Season of Giving
OPEN YOUR HEART TO A SENIOR
Contact: fswp.org/services/open-your-heart-senior-program, or 888.222.4200
A great winter charitable project for the family, or a teenage youth group! Open Your Heart
to a Senior is a volunteer initiative sponsored by the United Way of Allegheny County that
matches volunteer caregivers with older adults in the area to provide non‑medical assistance,
helping them remain safe and independent in their own homes. There are opportunities to
help in the east suburbs. Visit the website for more information on this and other volunteer
opportunities.
SENIOR CENTERS IN THE EAST SUBURBS AND WESTMORELAND COUNTY
East Suburb Locations: Braddock Hills, Oakmont, Penn Hills, Plum, Swissvale and Verona.
Visit the website for the exact addresses. Westmoreland Center for Active Adults/Satellite
Center Locations: Check the website for addresses.
Contact: alleghenycounty.us/Human-Services/Programs-Services/Older-Adults/SeniorCenters.aspx or co.westmoreland.pa.us
Would you like to volunteer to help out at a holiday party, play games, or lead a dance class?
The volunteer opportunities at the above Senior Center locations are endless when it comes to
enhancing a senior’s life. Visit the websites for ways to get involved in your community.
Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Count
CONSTRUCTION JUNCTION REGIVES
Address: 214 North Lexington Street, Wilkinsburg
Contact: constructionjunction.org/community-events/volunteer, or 412.243.5025
Remember all that wood you bought for an unfinished project, or that hand-me-down
antique table you never liked? Make a New Year’s resolution to donate it all to the Construction
Junction ReGives program. Started in 2011, the program provides
support to local social service, environmental
and art-focused nonprofits through the
donation of building material and
furniture. Visit the website for ways
to donate, or to volunteer.
THE HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY RESTORE
Address: Braddock Hills Shopping
Center, 212 Yost Boulevard,
Braddock Hills
Contact: pittsburghhabitat.org/restore, or
412.244.7100
Help yourself by cleaning out your garage and help a family in need
at the same time in 2017! HFHR accepts donations of reusable home
improvement and building materials. These goods are then sold to the
public at deep discount. All proceeds from the sale of donations help
place families in affordable shelter in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Visit
the website for ways to donate, or to volunteer.
GOODWILL RETAIL STORES
Address: Check the website for Monroeville, Murrysville, Greensburg
and other east suburb locations.
Contact: goodwillswpa.org, or 412.481.9005
Clean out your closet of gently used clothing and household goods
to help others this new year! It’s simple. When you donate your stuff to
Goodwill, you create opportunities for individuals in your community
looking to find a job and build skills, including veterans and military
families, single mothers and many others. Visit the website for mor