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We rely on more than 300 volunteers to support our comprehensive programs each year. These dedicated individuals devote their valuable time to helping neighbors, and we’ve been looking for ways to enhance their experience through learning opportunities. In the last few months, we’ve offered a Nepali language class, a poverty…...

Here at SHIM, we’re all about helping our community. That includes being mindful of our environmental impact. Since initiating a recycling and composting program in 2023, we have reduced landfill waste at our Bethel Park facility by 75%. That equates to 6 tons per month of reduced waste! How did…...

Rachel White, SHIM’s Development and Communications Manager What is Giving Tuesday? Have you heard of Giving Tuesday? This global celebration is dedicated to inspiring all of us to give what we can to help our communities. Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday offers us a day to think…...

Olivia Montana, SHIM’s Economic Mobility Mentoring Specialist Here at SHIM, we focus on helping neighbors holistically, and I’m so excited to be expanding our services to provide individualized coaching to South Hills residents who are ready to make a change. Comprehensive One-on-One Mentorship for Lasting Economic Independence The Economic Mobility…...

Board member Dennis is a South Hills Pittsburgh native. He grew up in Brookline, surrounded by close-knit extended family, and only left the city to attend college in Cincinnati. Dennis returned to Pittsburgh with his wife Jill and established an architecture firm with his brother. As a well-known architect, Dennis…...

South Hills teens help neighbors in many different ways. Recently, Upper St. Clair High School student Caden Sarkett decided to help Pass the Bricks as his Eagle Scout Project, helping to get LEGO bricks and sets into the hands of local kids. What is Pass the Bricks? Pass the Bricks…...

Our Clothing Closet has reopened on Mondays from 10am-1pm at South Hills Church of the Nazarene after several months of closure due to our Bethel Park facility renovation. We’re thrilled to welcome back our clients and volunteers! While our Clothing Closet is overseen by our basic needs director and coordinator,…...

We’re so glad to have vegetables growing outside SHIM Center in Bethel Park again. After missing last year’s growing season due to renovations, garden coordinator Becky sprang into action to rebuild the garden, this time in raised, steel beds. We are incredibly grateful to Grow Pittsburgh for their generous support,…...