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2015
Penguins & Paws Calendar! Calendar will feature members of the Pittsburgh PenguinsÂŽ organization with some adoptable animals from the Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center. Calendars will be available and ship mid-November. Just visit our website at www.animalrescue.org/penscalendar or contact Ann Yeager at 412-345-0346 or ayeager@animalrescue.org.
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Buy 9 of the same service, get 3 for free. Buy 12 months, get the 13th free. *This fab offer ends on December 31, 2014. See center for details.
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PITTSBURGH - FORBES AVE 412 586 4571 5854 Forbes Avenue
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The Palace Theatre Coming Attractions!
GET THE LED THE AMERICAN OUT!• LED ZEPPELIN •
FRI & SAT JAN 23 & 24 8PM Orchestra $31, $28; Loge $31; Balcony $28, $25
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Scientific and unique gifts from the XPLOR Store! Lionel Train Sets • Sky Master Binoculars Chem Lab Kits • Astronaut Ice Cream Titanium Bullet Space Pens ...and more! 8 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014
SKY ZONE INDOOR TRAMPOLINE PARK
PITTSBURGH’S
TRAMPOLINE PARK! ALL AGES “ACTIVE FUN” FAMILY CENTER ULTIMATE 3D PLAY EXPERIENCE
Give the gift of Awesome, Healthy Fun this Holiday season with a Sky Zone Gift Card.
LEETSDALE/SEWICKLEY
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740 BRICKWORKS DR., LEETSDALE, PA
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HOURS: MONDAY- Closed TUESDAY- THURSDAY: 4:00pm - 8:00pm SUNDAY: 12:00pm - 7:00pm FRIDAY: Toddler Time (Ages walking to 5)- 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Open Jump 3:00pm - 9:00pm SkyMania $18* (ages 10-15) EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT from 9:00pm - 11:00pm SATURDAY: 10:00am - 10:00pm SkyJam $18 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT from 10:00pm - 12:00am for ages 16+
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Mamatayoe Skirt and Colimalhas Top Boutique La Passerelle, Downtown.
shopblp.com
You’re Beautiful Handy Tote Mattress Factory Shop, North Side.
mfshop.org
Woolly Warmth Gloves Ten Thousand Villages, Squirrel Hill.
tenthousandvillages.com
S’well Non-toxic Stainless Steel Bottles Maggie & Stella’s Cards & Gifts, Oakland.
maggieandstellasgifts.com
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Discover our feel-good gifts from around the world
Marilyn Monroe Puzzle The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. warholstore.com
Receive 25% off one item with this coupon * 1001509
5824 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh Holiday hours: Mon–Thu 10–8, Fri–Sat 10–6, Sun 11–3 *Offer valid at participating stores until 12/31/14. Not valid with other discounts, gift card, Oriental rug or Traveler’s Find purchases. One coupon per customer per day.
Ceramic Bowls The PCA Shop, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Shadyside.
pca.pittsburgharts.org
European Fashion with Pittsburgh Flair
Victoria Leather Penny Pouch Gordon Shoes, Homestead. gordonshoes.com
417 WOOD STREET • PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 www.shopblp.com • 412.434.1325 MON-FRI 10-6 SAT 10-5 • FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014 13
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Looking for a Unique Gift? Carved Gazelle Mask Ten Thousand Villages, Squirrel Hill. tenthousandvillages.com
Classic Brow Brush and Natural Brow Powder European Wax Center,
GIVE THE GIFT OF A
CONFIDENT SMILE! POLISHED D E N TA L
Multiple Locations.
waxcenter.com
DR. JOEY TROUPE
FREE EXAM
WITH WHITENING PURCHASE. Find us on Facebook! Polished Dental PGH
MYPITTSBURGHDENTAL.COM
412.281.3546
355 FIFTH AVE. | SUITE 1500 DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGHMYPITTSBURGHDENTAL.COM
Afrika Printed Cotton U-Neck Long-Sleeved Mini Dress American Apparel, Shadyside.
americanapparel.net
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Reservation • Take-Out • Free Delivery • Catering • BYOB Service Available
Ramen Bar Japanese Cuisine
Sun-Thurs: 12PM - 10PM Fri-Sat: 12PM - 11PM
5860 Forbes Ave, 15217 • Squirrel Hill CALL (412) 521-5138 • 521-5899
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Taiwanese Style Cuisine
Oakland 414 South Craig St. AM PM PM
Mon-Sat 11 -9 • Sun 12 -9PM
Squirrel Hill 5874 1/2 Forbes Ave.AM AM PM
Sun-Thurs 11 -10 • Fri-Sat 11 -11PM
412-421-9579 • 412-421-2238 Reservation • Take-Out • Free Delivery • Catering • BYOB Service Available
The Tallis Scholars with the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass December 10, 7:30 PM
Highmark Holiday Pops
December 12-14 and 20 & 21, 2:30 PM/7:30 PM HOLIDAY SPONSOR
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EGO Crystal Diamond Bedazzled Battery Maverick Vapors, Lawrenceville.
shop.maverickvapors.com
Ecco Trace Boots Gordon Shoes, Homestead.
gordonshoes.com
Glass Bulb Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg.
wmuseumaa.org
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229 S. Highland Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206 412.661.5656
5847 Ellsworth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15232 412.362.5656
5849 Ellsworth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15232 412.362.6198
big Burrito gift cards...
2000 Smallman St Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.261.6565
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With full service and drop-off catering, any of the award winning big Burrito cuisines will bring your event to life. 412.361.3272 x209
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Casio Ladies Wristwatch American Apparel, Shadyside.
americanapparel.net
Give the best gift of all: a home for the holidays. Fresh Foam Collection New Balance, Multiple Locations. newbalancepittsburgh.com
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4623 LIBERTY AVE. 412.621.3100
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Merrell Shiloh Peak Boots Littles Shoes, Squirrel Hill. littlesshoes.com
Specializing in premium, naturall and byproduct-free pet foods, treats and supplements. Visit our new, larger store on Ellsworth Ave for an expanded selection of treats, toys, beds, accessories and supplies that are perfect for holiday gift giving!
Spartina Handbags Maggie & Stella’s Cards & Gifts, Oakland. maggieandstellasgifts.com
Pets P ets w elcome! welcome! Store St S tor ore Ho H Hours: ou ur rs: s:
Mon-Sat. M onon o n Sat Saat. 1 10am-8pm 0am 0 0a am-8p am -8p -8 8pm Sun Su S un u n. 11am-4pm 11am 1am m-4p 4pm 4p Sun.
5880 Ellsworth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15232 412-362-7387
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Best Gift
Starter Kits E-Juice
Mods Tanks
Batteries Accessories
EVER… For your lady… For your tree…
Come in and hang out, charging stations, learn more about quitting smoking and using vapors. U.S. made E-Juice. The perfect gift for someone you love!
4322 Butler St , Lawrenceville (Below Arsenal Lanes)
412-709-6443 www.maverickvapors.com The Art of Thai Cuisine
For your man…
NOW OPEN in the heart of Squirrel Hill! OPEN Monday-Saturday 11am-10pm Sunday 11am-9:30pm BYOB (no corking fee) Lunch specials starting at $8!
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412-521-8989 www.sukhothaibistro.com 5813 Forbes Avenue, Pgh., PA 15217 Purchase a Gift Voucher at BurghBargains.com
$8 IN ADVANCE t $10 AT THE DOOR t KIDS 5 & UNDER FREE PITTSBURGH’S
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30 ARTISTS 300 COSTUMES 20 ACTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 | 8PM | BENEDUM CENTER TRUSTARTS.ORG • BOX OFFICE AT THEATER SQUARE 412-456-6666 • GROUPS 10+ TICKETS 412-471-6930
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Premium Cigars Smoker Friendly,
Multiple Locations.
smokerfriendly.com
California Fleece Zip Jogger American Apparel, Shadyside.
americanapparel.net
Ecco Track II Gore-Tex Boots Littles Shoes, Squirrel Hill.
littlesshoes.com
Beard Oil Mister Grooming & Goods, Lawrenceville.
mistergroomingandgoods.com
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An Evening With . . .
Audra McDonald April 15, 2015 | Byham Theater | 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. All Yinz T-shirt Commonwealth Press,
The Hill House Association presents the six-time Tony Award winning singer and actress. Tickets, $63 to $134. On sale Dec. 8 at www.trustarts.org.
South Side.
compressmerch.com
www.hillhouse.org •1835 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 The World of Ice & Fire Book The University Store on Fifth, Oakland. pittuniversitystore.com
Thank you City Paper readers for voting us one of the Best Chinese Restaurants in Pittsburgh
China Palace Shadyside Featuring cuisine in the style of
Peking, Hunan, Szechuan and Mandarin
100 VEGETARIAN DISHES!
Delivery Hours
11:30 - 2 pm and 5-10pm Circuit Board Keepsake Box Ten Thousand Villages, Squirrel Hill. tenthousandvillages.com
5440 Walnut Street, Shadyside 412-687-RICE www.chinapalacepittsburgh.com PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014 29
Give the perfect gift… and a little something for yourself!
HOLIDAY GIFT CARD SALE: Buy a $25 Rock Bottom gift card and get a $5 bonus card
BEER-TO-GO FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY: 64 oz. growlers, sixtel kegs (5.15 gal), half barrel kegs (15.5 gal) * keg orders must be placed a minimum of 2 business days in advance
HOST YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY HERE: Reserve the RB Lounge, Hi-Level Room, or Sing Sing and let us make your holiday event unforgettable.
HAPPY HOUR Every M-F 4-6PM; 10-Mid
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$10 BONUS GIFT CARD Spend $100 get a
$25 BONUS GIFT CARD
Good on anything in the store! Guns, shooting lessons, indoor shooting range, ammo, accessories!
& SHOOTING CENTER
VISIT OUR INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE - OPEN 7 DAYS 2980 LEBANON CHURCH RD. • WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122 • 412-469-9992 W W W . A N T H O N YA R M S . C O M 30 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014
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CELEBRATE THE SEASON.
2015 Pirates Tickets Pittsburgh Pirates, North Side.
pirates.com
Red Wing Chukka Boots American Apparel, Shadyside.
americanapparel.net
317 South Craig Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
412.682.3310 luccaristorante.com
Mittens
Candles
Jewelry Holiday Cards Ornaments Pottery \
American-made
Handcrafted Gifts Soap Pillows Scarves Glass Textiles Long-sleeved Button-up T-shirt TRIM, East Liberty.
trimpittsburgh.com
HOLIDAY MARKET 2014 An American Marketplace, the shop at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art’s temporary location - Westmoreland @rt 30, is open seven days a week from 11AM - 5PM and features many speciality items for the Holidays, including festive cards, ornaments and one-of-kind pieces created by both national and regional artists. 4764 State Route 30, Greensburg, PA 15601 - wmuseumaa.org - 724.837.1500 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014 31
Happy Holidays FROM
MONDAYS
SPECIALTY BURGER & BEER $10
TUESDAYS
FRIED CHICKEN
24
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FEATURING
WEDNESDAYS LOBSTER TAILS THURSDAYS
$10 OFF BOTTLES OF WINE
FRIDAYS
RAW BAR
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
BRUNCH
Large selection of crafts and imports.
301 Freeport Road - Aspinwall, PA 15215 412.408-3420 www.cornerstonepgh.com
Voted Best Wings in Pittsburgh by wpxi
LOCATED IN HEART OF SEWICKLEY 518 LOCUST PLACE 412.741.0300
Celebrating Twenty Days of
The Countdown to Harris Grill’s
10th
ANNIVERSARY Fabulous Daily Giveaways! Win tickets to RuPaul’s Drag Race Condragulations Tour Feb. 24 at the Byham!
Enter Daily to win Free Bacon for Life! Enter daily. Must be present to win. No whining. No skateboarding. The Grinch is real, unlike stir fry. No, you can’t use two Groupons. No turn on red. Void in Nebraska. No, we mean it: No Whining. 32 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014
HarrisGrill.com
We dare you not to play with it.
Rickenbacker Guitar Pittsburgh Guitars, South Side.
The 2015 Western PA Humane Society Different Breed of Love Calendar is here! It features “flippable” panels that let you mix a bit of cat with a speck of bunny, then throw in a dash of dog to create a brand new critter every day of the year.
pittsburghguitars.com
All proceeds help homeless pets at the Western PA Hu Humane Society.
$20
Birch Log Pillow Mattress Factory Shop, North Side. mfshop.org
Available online o at WPAH WPAHumane.org umane 412 228 58 5812 or callll 412-228-5812
Holiday Beer Basket Sharp Edge, Multiple Locations.
1101 Western Avenue on Pittsburgh’s North Side www.WPAHumane.org
sharpedgebeer.com
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Hoppy Holidays from The Sharp Edge
Underwear Socks Swimwear Shirts Loungewear Candles Beard & Shave Soap
70+ Belgian & Craft Christmas Beers, Largest selection in Pittsburgh Six international and craft beer baskets or your holiday gift giving. Ready-to-go, on display at all restaurants from $30. If you prefer, create-your-own basket!
5968 Baum Blvd. East Liberty – Pittsburgh TRIMPittsburgh.com
FIVE AWARD WINNING SHARP EDGE RESTAURANTS: Downtown Bistro 922 Penn • East Liberty Beer Emporium Sewickley Bistro • Crafton Creekhouse • Peters Twp. Brasserie WWW.SHARPEDGEBEER.COM
North/South Indian • Indo Chinese & Tandoori Elegant Dining Hall
Catering Call 412.877.7731 (Didar cell) Grand Lunch Buffet Dinner Buffet Festival- Sunday and Thursday 50% Off Dinners Tues 5-9pm OVER
315 N. CRAIG STREET NEAR BOMBAY FOOD MARKET
OAKLAND 412-681-6600
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PEOPLES GAS HOLIDAY MARKET FRIDAY, NOV. 21 – TUESDAY, DEC. 23 MARKET SQUARE Handcrafted & Imported Gifts Santa’s House & Photos Live Entertainment BNY Mellon Season of Lights
NEW! KIDSPLAY HOLIDAY SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & BLACK FRIDAY Noon-5pm Free Activities! Free Trolley Rides! Short Films, Improv Comedy, Crafts, Stories and more!
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*Pittsburgh Parking Authority garages only.
Free Trolley & Carriage Rides Free Parking* Free Family Fun DOWNTOWNPITTSBURGH.COM/HOLIDAYS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Pitt Men’s Glee Club
Annual Holiday Concert
Featuring Katy Williams, Soprano • Richard Teaster, Conductor Saturday, SSa Sat atturday urd y De urday D Dec December ecember m er 6th th att 44:00 00 PPM M Firstt B Fi Baptist aptist ti t Church Ch h off Pittsburgh Pitt b h 159 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 www.music.pitt.edu/tickets (412) 624-7529 36 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER GIFT GUIDE 2014
Works bby Praetorius, Rachmaninoff and Reger, as well as carols from around the world.
Staff and volunteers organize and pack groceries for approximately 500 East End families each month.
Hands Large volunteer force crucial to East End Cooperative Ministry and its mission by Brian Conway
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headquarters it could rightfully call its own. “We were in 14 different buildings,” says Sally Johnson, community and donor relations director at the ministry, “and we had 16 different programs running out of those 14 locations.” Now, the task is to secure the steady flow of volunteers necesFrustrated by this lack of cohesion, the ministry’s board of sary to fulfill that purpose: “to build a community of opportunity directors began to investigate the feasibility of constructing a dediin Pittsburgh’s East End.” cated headquarters. A capital campaign was announced in 2009, The East End Cooperative Ministry began in 1970, when and four years and $15 million later, the 56,800-square-foot, 18 local faith communities — known as the Council of LEED-Platinum Community House was dedicated. For on to Congregations — made the pragmatic decision r time since its inception, nearly all the ministhe first ast tackle the challenges facing Pittsburgh’s East try programs are held together under one roof. try’s End together, as a consolidated charitable But the new space and programs have Interested effort. One of the ministry’s first efforts was made the organization even more in need in volunteering to host interracial breakfasts for students at of volunteers and donations. Johnson says with the East End Peabody High School, and over the next EECM has between 50 to 60 staff members decades, EECM would launch dozens of Cooperative Ministry? and offers a large number of programs other community programs, including a annually that include running children Contact Tracy Hudson, food pantry, emergency shelter, youth and youth programs, programs for the volunteer coordinator, summer programs and, in 1975, the East homeless, operating a food pantry and at tracyh@eecm.org or End Food Co-op. operating a kitchen that serves 300 meals 412-361-5549 x 7124. Monetary donations In 2005, as the East End Cooperative daily. None of those programs, she says, can be made online at Ministry entered its 35th year of incorpocould happen without volunteers. www.eecm.org/give ration, the organization was still operating “We have probably three to four times out of various church basements, without a th the number of volunteers that we have staff,”
took more than 40 years, but the East End Cooperative Ministry finally has a home befitting its outsized mission.
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Johnson says. “We probably have just under 200 active volunteers on our roster right now. And like any non-profit organization, we do rely on our volunteers greatly. That’s how we get it all done. It certainly couldn’t get done with just the 60 of us.
“We have volunteers in every program, doing whatever it takes to be able to service the number of people that we do.”
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And while people’s inclination to volunteer and give is greater around the holidays, Johnsons says EECM doesn’t do much in the way of holiday-specific programming. They do a smaller-scale toy drive and coat drive, but much of their work stays centered on their clients’ day-to-day needs. “We’re doing such basic things that we really don’t have much opportunity to do much special, because we still need to provide lunch,” Johnson says. Adds Carrie Hill, EECM’s development and donor communications coordinator: “Everybody wants to give at the holidays. And of course that’s fine, and we appreciate that, but don’t forget about us in March, and April, and May, and the other months that aren’t around Christmas.” EECM’s headquarters, which is abuzz with activity year round is situated on what was formerly a vacant parking lot on Penn Circle. No sign proclaims the Community House’s presence. Rather, the two-story structure greets guests with well-tended flower boxes and a red-brick facade; one feels welcomed before even crossing the threshold. EECM’s three primary focus areas have always been hunger, homelessness, and children and youth. Each of these missions, plus administration, has its own dedicated space within the building. But like the organization itself, there is plenty of overlap. “Our mission has always been the same,” says Hill, “but when we were scattered all over the East End, and borrowing facilities, we didn’t really have the ability to do all the [programs] in the way that we wanted to do them.” A good example of this, explains Johnson, is the organization’s homeless Every weekday, EECM staff and volunteers program, which was previprepare and serve more than 100 hot lunch meals for the Community Kitchen. ously located in East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s basement. “Yes, we could take homeless men,” she says, “and give them a place to sleep, and give them something to eat for dinner and breakfast, but that was it.” “Now, they not only get a place to sleep, but they have laundry facilities, and some of them are in our work-therapy program now, and they’re working to maintain our building and our grounds, and attending classes. And we’re teaching them and giving them chances to do more than spend the night here.” Hill adds that these classes, such as financial management and interviewing skills, provide new opportunities for volunteers who may prefer to work within their individual skill sets. But she’s quick to add that the most immediate need remains in the ministry’s hunger services.
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A few rooms away, in a sleek industrial kitchen, lunch service is winding down. The kitchen serves approximately 120 hot, homemade lunches for free every weekday to anyone in the community who shows up, as well as to the 50 or so clients who live on the second floor of Community House under the ministry’s emergency-shelter and other short-term housing programs. Hunger Programs Director Ed Kinley says that his department relies on just three to five volunteers a day to assist one chef, and a staff of five runs a food pantry that services 150 clients a week, as well as a soup kitchen that puts out 300 meals a day, including the ministry’s meal-delivery program and its contract to provide Vintage Senior Daycare with lunches.
“About 180 to 200 volunteers is what we use, and we could use probably two or three dozen more,” explains Johnson, as a nearby volunteer assembles and bags dozens of sandwiches on her own. Despite EECM’s longstanding presence in the community, many wrongly believe the organization is operated, or at least financed, by the Council of Congregations. The Council, which has grown from the initial 18 local faith groups to well over 40, serves in more of an advisory role. “Being associated with the church has always been great,” says Hill. “A lot of volunteers come from there, but we are interfaith, and independent from all those congregations.” Despite the East End’s shifting identity, Johnson insists that East End Cooperative Ministry’s mission will remain the same; in some ways the need in the community is greater than ever. “With all the new development in East Liberty, one of the things that could be really helpful is the corporate partnerships that we can hopefully establish, and then they in turn can help us help the people in this East End community,” she says. No matter the challenge, the people of East End Cooperative Ministry continue to provide immediate care and longtime opportunity — shelter from the storm and shade from the heat — in, and as, the heart of East Liberty.
“Everybody wants to give at the holidays, but don’t forget about us in March, and April, and May.”
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