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Monday, November 14, 2011

We've Moved!

Please find our brand new website (this will soon take you there)

www.tote4pgh.com

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Partners and Supporters

Ask Us How Your Group/Business Can Partner With or Support This Project
Bistro-to-Go and Bistro Soul (Supporter)
Brain of BMW website
Construction Junction (Supporter)
Coupon Billie
David L. Lawrence Convention Center (Supporter)
East End Food Co-op (Partner)
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh (Supporter)
Global Links (Supporter)
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (Partner)
Mt. Lebanon Christian Church (Supporter)
Pennsylvania Resources Council (supporter)
Piecing It Together (Supporter)
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (supporter)
Pittsburgh Public Market (Supporter)
Quilters Corner (Supporter)
Rivers of Steel (Partner)
South Avenue United Methodist Church (Supporter)
The Cotton Factory (Supporter)
Toonseum (Supporter)

Current Tote Bag Drives

Shaffer Elementary School - Woodland Hills School District Nov/Dec (student led drive)
Cafe Solstice Holiday Drive through December 2011
Private Drive North Squirrel Hill through December 2011
Mt Lebanon Christian Church Oct 23 - Nov 27
Redd Up, Thread Up Nov 12-13
Pittsburgh Public Market Holiday Tote and Food Drive November 1 - December 18
Construction Junction Holiday Tote and Food Drive November 1 - December 18 (Please read for details)
Forest Hills-Regent Square Patch.com Nov 1 - Dec 17 Holiday Drive
Dormont-Brookline Patch.com Nov 1 - Dec 17 Holiday Tote and Food Drive
Private Drive Oct 19 - Nov 19 for Thanksgiving
CCAC Allegheny Campus Gay-Straight Alliance September through December 9, 2011
Social Media Superhero Tote Drive Oct 1-31
Streams Elementary School, Upper St. Clair sponsored by Girl Scout Troop #55061 Oct 24-28
Allegheny Health Choices Inc Workplace Drive October 2011
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Pgh Chapter - Nov 2 (monthly meeting)
Mt. Lebanon High School October 22 - 29, 2011
Waverly Presbyterian Church (Oct 2 - 16)
Out2Dance Fall Fling Ladies Dance Oct 1
Baldwin/Whitehall/Jefferson Hills Drive Coordinated by 2 Cadette Girl Scouts (September) to earn Silver Stars. They will arrange to pick up totes.
AGH/Northside Leadership Conference (Sept 12 - 26)
Providence Tote Bag Drive (Sept 7-21) Click for drop-off spots
Alpern Rosenthal Corporate Drive - Hunger Action Month (Sept 2011)
Private Drive - September for Hunger Action Month
Private Drive - Hunger Action Month (Sept 2011) - challenge to friends and family
Podcamp Pittsburgh 6 (Sept 17 & 18)
Hard to Recycle Event Galleria @ Pgh Mills, 10 -2, (Sept 17)
Highmark Downtown Office (August 2011)
July 2011 - East End Food Co-Op
West Mifflin All Clas Reunion (July 30, 2011)
July 16 - Hard to Recycle Event One Day Drop-Off
May/June 2011 - Allegheny Unitarian-Universalist Church
Google Calendar of Tote Bag Drives

Tote Bag Drop Off Locations

(South Hills) Mt. Lebanon Christian Church Holycrest Drive at Cedar Boulevard. M-F 9 AM - 2 PM Use Hollycrest entrance.
(Wilkinsburg) South Avenue United Methodist Church, 733 South Avenue. Call 4120371-7421 for drop off.
(Downtown Pgh - Cultural District) Toonseum, 945 Liberty Avenue. Weds - Sun 10 AM - 3 PM.
(Downtown) Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Farmer's Market at Market Square, Thursdays thru Thanksgiving, 10 AM - 2 PM. Look for drop-off table and signage.
(Downtown Pgh) Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 210 Grant Street, Pgh 15222. Monday-Saturday: 12-9pm Sunday 12-6pm.
(East End) Global Links 4809 Penn Ave #2 Pittsburgh, PA M- F 9 AM - 5 PM.
(Southside) PA Resources Council in the CCI Center 64 South 14th St, Pgh PA 15203. M-F, 9 - 4. Must use buzzer.
(Northside) Bistro-To-Go and Bistro Soul, 415 Eash Ohio St, Pgh 15212, 412-231-0218, M-F 11-6, Sat 9-6, Sun 11-2 Collection boxes in both restaurants.
(East End) Construction Junction, 214 N. Lexington, Pgh 15208, 412.243.5025, M-Sat 9-5, Sun 11-4. Collection box near register.
(Strip District) Pittsburgh Public Market,Terminal Bldg Located between 16th and 17th Streets on Smallman St, Strip District, Fri 10-6, Sat 9-5 and Sun 10-4 http://pittsburghpublicmarket.org/
(Waterfront) Community Heritage Market at the Waterfront Pumphouse (near Lowe's Home Impromtement). Sunday Afternoons through August. Look for display. Sponsored by Rivers of Steel http://pumphousemarket.blogspot.com/
(Corporate Donations) David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Contact tote4pgh@gmail.org for details.
(NorthHills) Piecing It Together, 3458 Babcock Boulevard Pgh (Ross Township) PA 15237 412-364-2440 Mon - Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Thurs 10 AM - 8 PM http://www.fyi.net/~piecitto/
(East End) Cotton Factory, 5440 Penn Avenue, Friendship, First Friday 6 - 10 PM during Penn Avenue's Unblurred
(Finleyville) Quilters Corner, 6101 State Route 88, Finleyville, PA 15332 724-348-8010 Mon - Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Thurs 10 AM - 9 PM http://www.quilterscorner-pa.com/
(Steel Valley/Waterfront) Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area Visitor Center 623 E. 8th Ave. Homestead, Pa 15120 www.riversofsteel.com Mon-Fri 10 AM - 4 PM
Tote4Pgh@gmail.com to make arrangements
Have a Suggested Drop Off Spot? Please let us know!

Contact Information

The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

P.O. Box 99204

Pittsburgh, PA 15233

412-228-0216

tote4pgh@gmail.com

We are an official project of the Thomas Merton Center, a 501c3 non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh.

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Media Coverage of Our Project

Beth Kanter's Blog Sept 2011
Caravan Studios Blog 2011
Being Green Blog - Post Gazette September 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette September 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sidebar September 2011
North Hills Patch.com Sept 11
BizChicks.org August 23, 2011
Forest Hills Regent Square Patch.com August 2011
Tribune Review August 18, 2011
South Hills Record August 11, 2011
PA GayLife Newsletter August 2011
Food and Gardening Daily July 2011
Pittsburgh Blues Festival News July 2011
The Beagle Daily July 2011
East End Food Co-Op "Cooperator" newsletter July 2011
Hard to Recycle Acceptable Materials July 2011
Rivers of Steel June 2011 Newsletter
East End Food Co-Op "Cooperator" newsletter June 2011
Construction Junction Eblast June 2011
Southside Pittsburgh newsletter June 2011
Quilters Corner June 2011 Newsletter
McKee Organizing Services webblog - May 2011
Clutch (Post-Gazette) - May 2011
That's Church - Random N'at April 2011

Green and Tote Bag Resources

Pennsylvania Resources Council
Luggage for Children in California's Foster Care System
Another project like ours ... read about it

Hunger Resources

Don't Make Assumptions About Whose Hungry
East End Food Co-op
Feeding America
First Person Account of a Food Pantry from a Volunteer's Perspective
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Just Harvest (Advocacy)
North Boroughs Food Pantry - NHCO
Northside Common Ministries - Community Food Pantry
Pittsburgh Food Assistance Directory
Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry

Food Pantry Shopping List

Canned Beans (kidney, black, navy)
Canned Fruit
Canned Vegetables
Cereal (high fiber, low sugar)
Diapers (baby and adult)
Feminine Hygeine Products
Fruit, Vegetable Juice (100% any size)
Laundry Detergent
Peanut Butter (15 or 18 oz)
Toilet/Facial Tissues
Tuna, Canned Salmon (packed in water)

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