PRC Acknowledges Many Great Supporters

Hundreds of volunteers from the Pittsburgh community have contributed thousands of hours in service since 2003 to welcome new refugees to our town. Through their efforts they have built friendships and made Pittsburgh a warm community for refugees.

Some volunteer-driven initiatives include:

• Welcome potlucks for newly arriving refugees
• Tutoring weekly in a one-on-one program for children and adults
• Supporting pregnant women and mothers with newborns
• Providing crisis support during health, food, and housing emergencies
• Supporting refugees to become self-sufficient by working with them on financial literacy
• Inviting refugee children to libraries, playgrounds, museums, and other fun activities
• Producing a play in collaboration with refugee teens so they could tell their stories
• Organizing donation drives
  • Clothing & household goods for new arrivals
  • Winter coat and blanket drive
  • Holiday gifts for refugee children
  • Providing supplies for refugee children attending school for the first time
• Monetary contributions to refugee families
• Helping refugees navigate the system through advocacy and hands-on support
• Holding a holiday party with a literacy theme for refugee children

PRC thanks organizations that have supported Pittsburgh refugees or PRC’s work through collaboration, financial contributions, or volunteer power:

• Allegheny County Department of Health and Human Services
• American Jewish Committee/Beth Shalom Sisterhood
• Association for the Defense of Refugee Rights
• Baldwin-Whitehall School District
• Black Child Development Institute
• The Boys & Girls Club
• Caribou Coffee
• Carlow University
• Children,Youth, and Families of Allegheny County
• Cornerstone Church
• The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation
• Duquesne University
• Education Law Center
• Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
• The Falk School
• First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
• Girl Scouts Troop #407
• Goodwill of Southwestern PA
• Hill House Association
• The International School of Pakistan
• Iron Workers Local Union No.3 – AFL-CIO
• Joseph-Beth Booksellers
• Just Harvest
• Mediators Without Borders
• Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition
• Pittsburgh Dynamo Football Club
• Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc.
• Pittsburgh Filmmakers
• Pittsburgh Playback Theatre
• Pittsburgh Public Schools
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds
• Public Service at the University of Pittsburgh
• Robert S. Whitehill, Esq., Fox Rothschild LLP
• The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
• South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM)
• Squirrel Hill Health Center
• Three Rivers Arts Festival
• Tickets for Kids
• Toy Lending Library
• Umbro
• UNHCR – UNHCR Pakistan
• UPMC – Magee Womens Hospital