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Back to School Collection Underway
$500 Grants Awarded to Groups Helping Seniors
Upcoming Fundraisers and Special Events

Back to School Collection North Hills Community Outreach is collecting new backpacks and school supplies for distribution to low-income children in grades K-12. Items needed include backpacks (large ones for older kids are especially needed), pencils, rulers, scissors, crayons, markers, notebooks and folders. For more information, contact Jennifer Lynn at 412-487-6316, option 1. Or download a flier here.

Open Your Heart to a Senior has awarded mini-grants of $500 each to four groups that will implement volunteer recruitment and outreach projects that help senior citizens in the local community. The recipients are:

• Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh (Homestead) - The grant will be used to provide mileage reimbursements to volunteers who drive senior clients to appointments and activities, thereby increasing the number of volunteers available to help seniors and enabling more senior clients to participate in programs.
• KnitHope (McCandless) will create “KnitHope Knit-Alongs,” recruiting senior and non-senior volunteers to knit together, teach each other new skills and make scarves for seniors in need.
• North Hills Senior Services (McCandless) will build a Faith Community Nurse volunteer nurse program, providing general health and spiritual health help to the senior community.
• St. Joseph Parish (O’Hara) will implement intergenerational projects and activities that reach out to homebound seniors in the community for fun and fellowship.

Proposals were evaluated based on the soundness of the plan and project activities, especially the potential to engage both volunteers and seniors in response to an identified community need. Twelve applications were received for the four grants.

Open Your Heart to a Senior is a joint initiative of Family Services of Western Pennsylvania’s Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers program (IVC) and North Hills Community Outreach, designed to ensure that every senior in Allegheny County who needs a caring volunteer has one. Volunteers provide nonmedical assistance (e.g., rides to the doctor, assistance with grocery shopping, friendly visits and phone calls, yard projects, etc.), helping the seniors to remain safe and independent in their own homes. This initiative is funded by the United Way of Allegheny County. 

Upcoming Fundraisers

Motorcycle Run - The Double L bar (307 Grant Street, Millvale) is sponsoring a motorcycle run to benefit NHCO. The event takes place on Saturday, July 24, at 11:00 AM. The cost is $20 per driver, $15 per rider. For more information, call 412-821-2647.

Five Below - From July 31-August 15, the Five Below store in North Hills Village Mall (next to Kuhn's) will donate to NHCO 10% of sales from customers who present this flier.

Joseph Beth Booksellers - This Southside Works bookstore will donate 20% of sales when customers present this coupon on Saturday, August 14th.