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by donating your time and monetary gifts to the Lighthouse Foundation Food Bank . Each week the food bank provides food for more than 300 families . Families can get fresh produce , canned goods , meat , frozen food and fresh bakery items . Over $ 1 million of food is distributed each year . Visit the website for volunteer opportunities for adults and teens and for other ways to help .
Sewickley Community Center Food Pantry
Address : 15 Chadwick Street , Sewickley Contact : sewickleycommunitycenter . com or 412.741.5430
Give back to your neighbors this winter by volunteering at the Sewickley Community Center Food Pantry . Donate , pick up , deliver , sort , or distribute food this holiday season for those needing support for their families . The food pantry is open yearround and provides a variety of food , primarily non-perishables , and serves the Sewickley , Coraopolis , Leetsdale and Ambridge areas . Call for more information on what items are needed .
Southwest Butler Food Cupboard
Address : 557 Perry Highway , Harmony Contact : swbfoodcupboard . org or 724.453.4184
No family should go without food this holiday season . The Southwest Butler Food Cupboard provides more than 76,500 pounds of food through donations each year to families in Zelienople , Harmony , Jackson , and Lancaster townships . Volunteers are needed to sort and stock food , package donations , and distribute food . Monetary and food donations are also appreciated . Visit the website for more information .
Create Some Sparkle
Project Linus
Address : Check the website for drop-off locations in the North Hills . Contact : projectlinuspgh . org
Get the family together to make a handmade blanket or quilt to donate this holiday season . Project Linus ’ mission is to provide love , a sense of security , warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill , traumatized , or otherwise in need throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area . Volunteer as a “ blanketeer ” for a rewarding and fun service opportunity that benefits youth in the community , with more than 203,000 blankets made and distributed since 1998 . Visit the website for more information on donating specifications and local drop-off sites .
Riding for the Handicapped of Western PA
Address : 9950 Grubbs Road , Wexford Contact : rhwpa . org or 412.366.2220
Parents and kids 14 and older can volunteer their time with Riding for the Handicapped of Western PA , a therapeutic horseback riding program that has helped children and young adults with disabilities for more than 30 years . It is run entirely by volunteers and funded exclusively by donations , fundraising , and grants . Train to volunteer as side walkers and horse leaders or make a donation , all of which goes directly to support the program , riders , and horses .
The Strand Theater Initiative
Address : 119 North Main Street , Zelienople Contact : thestrandtheater . org or 724.742.0400
This holiday season , make a monetary donation or volunteer to keep the historic Strand Theater alive for generations to come — and be inspired by its fantastic holiday shows ! The Strand Theater Initiative is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making the theater a cultural center for the performing arts in the North Pittsburgh region . Visit the website for ways to get involved .
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania ’ s Stuff a Bus Day
Contact : uwswpa . org / be-a-volunteer
In partnership with AFL-CIO ’ s Labor Council , United Way will collect new and unwrapped toys on Thursday , Dec . 1 , to stuff a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus . Toys will be distributed the following week to Labor Council partners and United Way partner agencies .
Give a Senior Some Holiday Cheer
Lutheran SeniorLife – Passavant Community
Address : 105 Burgess Drive , Zelienople Contact : donna . cawthorne @ lutheranseniorlife . org
Make the season filled with cheer this year . Groups or families can volunteer to present a concert , hymn sing , sing-along , or another type of entertainment for the seniors of Lutheran SeniorLife at the Scholl Conference Center . Singing not your talent ? Families or individuals can also make cards , create seasonal laminated placemats for dining room tables , or make walker bags to bring seniors joy this holiday season . Monetary donations are welcome and will be used for Bingo prizes and Christmas gifts or contact the Outreach office for a list of items that can be donated .
North Country Meals on Wheels
Address : 3281 Wexford Road , Gibsonia Contact : mealsonwheelssouthwestpa . com / NorthCountryKitchen . asp or 724.935.1877
Put a smile on a senior ’ s face in your neighborhood this winter ! The program operates in conjunction with four other northern-area kitchens to provide nutritious meals to individuals who are homebound or unable to prepare their own meals . Volunteers deliver meals Monday through Friday to Bradford Woods , Franklin Park , Marshall , McCandless , Pine , and
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