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Diana Nelson Jones' Walkabout: John Kane's story a quintessentially Pittsburgh one

Artist John Kane, who died at 74 in 1934, has a champion in former music impresario Pat McArdle, himself an art lover and a one-time ironworker, who is campaigning to have the new Greenfield Bridge named the John Kane Bridge. “It behooves the city to raise up a hero like him,” he said. “Everyone should know about him.” “A brilliant idea,” said Maxwell King, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Foundation. 

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Brian O'Neill: Larry's legacy — a fund for cancer patients in need

Larry’s Legacy Fund [of The Pittsburgh Foundation] for needy chemotherapy patients came out of that meeting. It works through the Cancer Caring Center in Bloomfield, a quiet little charity that’s been around 28 years and is chronically underfunded. Its provision of even a supermarket gift card can bring a client to tears.

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‘Save Our Stagecoach’ campaign launched

“It is a great way to give back to the community by helping the Historical Society raise funds for their ‘Save our Stagecoach’ project . . . keeping history alive in our community,” said Michael Reese, one of the Visionaries of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. The Visionaries are future philanthropic leaders with the desire to make a lasting impact on Westmoreland County.

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Hostel opens along bike trail in McKeesport

The McKeesport Trail Commission renovated the building into the McKeesport hostel with funds from the McKeesport Hospital Foundation, Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Blanche and Dewayne Wivagg Foundation, volunteer fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation and former Duquesne-West Mifflin Rotary Club, among other donors.

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Helpful questions for evaluating Giving-Day platforms

Even before the tech failure, The Pittsburgh Foundation’s contract with Kimbia was to end soon, and Christopher Whitlatch, the community foundation’s manager for marketing and communications, was asked to evaluate other providers. In doing the research, he developed a list of questions other community foundations could use when evaluating a current or potential provider. The questions cover areas such as a platform’s capacity and availability of customer support.
 

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Kimbia’s Giving-Day tech failure spurs a wake-up call

Many community foundations have used the incident as a learning opportunity. "It’s a shame that such a major issue happened," said Christopher Whitlatch, manager of marketing and communications for the Pittsburgh Foundation. "But at the same time, the good thing about the sector is it learns and grows any time something like this happens."

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Artist awarded foundation grant to continue Arctic work

Lori Hepner has been exploring landscapes in the Arctic that are being threatened by climate change. She creates new art from photographs taken outside and then transformed in the studio using LEDs that she moves while taking long exposure photographs. This work will be supported by a $10,000 grant she just received from the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Heinz Endowments.

 

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Goldie Hawn to attend Bethlehem Haven benefit in Pittsburgh

Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn will be in town Sept. 20 at the Fairmont Pittsburgh, Downtown, for “Be Inspired,” hosted by Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh to honor Dr. Edward J. Donnelly III and nurse Marilyn Sullivan for their work caring for Pittsburgh's homeless women.

 

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