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Kidsburgh – This year has delivered more problems than we ever imagined. Child care. Remote learning. Unemployment. Quarantine and social distancing. But Pittsburgh organizations continue to rise to the occasion with new programming and services. Here are 9 groups ready to come to the rescue. 1. Youth Enrichment Services Youth…...

KDKA – Pittsburgh Today Live’s Heather and David talk with Joe Smith, one of this year’s South Hills Interfaith Movement, or SHIM, champions for doing good! See the video here....

The Almanac – The South Hills Village Mall parking lot pretty much had been bare for the better part of two months, but that changed abruptly on a sunny Saturday in May. While the mall had not yet reopened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicles streamed into the…...

Tribune-Review – South Hills Interfaith Movement’s Back-to-School event distributed school supplies and backpacks to a record-breaking number of students this year. After three days of drive-thru distributions, more than 1,400 students received backpacks and school supplies. Due to the on-going impact of covid-19 on families, the demand for supplies was…...

Mt. Lebanon Magazine – St. Clair Hospital’s recent history has been characterized by tremendous growth, in the form of new services, technologies and facilities. This summer and fall, there’s a different kind of growth taking place at the hospital, in the form of a bountiful rooftop garden. G. Alan Yeasted,…...

The Almanac – More than 1,200 students received backpacks and school supplies in a record-breaking distribution by South Hills Interfaith Movement. During the week of Aug. 10, SHIM scheduled times for families to pick up items in Bethel Park, Pleasant Hills and Whitehall. Because of the ongoing impact of COVID-19,…...

Kidsburgh – To say that back-to-school efforts are a little more challenging this year is quite an understatement. But whether kids are attending in-person classes or signing in online from home, they still need school supplies to get their work done. Back-to-school needs have expanded beyond paper and pencils in…...

The Almanac – South Hills Interfaith Movement is looking for donations to help provide children in the South Hills with the school supplies they need to have a successful school year, whether in the classroom or at home. Last year, SHIM’s Back-to-School initiative helped more than 1,000 students start the…...

The Almanac – Going into his junior year at Upper St. Clair High School, Vidhur Senthil is spending the summer continuing his mission of helping people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. After being awarded a mini-grant in the spring by the Community Foundation of Upper St. Clair, he launched…...

KDKA – Here’s proof that paying it forward is an approach that’s helping many of our neighbors. Students from the Peters Creek Baptist Church Youth Ministry are doing some handiwork at the South Hills Interfaith Movement in Bethel Park. The students would normally be out of town or out of…...