VetPets of SWPA uses the power of animal assisted activities and business partnerships to empower veterans and first responders to regain control of their mental and emotional well-being by providing them with the tools and support to thrive.
Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania (PFWPA) provides service, support and education for those living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and their families. All monies raised by PFWPA remain in Western Pennsylvania, and the support the 15,000+ people who have been diagnosed with PD. Parkinson’s is the fasting growing neurological disease in the world.
The Homeless Children’s Education Fund (HCEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1999 to support the educational needs of children experiencing homelessness in Allegheny County. Over the years, HCEF’s role in the community has developed and expanded to meet these needs. HCEF relies on support from community foundations, corporations, and individuals and receives no governmental funding.
The Stepping Stone Pathways is a non-profit organization that assist single parents in post-secondary education with a holistic two-generation approach. We a developing an affordable multi-family housing unit (for-profit) to house our students from The Stepping Stone Pathways so that they can graduate on time.
Assemble is a nonprofit organization and community space for arts and technology education located in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.
At our core, our mission is to build confidence through making. By creating approachable opportunities for learners of all ages to engage with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) based activities.
Community and Outreach
Located at 4824 Penn Avenue puts us right in the middle of Pittsburgh’s Friendship, Garfield, and Bloomfield neighborhoods. Assemble is proud to connect the children in our neighborhood with fun events and workshops to help kindle their interest in science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Assemble is a space to generate and share ideas. To that end, we welcome people who know things and people who want to know things into our community. Whether it’s a workshop for kids on how solar panels work, or an exhibition using modern technology to recreate the experience of a local farm in our space, Assemble is dedicated to sharing more ideas with more people.
Lettie Toujours is a creative design maven who will design and decorate your home, help you host a fabulous event, give you gentle guidance to learn something new; a modern day Auntie Mame giving you courage to throw your first dinner party or paint your dining room bright orange—and can arrange flowers for every event that you can throw at her.
For over a decade, Lettie has conceptualized, produced and executed high end social and corporate events in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and New York. Her design aesthetic is called upon for floral and interior styling, imaginative set design for fashion shows, concerts and conferences. Lettie is also sought after by her for residential design projects, color consultations and selection of finishes. She is influenced by Paris, London, art, history and individual style.
Lettie has styled editorial design shoots for local and national magazines and blogs such as Green Wedding Shoes, The White Wren, Grey Likes Weddings, Pittsburgh Magazine and Whirl Magazine. Lettie is proud to be a Mom, an independent business owner, flaneur and ardent supporter of all that is local, sustainable and reusable.
Pittsburgh Seminary prepares women and men for ministries in established and emerging Christian communities around the world. Rooted in the Reformed tradition and with a centuries-old history of mission and scholarship in service of the church, the Seminary is committed to relationships of mutual learning and serving with Christ-followers from other traditions and theological viewpoints. Our faculty and educational resources cultivate theologically reflective and contextually engaged Christian leaders. Our programs nurture vocational formation for bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our student body is comprised of Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Orthodox, and more than 20 other traditions from more than 30 U.S. states and countries around the world.
