Choose the community where you live, work and play. Choose Oakland on October 3rd. On October 3rd, log onto www.pittsburghgives.org and make a donation to Oakland Planning and Development Corporation that will receive a match from The Pittsburgh Foundation. Or, join us at our Day of Giving party, where you can enjoy a free breakfast, giveaways, and neighborhood camaraderie while you make your donation from our 235 Atwood Street office between 8:30-11am. To RSVP, contact 412.621.7863 ext. 23 or rranallo@opdc.org.
Where do your dollars go? Know the facts... • Last year, we managed 1,548 volunteers, including students and courtmandated individuals, to pick up 884 bags of trash from Oakland’s streets.
• Our JobLinks program served over 400 unemployed or under employed people each month last year.
• This summer, we revitalized a blighted section of Oakland by converting an abandoned building into a community center for career and education opportunity.
• We own and manage • 78 rental properties throughout Oakland to to provide good quality, affordable homes for those of modest means.
• Since March 2011, we engaged over 400 community members in a participatory process that is unprecedented in Oakland, culminating in The Oakland 2025 Master Plan.
• Our School 2 Career program for at-risk youth has a 100% high school graduation rate and 100% college acceptance rate since 2008. We’ve registered 43 tree tenders and planted 143 street trees in Oakland to clean our air, beautify our community and raise our property values.