
Nicole Molinaro
Use: Children's Advocacy program, providing counseling and advocacy to children healing from Domestic Violence trauma
Young Adult Survivors United
Stephanie Samolovitch
Use: health and wellness to young adult cancer survivors