http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org The blog of the Pittsburgh Foundation community. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:16:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/2010/02/this-is-a-photo-of-benjamin-harris/ 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 ... http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/2010/01/global-links-takes-on-coordination-of-local-haiti-response-effort/ 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 ... http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/2010/01/haiti-emergency-relief-pittsburghgives/ 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 http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/2010/01/haiti-relief-effort/ 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 ... http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/2010/01/youth-creating-change/