in
the
LOOP
and education, thereby benefiting the
region’s communities, economy, and quality
of life.
PWP operates with very little or no
negative impact to the environment, using
volunteers in kayaks and canoes to get
into ecologically sensitive, shallow, and
inaccessible areas that land-based cleanup
crews cannot reach. In 2013, volunteer
crews removed 16.6 tons of illegally dumped
debris and litter from waterways in western
Pennsylvania, exceeding 2012’s total of 15.3
tons.
The 18 cleanups in 2014 will include:
Ten Mile Creek (Marianna); Slippery Rock
Creek; Moraine, Erie Bluffs, and Presque Isle
State Parks; Kiskiminetas River (Leechburg);
Allegheny River (Franklin); Chartiers Creek
(South Fayette and Upper St. Clair); and the
Yough, Ohio, and Mon. PWP’s watershed
stewardship events provide exercise,
encourage teamwork, and offer a chance to
participate in positive change. No experience
is necessary and volunteers may borrow a
kayak or canoe from the PWP fleet.
In addition to watershed stewardship
events, PWP is expanding its Watershed/
Paddling Education Program for Urban
Youth, and continuing work on the Presque
Isle State Park Water Trail and accompanying
film. The film will debut in June 2014.
For more information about how
to get involved with PWP, please visit
paddlewithoutpollution.com or e-mail
[email protected].
THE FRIENDS OF THE
HOLLYWOOD THEATER
CELEBRATES THREE
YEARS
In 2010, a group of movie lovers got
together to save the historic Hollywood
Theater in Dormont. They knew it would be
an uphill battle as the theater, which dates
to the 1920s, had opened and closed several
times in the previous decade. The group
became the Friends of the Hollywood Theater
and applied for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
On May 3, 2011, they reopened the theater.
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“The last three years have been a roller
coaster ride,” says M.A. Jackson, a Friends
founding board member. “But each year gets
better. We are seeing bigger audiences and we
offer some of the most eclectic and interesting
events and movies in the city. It’s not easy for
a small, independent theater to survive today.
After three years of hard work, we want to
celebrate what we’ve accomplished.”
“This past year the community showed
us that the Hollywood Theater is important
to them,” says Chad Hunter, the Hollywood
Theater’s executive director. “They’ve come
to our films, concerts, community meetings,
book signings, theater organ programs, and
more. They’ve become members, sponsors,
donors, and rented the theater for their
birthday parties, film premieres and even
for weddings. The future of the Hollywood
looks bright, and we want to celebrate with
everyone who has helped make it possible.”
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