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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013 A View From the Bus: Searching for Economic Justice golde harvest spo sor Building a healthy future UPMC Health Plan is proud to support Just Harvest www.upmchealthplan.com 2 eve t features Program Di er Me u Cocktail Hour & Silent Auction Salad Mixed greens, roasted grapes, almonds, creamy lavender vinaigrette Welcome Lynn Cullen Master of Ceremonies, Host of Lynn Cullen Live at www.pghcitypaper.com Introductory Remarks Linda Dickerson Honorary Chair, Principal, 501(c)(3) 2 Reflection Rev. Thomas Smith Monumental Baptist Church Dinner Entree Roasted chicken breast filled with fontina, proscuitto and arugula OR Lemongrass pan-seared tofu, cilantro fried rice, braised baby bok choy and a chili drizzle Dessert Bavarian apple tart, nutmeg ice cream Coffee Service Just Harvest: 25 Years and Still Pushing Forward Sister Barbara Finch, Board President Empowering a Stronger Voice Melissa Farabaugh-Martin, Board Member Keynote Address Sister Simone Campbell Di er COMMITTEE George & Jane Becker Memorial Award Presentation to Sister Simone Campbell Fred Redmond, International Vice President, United Steelworkers Linda Dickerson Seeds of Justice Award Presentation to Just Harvest’s Founding Board of Directors Sr. Barbara Finch, Board President Committee Co-Chair Acknowledgement Patrick Cleary-Burns, Founding Board President Good Night Honorary Chair Theresa Orlando Kair Purvis Committee Co-Chair Sister Barbara Finch Julie Malloy Ann Sanders 3 bou tiful harvest spo sor We celebrate the commitment of those who strive for excellence and show us what is possible through the pursuit of the exceptional. At Highmark, we’re proud to recognize their achievements and share in their dedication to go beyond the ordinary and make a difference in the lives we touch and the world we live in. 4 a view from the bus Sister Simone Campbell has dedicated her life to social justice, serving as a religious leader, an attorney, and a poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change. In Washington, she lobbies on issues of peacebuilding, immigration reform, healthcare and economic justice. Around the country, she is a noted speaker and educator on these public policy issues. During the 2010 congressional debate about healthcare reform, she wrote the famous “nuns’ letter” supporting the reform bill. This action was cited by many as critically important in passing the Affordable Care Act. In 2012, she was instrumental in organizing the “Nuns on the Bus” tour of nine states to oppose the “Ryan Budget” approved by the House of Representatives and designed to decimate programs for people in need. “Nuns on the Bus” received an avalanche of attention across the nation from religious communities, elected officials and the media. This summer she led a new cross-country Nuns on the Bus focused on comprehensive immigration reform. Simone has often been featured in the national and international media, including recent appearances on 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She has received numerous awards, including the “Defender of Democracy Award” from the International Parliamentarians for Global Action and “Health Care Heroes Award” from Families USA. In addition, she was a featured speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Prior to working at NETWORK in 2004, Simone served as the executive director of JERICHO, the California interfaith public policy organization that works like NETWORK to protect the interests of people living in poverty. Sister Simone founded and served for 18 years as the lead attorney for the Community Law Center in Oakland, California, where she served the family law and probate needs of the working poor of her county. our past speakers Harvest Celebration Dinner marks 25 Years 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 David Shipler Tony P. Hall Arlene Holt Baker Raj Patel Robert Kuttner Donna Brazile Frances Moore Lappe Eric Alterman Will Durst Jim Hightower Dick Gregory Paul Begala Doug O’Brien Janet Poppendieck Shirley R. Watkins Peter Edelman Frances Fox Piven Barbara Ehrenreich Ed Cooney Sr. Christine Vladimiroff Rev. David Beckmann Dr. Joycelyn Elders Nancy Amidei Dr. J. Larry Brown 5 PLE tiful harvest spo sor www.hacp.org Your Housing of CHOICE Caster D. Binion Executive Director To inquire about housing opportunities with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, contact the Occupancy Department 100 Ross Street , Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-456-5030 PLE tiful harvest spo sor We proudly support Just Harvest. A little better goes a long way. 1-877-741-7754 (TTY: 711) MedicareAssured.com Gateway Health Medicare Assured GoldSM and Medicare Assured PlatinumSM are HMO plans with a Medicare contract. Medicare Assured DiamondSM and Medicare Assured RubySM are HMO plans with a Medicare contract and a contract with Pennsylvania Medicaid. Enrollment in these plans depends on contract renewal. Y0097_125_PA Accepted 6 Just Harvest’s Founding Board of Directors We are proud to honor Just Harvest’s founding Board of Directors with the 2013 Seeds of Justice Award. Thanks to their visionary leadership, Just Harvest continues to be guided by its mission and founding principles. In 1986, Just Harvest was formed to continue the legacy of Hunger Action Coalition in working to eliminate hunger in our community through public policy advocacy and community education. And for over 25 years, we’ve been a leader in the fight to end hunger and poverty in Allegheny County. The Seeds of Justice Award is presented annually to individuals or organizations that make extraordinary contributions in advancing Just Harvest’s mission to eliminate hunger and poverty. It gives us great pleasure to present the 2013 Seeds of Justice Award to our first leaders in the fight to end hunger: Patrick Cleary-Burns, Fr. Garrett Dorsey, Brigid Lund, Tom Menk, Ginnie Mertz, Sr. Jean Murin, Dolores Patrick, Joyce Rothermel, Molly Rush and Rob Shepherd. past seeds of justice awardees seeds of justice 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 East Liberty Presbyterian Church Joyce Rothermel Joni Rabinowitz East End Food Co-op Senator Jim Ferlo University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work George and Jane Becker Attorneys Against Hunger Molly Rush Congressman Bill Coyne Southwestern Pennsylvania's Only Licensed and Accredited Freestanding Birth Center Offering Well-Woman Gynecological Care, Prenatal Care, and Childbirth in a Warm and Supportive Environment. Photo © iStockphoto.com 2825 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15222 2825 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (In the Strip District) 412.321.6880 - www.midwifecenter.org 7 PLE tiful harvest spo sor SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is proud to support in its work to achieve economic justice and food stability for all. www.seiuhcpa.org PLE tiful harvest spo sor Celebrating the differences that make us stronger. Aetna is proud to support Just Harvest and the Seeds of Justice Awards recipients. ©2013 Aetna Inc. 2013012 8 For all your electrical & telecommunication needs, using qualified contractors with highly-trained electrical workers, contact (412) 432-1400 Michael R. Dunleavy Business Manager Thomas H. Higgins President Michael W. Varholla International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 5 5 Hot Metal Street, Southside, Pittsburgh, PA Vice-President Thomas R. McIntyre Recording Secretary Richard A. Dunkel Treasurer Congratulates Just Harvest on Your 25th Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner Anthony M. Helfer President Paul R. Brophy Secretary-Treasurer 9 OUR TEAM Teamwork is a hallmark of Just Harvest’s success. Just Harvest remains effective and strong because of the commitment and hard work of our board, our staff (including seasonal tax project staff), our interns, our volunteers, our members, our funders, our donors, our sponsors, our advertisers, our guests, our allies, and community partners. Thank you for being part of the Just Harvest team. HO ORARY ADVISORY COU CIL Esther L. Bush Emily Cleath President and CEO,Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Communications Coordinator Antoinette Cardamone Rochelle Jackson Community Volunteer Senator Jay Costa Bill Coyne Former Congressman Jane Downing Senior Program Officer,The Pittsburgh Foundation Congressman Mike Doyle Senator Jim Ferlo Leo W. Gerard Public Policy Advocate Eugenia Mosby Food Stamp Specialist Ken Munz Operations Coordinator Zach Murray Emerson Hunger Fellow (until Summer 2013) International President,United Steel Workers Maria Muzzie Phil Hallen Grassroots Organizer Constance Portis Connie Portis Enterprises Rev. Thomas E. Smith Monumental Baptist Church Kenny Steinberg BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sr. Barbara Finch President Fran Gruden Ken Regal Executive Director Ann Sanders Volunteer Coordinator Adrien Schless-Meier Emerson Hunger Fellow Emily Schmidlapp EBT @ Farmers Markets Coordinator Vice-President Heather Seiders Mary Elizabeth McCarthy Office Manager Secretary Jeffrey Anderson Sara Bennett AJ Baughn (term ended 2013) Keith Caldwell Alexander Carlisle Barbara Coffee Melissa Farabaugh-Martin Jeannette Hickman Patrick Horvat Mary Ann Hvizdos Paul McKrell Gabe McMorland Theresa Orlando 10 STAFF Kristie Weiland Stagno Tax Campaign Organizer I TER S Adam Cannon Nick Chubb Carly Cottone Andrew Frizzell Samantha Litvak Sirisha Kandukuri Dylan Molloy Brandie Waxler TAX STAFF Sara Bennett Mary Grace Diana Ginnie Farnsworth Nikki Griffin Ed Heath Barbara Jakab Marrissa Johnson Kellie Kasbee Ke Li Sue Polanowski Emily Schmidlapp Cassandra Seawood Kathleen Sheehan Richard Surdyk Kay Tanney Janet Willoughby TAX I TER S Linghao Cui Steven Danielson Xin Li Guo Liam Hennessy Ruben Jones Eric Nine Joseph Peorio Leah Sibbio Michael Spagnolo Weijing Zhong volu teers Constance Akannam Sarah Altmeyer Brittany Arnett Darlene Atwater Patrick Bondi Russell Buckley Francine Cameron Frank Caputo Gina Carl Zachary Cavalier Jie Chen Goldy Cheng Carly Cottone Chris Davidson Christine Derr Heather Dougherty Vicky Durrett Jarmil Edmond Daniel Elko Timothy Escajeda Anthony Failla Virginia Finnegan Office & Mailings Katrina Bauman Dana Esposito MJ Flott Jody Geletko Maxine Heller Doreen Hill Kenneith Lampkins Archana Menon Dave Mooney Joni Rabinowitz George Sanders Cal Schuchman Allison Scott Lisa Scott Cal Shuchman Mercedes Smith Dwayne Strutt Danna Watson Bernice Weisberger Chelsea Wojsovich Heather Wylie Tax Preparers and Tax Site Greeters Don Gallagher Ashleigh Lawrence Mary Gallagher Samantha Lee Mark Gibbons Susanna Lee Elizabeth Graham Radiesha Leocadio Laketa Green Danye Li Yingzhen Han Erik Lingren Brittany Harris Kaitlin Lloyd Jason Hockenberry Pamela Ludin Alan Hohlfelder Karen Mahan Betsy Hohlfelder Nicole Maiolo Darnita Holmes Eric Markowski Glen Matteson Amy Hoolihan Thokozani Mbewe Katie Hopkins Cynthia McCallister Xinyue Hu Mary Elizabeth McCarthy Shobha Jatkar Juanita McKelton Matthew Kersten Ryan Milliron Jessica Kiser Sam Mudrak Albulena Krasniqi Joanne Mule Jared Kubinsky Theresa Orlando Sineun Kwak Chao Pan Fernando Lanas Fran Quinlan Ralitsa Lau Special Events Tricia Abbott Teresa Di Marco Christina Bullock Bret Fowler Cindy Fowler Patti Gruden Julie Malloy Gabriel McMorland Patricia Murphy Julia Nagle Kair Purvis Kathleen Sheehan Nieves Stiker Aubrey Stock-Bratina Jennifer Williams Matt Cady Molly Parker Just Vote Caroline Phillips John Pilecki Priya Raghavan Tresa Sambenedetto Outreach & Surveys Janice Bahary Srihari Balasubramanian Jasmin Braddock Nick Brango Michelle Bundridge Emay Dong Becky Gagliardi Elena Likaj Danielle Markanich Hannah McKenna Haley Schmidt Ellen Kehl Groups: First Steps Recovery Home CMU First Year Service Launch Duquesne CIVITAS Students Tamika Riley Cherrie Rutkowski Daniel Saunders Anna Selker Cheryl Shipe Emily Shubra Nerina Sivonjic Lorraine Smith Elena Spas Osana Steave Justin Taylor Jing Tu Rashan Walker Samantha Walker Rachel Way Thelina Williams Erin Wood Marcia Yanshak Angela Youngblood Xiaomei Yuan Junyun Zhu Fresh Access John Michael Keba Sara Rummel Food Stamps Rachel Chen Emily Collins Sabrina Crivelli Lauren DelSignore Jeffrey Jenkins Sirisha Kandukuri Julie Krecko Angela Lepley Cassandra Malinak Dylan Molloy Jeff Nimerosky Cara Pallatino Anna Pleet Jocelyn Smith Brynn Sofianek Noah Stansbury Stephanie Yarup St. Susanna Youth Group 11 back i the day: i TRIBUTE just harvest's early victories by Joni Rabinowitz, Founding Co-Director & 2010 Seeds of Justice Awardee In the late 80’s, when Just Harvest was just beginning, the US Conference on Mayors reported that many cities provided funds to help fight hunger--either through their own budgets, or through federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Richard Caliguiri was Mayor of Pittsburgh then, and Pittsburgh was not among them. Just Harvest organized an active coalition around this campaign for a “Pittsburgh Hunger Fund,” including Just Harvest, the Food Bank, Pittsburgh Community Services, the Rainbow Kitchen (Bob Anderson & Terry Chalich), East End Cooperative Ministries (Mary Reiger), Northside Common Ministries (Bob Christner), SW Pittsburgh CDC (Alice Nixon) and many others. One key leader was John Ungerman (at left in the news photo below), the feisty director of a Northside food pantry and a city firefighter, who suggested that 1% of the city budget be designated for hunger. Jim Ferlo had been newly elected to City Council and was excited about taking on the challenge of bringing Pittsburgh on board to help hungry people. Ferlo proposed taxing video poker machines in bars to create new revenue for a hunger fund. In April 1988 Ferlo introduced the Pittsburgh Hunger Act to create a Hunger fund and provide for an annual “State of the Poor” report, but after a threatened legal challenge to the video poker tax plan, there was no funding mechanism. Using the Conference of Mayors report, we pushed council for a set-aside of city CDBG funding. We organized demonstrations, press conferences and media interviews, post cards, petitions, public hearings and direct lobbying for the new city hunger fund, including actions at the mayor’s office, where Sophie Masloff had recently succeeded Mayor Caliguiri. 25 years ago this week: Just Harvest rallies for At a critical moment in the camHunger Fund at Mayor’s office. paign, actor Ed Asner visited the Rainbow Kitchen in Homestead. Mayor Masloff attended his event there, hugging Asner and announcing that she would include $100,000 from CDBG for the “Hunger Fund,” in her first budget as Mayor. We continued to organize and mobilize actions to demand that Council and the Mayor raise the allocation in the 1989 CDBG budget, and both our victories and the Hunger Fund grew. The details of the Hunger Fund’s distribution have changed a lot over the years. But four mayors and many city councilmembers later, anti-hunger groups led by Just Harvest still visit council members each fall to remind them of their responsibility to give the most they can to the Hunger Fund. During the original campaign, then-Councilman Jack Wagner urged us to approach the County Commissioners with a similar request. This helped kick off our Allegheny County Budget Campaign in 1989. Over the next several years, this campaign also succeeded, persuading the County not only to set aside significant CDBG funds for hunger, but also to establish a formal committee of county departments and anti-hunger organizations to coordinate effective action for our hungry neighbors. 12 In the midst of our celebration, Just Harvest pauses with sadness in tribute to three former members of our Board of Directors who passed away earlier this year. Jane Becker, together with her husband George, was a recipient of our 2006 Seeds of Justice Award. She served on Just Harvest’s board in the early 1990’s and was on the planning committee for the Harvest Celebration Dinner in a few of its earliest formative years. She was a long-time labor and political activist, and a founder of SOAR, the Steelworker Organization of Active Retirees. Jane died on July 19 at the age of 80. Tonight our annual presentation to our keynote speaker is renamed the “George and Jane Becker Memorial Award.” Bill Page was one of Just Harvest’s first interns and joined the board of the Just Harvest Education Fund in the late 1980’s. Bill joined Just Harvest as an activist social work student and played a major role in our Allegheny County budget campaign. That project won the creation of the county government’s first comprehensive coordinated response to hunger in the early 1990’s. He went on to become a community organized for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. He passed away on June 15 at the age of 55. Rachel Freund, described by the Post-Gazette as a “tenacious fighter for people with mental illness” passed away on September 18 at the age of 54. A longtime organizer and advocate for the Mental Health Association of Allegheny County, Rachel played a key role in our “Just Vote!” voter education and mobilization campaigns. She served on the Just Harvest board from 2005 to 2008. by Ken Regal :POISED FOR ACTIO When Just Harvest was in its infancy, the Physician Task Force on Hunger in America conducted hearings and field visits around the nation to document the impact of Reagan-era policy on America’s hungry families. So it was fitting that the Task Force’s chair, Dr. J. Larry Brown, was the keynote speaker at our very first Harvest Celebration Dinner on October 26, 1989. Although Just Harvest was then almost three years old, the first Harvest Celebration Dinner was in many ways our “coming out party,” the launch of a signature fundraising event that tonight marks its Silver Anniversary. Just Harvest emerged from the dissolution in 1986 of the Hunger Action Coalition, which had led our community’s anti-hunger movement for 11 years. Hunger Action had created the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank; advocated powerfully on local, state and national hunger issues; conducted research and educated the community on hunger; and pioneered food stamp application assistance.But amid financial and political pressures, H.A.C. determined that it could no longer effectively operate its direct service programs and its strong independent advocacy on public policy issues. Just Harvest’s intrepid founding board of directors—honored tonight with our Seeds of Justice Award—were ten H.A.C. board members who would re-engineer for the next generation the mission of public policy advocacy for economic justice. Chalking up early policy victories on school breakfast in Pittsburgh and several surrounding communities, and helping advance state WIC policy and national improvements on food stamps, Just Harvest established our credibility as astute but uncompromising advocates for hungry people. In the years since, an entire generation of Pittsburghers has grown up healthier thanks to breakfast at school. Tough but successful campaigns to push the City and County governments for budget commitments on anti-hunger initiatives followed, as we mobilized a growing base of members, coalition partners and community support (see Joni Rabinowitz’s sidebar for details on the original City Budget Campaign). These campaigns still bear fruit in annual anti-hunger budget set-asides by local government. Today’s projects on food deserts and access to food also have their roots in our early work to combat in- ner city supermarket closings, which led to the creation of the Pittsburgh Food Policy Commission in the early 1990’s. Just Harvest’s participation in ground-breaking national research on childhood hunger and led to our publication of the Hometown Hunger report in 1994 led to further organizational growth. Our organizing agenda grew in the mid-1990’s as we mobilized women on welfare to speak out, advocate, protest, educate, and break stereotypes, during the national debate on welfare reform. Leaders in that struggle included Rochelle Jackson and Eugenia Mosby, now staffers at Just Harvest. We joined in protests from the George W. Bush ranch in Texas to the United Nations to local welfare offices; we educated thousands of voters about issues; and we trained students by the busload to lobby our elected officials before they were even old enough to vote. Major voter registration and mobilization efforts, campaigns on numerous state and federal budget issues, and coalition projects to strengthen our local food system continued in the ensuing years. Just Harvest’s largest growth in the past decade has been the development of services to connect people in need to public safety net programs and reduce barriers to participation in those programs. In 2003, our community education campaign to inform low-income working families about the Earned Income Tax Credit transformed into a full-fledged free Income Tax preparation program. In 2007, our advocacy work on food stamp policy was enhanced by a program to assist households in applying for benefits. Our Welfare Justice efforts took on case-by-case advocacy for people struggling to navigate the welfare bureaucracy. These services gained institutional strength and visibility in 2010 when we were selected to become a partner agency of the United Way of Allegheny County. Seven thousand food stamp applications, hundreds of welfare clients empowered, and 17,000 tax returns and over $30,000,000 in tax refunds later, Just Harvest is a local and statewide leader in each of these policy arenas. In 2012, we completed a new strategic plan and organizational chart. These documents ground current efforts to re-invigorate our grassroots mobilization,and to extend our creative leadership in the fight to end hunger. Today, as we mark the 25th Anniversary of the Harvest Celebration Dinner, we remain true to our advocacy origins. And we are still—as we described ourselves in our very first newsletter in 1987—“Just Harvest: Poised for Action.” 13 2013 highlights “A Menu for Food Justice” For nearly half of our Pittsburgh neighbors (47%), the simple act of getting nutritious food at a store is a huge difficulty. In June, Just Harvest released “A Menu for Food Justice: Strategies for Improving Access to Healthy Foods in Allegheny County”, written by Zachary Murray during his term with us as an Emerson Fellow of the Congressional Hunger Center. Just Harvest hosted a community forum to discuss this report and mobilize community members to action. In fact, one of those efforts is already underway: Farm Truck Foods, a mobile grocery store that will deliver food to Pittsburgh’s low-income neighborhoods. They plan to be on the road by next spring and, according to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will select their targets based on Just Harvest’s food deserts report. Fresh Access For the first time in a decade food stamps can be used at Pittsburgh Citiparks farmers markets. In May, Just Harvest launched Fresh Access, a program that enables purchases by EBT card—as well as by credit and debit cards—at the Citiparks farmers markets. Over $10,000 worth of EBT (Food Stamp) sales have occured at Citiparks farmers markets through this progam. 14 1 in 7 people receive SNAP in Allegheny County and have not had access to the fresh, local foods available at farmers markets. Tax Campaign Helps More People Than Ever As a lead organization in the United Way of Allegheny County’s Money in Your Pocket Coalition, Just Harvest operated four volunteer income tax preparation sites: at our South Side office, the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus, Bedford Hope Center, and at the Prospect Park housing community in Baldwin. Like so much at Just Harvest, this effort would not have been possible without our volunteers. This year, 95 volunteers at our sites donated 4,300 hours of their time to help us complete over 2,800 returns accounting for over $4.9 million in refunds to low-income families! Pushing Against Barriers to Benefits During the course of our first community meeting, food stamp clients shared their own customer service stories of caseworkers not returning phone calls and losing their paperwork. Many could relate to Gloria Pierson, who reported, when calling the Department of Public Welfare’s Change Center, being put on hold for lengthy periods of time only to then be disconnected—“like my time means nothing”. “It’s humiliating to be poor,” said Kim Robinson, who says she and other food stamp recipients are treated with utter disrespect. “It’s like they’re being paid to provoke you and make you give up.” Work continues on this campaign as we prepare to meet with DPW Secretary Beverly Mackareth on October 30, 2013. Organizing Efforts With the return of a full-time community organizer to the Just Harvest team comes a renewed commitment to grassroots engagement. Some of the campaigns we’ve worked on: • Monthly grassroots meetings that allow for direct participation and face-to-face relationship-building while also serving as a powerful vehicle for addressing hunger-related poverty issues; • An effort to improve customer service at the Department of Public Welfare in regards to Food Stamp processing; • An ongoing effort to stop cuts to SNAP in the Farm Bill including a SNAP challenge with Pittsburgh PostGazette and Just Harvest staff; • A campaign to keep payday loans out of Pennsylvania; • A coalition effort with One Pittsburgh to campaign for an increase in the minimum wage. 15 recog ized for excelle ce 1993 World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Food 2006 Self-Reliance Award Child Tax Credits and Education Credit returns 1993 Pennsylvania Public Health Association than any other site in Western PA. 2007 Hunger Awareness Day Award from Rodale Award for Health Promotion 1997 Congressional Hunger Center Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank 2008 Community Partner Award from Victory Against Hunger Award 2001-2003 Congressional Hunger Center Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. 2008 Volunteer Return Preparation Program Victory Against Hunger Award 2003 Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center Department of Treasury 2009 IRS Best Supporting Partner Award 25th Anniversary Leadership Award 2003 2005 Super Star Award from IRS for filing more EITC, Dominion Foundation Community Impact Award for Volunteer Tax Preparation 2010 IRS Honors for Volunteer Tax Preparation 2010 & 2012 United Way Award for Volunteer Return Preparation Program Department of Treasury Excellence in Human Services Become a Just Harvest member. www.justharvest.org/donate Designate Just Harvest on your payroll pledge form! United Way donors select Contributor Choice 2493. Federal Employees select Combined Federal Campaign #43459. 16 SEIU is proud to partner with Just Harvest to build a strong and healthy Pittsburgh. ROSEN, LOUIK & PERRY, P.C. IS PROUD TO SUPPORT Just Harvest United Way’s Impact Fund is how your generosity does the most good. The verdict is in...You’re doing an important job in our community! Rosen, Louik & Perry, P.C. Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Attorneys www.caringlawyers.com Pittsburgh, PA Just Harvest Education Fund is a proud partner agency of the United Way of Allegheny County. 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Decorations donated by: Pittsburgh CLO Hepatica Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Goose Creek Gardens LLC Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D. DelGrosso’s Amusement Park Diane Kaiser Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Dinette Dish Osteria and Bar Pittsburgh Penguins Douglas Wynn Pittsburgh Pirates East End Food Co-op Pittsburgh Playhouse Theatre Ed and Ann Ruszkowski Pittsburgh Post Gazette Fran and Patti Gruden The Frick Art and Historical Center Expensive Choice Pittsburgh Public Theater Pittsburgh Steelers and Theresa Orlando Polluting Choice “They all ate and were satisfied.” Mk 6 Natural Choice The Association of Pittsburgh Priests Conventional Cemetery: wastes steel, concrete, and rainforest hardwoods Cremation: pollutes the air and wastes energy Call for your personal tour of Penn Forest. Woodland Burial: helps restore forest land with only minimal pollution APP@catholicpittsburgh.org 19 Congratulates Join the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh For the annual “State of Black Pittsburgh” Opportunity Fair and Town Hall Meeting Seeds of Justice Awardee Just Harvest’s Founding Board of Directors _____________ Saturday, October 26th from 8am-2pm For more information, please call 412-227-4229. PIIN 564 Forbes Avenue #808 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 E-mail: office@piin.org Helping families in need since 1984 135 East Ninth Avenue Homestead, PA 15120 412‐464‐1892 www.rainbowkitchen.org Just Harvest & Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Partners in fighting hunger! Public education is about all of us. The public schools are our schools. It takes parents, community leaders, elected officials, and educators working together. www.partnersforpubliced.org www.pittsburghfoodbank.org 412-460-FOOD 20 Michael J. Crossey, President W. Gerard Oleksiak, Vice President Dolores M. McCracken, Treasurer John F. Springer, Executive Director Eliminate Hunger & The Nuclear Danger - Twin Threats To Human Health And Survival - The Sisters of Divine Providence are pleased to honor Simone Campbell, SSS TO SAVE LIFE ON EARTH with the 2014 Ketteler Award for Social Justice WORK FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS NO WAR ON SYRIA OR IRAN To be presented at the Annual Assembly of the Sisters of Divine Providence in August 2014 ar Physicians For Social Responsibility psr-pgh@igc.org ce de la Roche Pr in M ie ence S i sters o in D iv e Pro v id f ov cdpsisters.org SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS 934 Forest Avenue – Pittsburgh, PA 15202 412-761-6004 Thank You, Just Harvest, for your outstanding service to the poor! Marian Hall Personal Care Home – 412-761-1999 Mount Assisi Academy Preschool – 412-761-0381 Saint Francis Center for Renewal – 610-867-8890 www.schoolsistersosf.org 21 Saint Vincent Seminary Best Wishes. Levin Furniture Co. www.saintvincentseminary.edu Call to Action – PA Michael LAMB City Controller For a Better Pittsburgh Congratulations to the Founding Board of Just Harvest— this year’s Seeds of Justice Awardee. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL, APRIL 16, 1963 Hugh Fitzpatrick McGough ATTORNEY AT LAW hfmcgoughlaw@gmail.com 412.441.7677 for planting a seed that has blossomed for 25 years and is still bearing fruit. JUST HARVEST Thank you for your outstanding service to our community! Sisters of Mercy New York, Pennsylvania, Pacific West Community PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 Thank you Just Harvest for all you do for the community! Best Wishes Just Harvest Buckler, McKenney & Nadzadi Certified Public Accountants MITCHELL K. McKENNEY, CPA from 116 Fox Plan Road BILL MULLEN 22 Paid for by Dan Frankel for 23rd District Continued Blessings on your efforts to feed the hungry. 430 BOULEVARD OF THE ALLIES ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF State Representative Dan Frankel Congressman Mike Doyle “Proudly serving the Pittsburgh Region in Washington, DC” ATTORNEY AT LAW Paid for by the Committee to Elect Bill Mullen Sheriff Thank you for your dedication to our commity! salutes the Founding Board ROBERT N. ISACKE, JR. 412-391-3927 Congratulations to Just Harvest’s Founding Board! Catholic Advocacy for Social Justice & Inclusion Monroeville, PA 15146 SHADYSIDE - Edward G. McCabe, Supervisor BLOOMFIELD - Edward G. McCabe Jr., Supervisor (412)856-7880 Fax (412)856-0510 mitch@bmn-cpa.com patro s HARVESTER GLEA ER SOWER TILLER Brashear Association Salutes Just Harvest An Advocate for Justice Community Living and Support Services, Inc. (CLASS) Working Toward A Community Where Each Belongs www.CLASSCommunity.org Bill Benter Merging Media is proud to support Just Harvest Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Sites Cecelia Epperson Consumer Health Coalition advocates for quality, affordable healthcare. 412-456-1877 To our anti-hunger colleagues at Just Harvest, Keep up the good work. PA Hunger Action Center State Representative Harry Readshaw 36th District Continued blessings on your work. Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities www.sosf.org St. Stephen Church Come Worship With Us! 5115 2nd Avenue, Hazelwood The Steel Valley Authority (SVA) is an organization dedicated to saving and creating sustainable manufacturing jobs which are vital for successful families and strong communities. William Zammerilla DMD Family Cosmetic Dentistry, Pleasant Hills 412-653-1115 Lin & Stanley Ehrenpreis St. Raphael Food Bank Cliff & Nora Johnson Michael & Jane Louik Fitness Techniques Thank you for all the work, services and advocacy you provide to alleviate poverty and hunger in the region. City Councilman Daniel Lavelle Congratulations, Sister Simone! The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill join you in standing for justice for God’s People. Who Cooks For You Farm is Certified Naturally Grown providing vegetables, fruits and herbs via farmers markets, CSA & wholesale. Happy Anniversary! Thank you for your great mission to end hunger. Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of IHM Everybody IN, Nobody OUT! Expanded and Improved Medicare for All WPaSinglePayer.org Harry Davis & Company www.harrydavis.com Congratulations Just Harvest’s Founding Board! *THANK YOU FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS OF JUST HARVEST* Putting “people first” in Recovery 3433 Bates Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-683-7140 www.peoplesoakland.org 23 tha k you TO OUR SPO SORS Anonymous Donor TO OUR TABLE BUYERS Association of Pittsburgh Priests Call to Action PA Dollar Bank East End Food Coop East Liberty Presbyterian Church Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank LaRoche College Linda Dickerson & Friends Patrick Cleary-Burns & Friends 24 Peoples Natural Gas Rae O’Hair & Friends - In memory of Jerry Yoest School Sisters of St. Francis St. James Wilkinsburg Steel Valley Printers University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Women of Steel - United Steelworkers Local 3657 – In memory of Jane Becker PLE tiful harvest spo sor The greatest return on investment. 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