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Onboard Dispatchers Needed for Senior Bus in September
Do You Have Any Gardening Tools to Donate or Lend?
Food Donations Needed!
United Way Campaign - Help Us Raise $100,000 for NHCO!
Cell Phone Drop-Off Locations
Coupon Books for Sale

Onboard Dispatchers Needed for Senior Bus in September North Hills Community Outreach urgently needs volunteers to serve as onboard dispatchers for the Free Rides for Seniors bus, which travels weekdays along Freeport Road between Blawnox and Sharpsburg. Volunteers are needed on Wednesdays and Fridays during September, from 12:45-4:00 PM. The volunteer dispatcher takes phone calls on the bus from senior citizens needing rides to the grocery store, hospital, pharmacy, etc., and helps the volunteer driver navigate the daily route. It's fun, easy and meaningful! Training will be provided by the driver at the time of the volunteer’s shift. Please contact Kerry at NHCO’s Lighthouse Pointe office in O’Hara Township at 412-449-0151.

Do You Have Any Gardening Tools to Donate or Lend? We could really use some tools (either donated or just to borrow) to clear the weeds from our garden plot in Bellevue.

• battery operated (cordless) weedwhacker
• wheelbarrow
• hedge clippers
• shovels/weed remover tool/rakes
• gardening gloves
• bottled water for thirsty, hardworking volunteers

If you can help, please contact Jen Drayton at 412-487-6316, option 2, x3210. Thank you!

Food Donations Needed! North Hills Community Outreach is requesting donations of rice mixes, canned fruit, crackers, macaroni and cheese and soup. NHCO operates two food pantries in Hampton and Bellevue, serving 350 families in need every month. According to food pantry coordinator Brandi Rukovena, “Summer is typically a slow time of the year for food donations. Most groups that donate – schools, church groups, Scouts – aren’t meeting, and individual donors are away or busy. But the need is constant.” Donations may be dropped off weekdays between 9 AM – 4 PM at 1975 Ferguson Road, Hampton. For more information, to arrange an alternate drop-off time, or for tips on conducting a food drive, contact Brandi at 412-487-6316, option 1.

United Way Campaign Our goal is to raise $100,000 in Contributor Choice donations through this year's United Way Campaign! If your workplace holds a campaign, we would love for you to designate NHCO for all or part of your annual pledge. We are on the Speakers' Bureau for the United Way, so please request us if you are holding a campaign kick-off and need a speaker. Also, please tell your colleagues about the work we are doing day in and day out to help people in need so they too may designate us! Here are our codes:

2357 - NHCO General Fund
9140 - Food Pantries
3806 - Employment Services
1528691 - Community Auto

If you participate in the Combined Federal Campaign, our code is 53330. For the State Employee Combined Appeal, our code is 4601-0133. Thank you for helping if you can!

Old Cell Phones Wanted Do you have an old cell phone that you don't need? If you donate it to NHCO, we'll send it off for recycling and receive a little bit of money for it. You can drop off your phone (we don't need the power cords or any accessories) at any NHCO office or one of the following locations (look for the drop-box):

• Coffee Tree (Fox Chapel Plaza)
• Shaler Library (Mt. Royal Blvd)
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (North Side)
• Affogato coffee house (Bellevue)
• Amani International Coffee House (North Side)

Coupon Books for Sale

Enjoy Pittsburgh NHCO is selling 2011 Enjoy Pittsburgh coupon books. Check out some of the participating restaurants and other businesses. Contact Vicki Burstynowicz to reserve your book. Each book costs $27, and NHCO receives $7-10 for each one sold.

Entertainment Books We are also selling 2011 Entertainment Books. Well, Allison Park Travel on Route 8 is generously selling them on our behalf! Pick up your book at NHCO (contact Vicki), at AP Travel or order it online and use our group account number (881472). When you order online, you can even order books outside of Pittsburgh and still designate NHCO to benefit from your purchase.