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The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) on Wednesday formally announced the 17 organizations participating in its nonpartisan Nonprofit Vote voter engagement program.

The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) on Wednesday formally announced the 17 organizations participating in its nonpartisan Nonprofit Vote voter engagement program,

Andrew K. Kuremsky, a native of Wexford and a Fairfax, Va., police officer, died in a car crash on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. He was 25. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Officer Andrew K. Kuremsky Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

To help feed the 40,000 people in Westmoreland County who struggle with hunger, the Westmoreland County Food Bank is urging county residents to advocate, educate, donate or volunteer during September, which is nationally recognized as Hunger Action Month. On Sept. 21, the food bank will participate in the annual Day of Giving for online individual donations, with a matched donation up to $50,000. Organized by the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, the program raised more than $20,000 for the food bank last year, Ms. Miller said.

A mother of six left her Dormont home 36 years ago and crossed the state to do battle with nuclear warheads. To commemorate that day, the city issued a proclamation on Wednesday declaring Sept. 7 Molly Rush Day in Pittsburgh, kicking off a celebration of the “local peace legend” that culminates in a professional reading of Tammy Ryan’s play “Molly's Hammer” on Sept. 9, the anniversary of the hammer-swing protest. Ms.

Garfield just got more colorful with the addition of a cheery new mural that takes up the entire wall facing the Pittsburgh Glass Center on Penn Avenue. Indagare, Therman’s exhibition at PGC, and his mural were supported by The Benter Foundation, Laurel Foundation, and Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, a partnership of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.

Garfield just got more colorful with the addition of a cheery new mural that takes up the entire wall facing the Pittsburgh Glass Center on Penn Avenue. Indagare, Therman’s exhibition at PGC, and his mural were supported by The Benter Foundation, Laurel Foundation, and Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, a partnership of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.

For a $41 million check, it didn’t make much noise, but UPMC announced Monday it will make that final payment next year for early fulfillment of its $100 million commitment to The Pittsburgh Promise. That’s the scholarship program that has helped roughly 7,000 city high school graduates into college in the past nine years. It has provided more than $83 million in scholarship money to roughly 120 colleges, universities and trade schools across Pennsylvania. There’s enough money now to keep this program going through the high school classes of 2028. Those children are in first grade now.

The event is in memory of Owen Galluzzo, who at 9 died from complications related to heart surgery. He was a student at Osborne Elementary School. Following his death, friends and family created the Owen Galluzzo Memorial Fund, a permanent endowment held by The Pittsburgh Foundation. Funds support organizations that help the lives of medically fragile children.