Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard is excited to announce that we will be participating in Giving Tuesday on December 3rd, 2019. Our organization is one of four Veterans Organizations in the Pittsburgh area that are participating this year. The other...
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Veterans Place is excited to announce that we have reopened our newly-remodeled kitchen and food pantry! As part of our mission to give our Veterans the skills they need to grow and become self-sufficient, our Veterans can come to our...
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During this holiday season, you can get into the spirit of giving in many ways. From volunteering to donating items, there are a variety of ways to help Veterans Place provide for the Veterans of the Pittsburgh Region. With your...
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Over a hundred employees from Deloitte's Pittsburgh office spent Friday helping various veterans organizations during the firm's annual "Day of Impact" that takes place the first Friday in June. Auditors, tax consultants, lawyers and the managing partner of the Pittsburgh...
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Providers in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County have found housing for nearly 600 homeless veterans since then-President Obama challenged the country to end homelessness for ex-service members, officials said Tuesday. Pittsburgh and Allegheny County joined veteran advocacy groups in 2014 to...
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Jake Steffey started a lemonade stand in Jefferson Hills that raised $415. Walmart matched the amount, and the 8-year-old boy decided to spend the profits on local homeless veterans. "I'm going to buy stuff for the veterans and give it...
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Jake Steffey, 7, gathered his friends and family to squeeze hundreds of lemons at Jefferson Hills Community Day, all for a good cause. Jake's motive for the “Friends Helping Friends” lemonade stand was simple: He wanted to help those in...
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To honor Veterans Day on Sunday, employees from O’Hara-based Synergy, and its sister firm BrightTree Studios, spent an afternoon at Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard. The group of 16 tech-savvy people performed old-fashioned lifting and toting. They organized and moved...
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Don Preisler sported a Buffalo Bills hat as he joked with other veterans at a Pittsburgh nonprofit. “It's rebellion,” he said while smiling and pointing to the hat. A short time later — after receiving gifts of a guitar, picks...
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have teamed up with the Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard to help a few vets who have fallen on hard times. Steelers starting left tackle Alejandro Villanueva was a captain in the U.S. Army,...
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If you’d ask Lower Burrell Mayor Rich Callender who those people were who met Saturday morning at the VFW Post 92 parking lot, he’d tell you it was a group of heroes. Around 40 motorcycle riders, along with Lower Burrell...
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The Steelers commitment to their community continued when the fifth donation through the Steelers Social Justice Grant program was announced on Wednesday. The program, which is led by the players themselves, is an effort to engage with various factions, including...
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