Posted February 1, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
Few of you will have heard of him. Mr. Harris passed away in 1952. He was the former President of U.S. Steel’s Tubular Products, Inc.
But thanks to his daughter, who established a fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation in 1982 in memory of her father, Mr. Harris’ philanthropic spirit lives on – currently in reaching out to the men, women and children suffering in the terrible aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.
From his fund, The Pittsburgh Foundation is today announcing $65,000 in immediate grants to support the relief effort in Haiti. Two of these grants, totaling $50,000, will go to organizations with strong Pittsburgh connections:
- Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, a gem of a clinic outside Port-au-Prince that was founded by Pittsburgher Dr. Larimer Mellon in 1956. The clinic was spared the devastation of the earthquake and is operating with full staff to treat casualties and provide life-saving care.
- Brother’s Brother, located on Pittsburgh’s North Side is amassing urgently-needed medical supplies for shipment to Haiti, including antibiotics, surgical packs, surgical instruments and other requested provisions. Its first shipment was airlifted to Haiti last week.
A third grant of $15,000 will go to Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organization which receives strong support from medical professionals in the Pittsburgh region. The organization’s facilities in Haiti were severely damaged by the earthquake, but workers have established temporary clinics to treat the injured.
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Posted January 21, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
Unprecedented Collaboration Between Global Links, UPMC, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Speeding Medical Response
In an unprecedented collaboration, Pittsburgh-based Global Links, in partnership with UPMC, Hopital Albert Schweitzer, local physicians and medical supply companies, is coordinating local Haiti relief efforts in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake.
Global Links is working with Hopital Albert Schweitzer staff as well as local physicians deploying with disaster relief agencies to procure donations of needed medical materials, medicines and equipment. In addition to providing donations of supplies and equipment from its own inventory, Global Links is fielding and directing solicitations to UPMC and their network of vendors.
Items most commonly needed by all medical personnel working in Haiti now range from sutures and crutches, antibiotics, bandages, surgical instrumentation, X-ray film, and more. Global Links is directing the collection, preparation, packing and shipping of these supplies.
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Posted January 15, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
Haiti Emergency Relief:
The Pittsburgh Foundation Opens On-Line Site for Public Donations
Pittsburgh-based organizations mobilizing to support the emergency relief effort in Haiti can receive public donations free of credit card fees through PittsburghGives, the new on-line giving resource developed by The Pittsburgh Foundation. The site can be accessed at: pittsburghgives.org.
The Foundation will cover all credit card transaction and processing fees charged by its vendor for all donations to those local organizations supporting the relief effort.
More than 350 local nonprofit organizations are profiled on the PittsburghGives site, and among them are key agencies appealing for public support as they organize emergency relief for the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.
Local organizations responding to the relief effort which are also profiled on PittsburghGives include: American Red Cross, Brother’s Brother, Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti and Global Links.
Donations to support the relief effort that are provided through PittsburghGives will go directly to the chosen organizations. Donations can be made to multiple organizations from the site.
Posted January 13, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
Relief organizations are accepting donations and support as they respond to the devastation and human tragedy caused by the massive earthquake in Haiti.
The Pittsburgh Foundation is guiding those who want to make a donation to support this relief effort to the following:
http://www.redcross.org
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
http://tinyurl.com/HaitiResources
Posted January 6, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
The Pittsburgh Foundation has launched the second Voices of Youth, giving youth an opportunity to have their voices heard in their community as part of the public on-line competition.
The second Voices of Youth, a three part series launched jointly with The Grable Foundation, asks children and youth to take action on the issues that affect their lives. “Young people have first-hand knowledge of the conditions that impact their daily lives, yet in most contexts they are not given the opportunity to speak out or take action that leads to meaningful change,” said Jeanne Pearlman, Senior Vice President, Programs at The Pittsburgh Foundation.
Participating children and youth are asked to work with adult mentors to design a project that increases awareness regarding a local, regional, or national issue, engages youth in philanthropic activities that connect them with the causes they support or expands opportunities for young people to learn about movements for change and put those lessons into an action plan for change. The closing date for entries is February 10, 2010.
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