News Stories
South Hills Interfaith Movement, Goodwill team up for winter coat program
The Almanac – South Hills Interfaith Movement has reshaped its winter coat program to ensure more children and adults are warm throughout the winter season, announcing a pilot partnership with…
South Hills Interfaith Movement launches Angel Emporium 2.0
South Hills-Mon Valley Messenger – South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) is pleased to announce a change in its annual Angel Emporium program for the upcoming holiday season. Over the past several…
Gifts are in the cards for updated SHIM holiday program
The Almanac – Gift cards often get a bad rap for being impersonal by letting the giver take the easy way out. Don’t tell that to Jim Guffey. The executive…
For these families in Pittsburgh, teens’ summer jobs make more than just pocket money
PRI’s The World – Sixteen-year-old Vishal Kharel is spending the summer restoring trails in a large county park in Pittsburgh’s southern suburbs. As he digs a ditch, he describes his…
Donations help South Hills Interfaith Movement distribute back-to-school supplies
The Almanac – Summer might not quite be a costumed mascot’s favorite time of year, especially when heat and humidity join forces. But braving the elements must have been worth…
Volunteers help kids build bicycles at Heinz Field
Tribune-Review – Nuriah Blandchard, 10, of McKees Rocks, works on building her bike with volunteer Jenna Stearns (off camera), 21, of South Oakland, during the United Way of Southwestern PA’s…
Free meals available for children in the summer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Getting a free and nutritious lunch is something that many needy children can count on during the school year. In the summer, however, it can be a…
