Young and Old Bond Through Summer Nutrition Program, Games and Activities
By Madison Brunner – Located just outside of Pittsburgh, Braddock has the second-highest number of senior citizens living alone and in poverty in Allegheny County. In under-served communities, two of the most vulnerable population groups are older adults and young...
Braddock Program Acts as Transportation Concierge
ED BLAZINA – Pittsburgh Post Gazette eblazina@post-gazette.com In her position overseeing a transportation network that serves 14 mostly disadvantaged communities in the Mon Valley, Paula McWilliams has seen this scenario too many times: Heritage Community...
Feature Story, Critcal Condition, A signature fundraising program generates a record-breaking $1.27 million to nonprofits providing basic needs, like affordable transportation.
James Alexander is one of 6,000 people per month who rely on transportation assistance from Heritage Community Initiatives to run errands and get to work and medical appointments. By Mackenzie Carpenter, Freelance Journalist based in Pittsburgh MOST OF THE TIME, a...
Critical Needs Alert, which replaces Day of Giving, Set for May 23
MICHAEL MACHOSKY – NEXTPITTSBURGH Jeremiah's Place--A young boy, whose mother is in an abusive relationship, plays on the imaginarium in the nursery. Photo by Joshua Franzos for The Pittsburgh Foundation. Food stamps aren't actually stamps anymore. SNAP (Supplemental...
Zeff plans to open a Crazy Mocha in Braddock… “Part of our function, we believe, is we love to be in neighborhood that needs a little bump, that needs a coffee shop,” Zeff said.
Braddock revitalization slow but steady, and that's OK, mayor says Ken Zeff prefers to open his Crazy Mocha coffee shops in places where they are most needed - places that need an economic jolt. He opened a Crazy Mocha in Lawrenceville before it was the hipster...