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Floyd Faulkner, Quaker Valley School District’s community youth worker, meets with students at the Sewickley YMCA after-school program.
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Beyond the wealth facade

An extraordinary legacy addresses poverty beyond a town’s prosperity.

Above, on the left: Sylvia Sachs showed that women can do consequential journalism and personal philanthropy. Above, on the right: A colleague’s retirement brought Sylvia Sachs to Deborah Sullivan, who then helped Sachs develop a plan to give back.
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Women of means

Two women in fields traditionally dominated by men build a powerful philanthropic legacy.

Thousands of people attended a vigil organized by Taylor Allderdice High School students on Forbes and Murray Avenue following the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. (Photo by Heather Mull for PublicSource). Oct. 28, 2018.
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Tree of Life: #LoveIsStronger

Under the #LoveIsStronger banner, The Pittsburgh Foundation raised funds through a crowdfunding campaign to support organizations assisting victims of the mass shootings at Tree of Life Synagogue.

ABOVE: Bonnie Guldenschuh holds baby Connor, who is recovering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Guldenschuh is a volunteer with Faith Forward’s Angel Arms program, which cares for infants born with drug dependence. Faith Forward is one of the organizations benefiting from CFWC’s Opioid Impact Giving Circle. BELOW: VonZell Wade (right), cofounder of Lost Dreams Awakening, speaks with Ethan Faybik. Wade uses his own experience with substance abuse to help others in recovery.
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Circling up support

Addiction meets its match

Above: Paul Rosenzweig (l), former deputy assistant secretary for policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security moderates a discussion of free speech vs. national security with Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former director, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency; and Tom Ridge (r), former governor, Pennsylvania and former secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security at the conference held Oct. 21-22, 2018, at Duquesne University. (Photo credit: Joshua Franzos)
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Civil discourse in uncivil times

The Foundation and key partners present conferences to reaffirm the value of the First Amendment.

Cover of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
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Maxwell King at Mr. Rogers book event Nov. 7 at Duquesne University

Duquesne University will host Pittsburgh Foundation President and CEO Maxwell King, author of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, for a program at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Power Center Ballroom, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.

Hurricane Michael off the coast of Florida before making landfall near Panama City, FL, on Oct. 10, 2018.
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Save the children providing Hurricane Michael support

Save the Children is providing child-focused emergency supplies and working with national and state partners to assess children’s immediate needs.

The Carnegie-Collier Rotary Scholarship is the brain child of John and Deborah Giffin. The fund has been housed at The Pittsburgh Foundation since 2013.
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Accounting for success

Scholarship fund helps students graduate with less debt.

From left to right: Michael, Mark, P.J. and Jackie DiNuzzo at their offices in Beaver County. Though the family runs the firm, 15 other employees are not related, but Mark DiNuzzo says they all share a commitment to helping their clients with their financial goals and improving the community.
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Not just a family affair

Philanthropy and community are at the heart of Beaver County firm