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The right thing to do
The Pittsburgh Foundation Launches “100 Percent Pittsburgh” to build a region that includes everyone
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Angels, heroes and helping hands
The Pittsburgh Foundation’s donors fund innovative ways to support local veterans.
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Claire Senita’s journey forward
One donor’s mission to bring life-changing care to Pittsburgh.
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Giving Like a grownup: Michael Duckworth
AS A WEALTH MANAGER with the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch, Michael Duckworth spends his time helping adult clients manage a wide range of complexities, from retirement planning to charitable giving. But in March of last year, he started thinking about tapping into the philanthropic impulse with a much younger audience: his 8-year-old daughter, Elise, and his sons, Jack and Luke, 11 and 13.
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From quarters to coats: Pete Strope and Drew Hanson
WHEN PETE STROPE SAW the Angel Tree in Weirton, West Virginia, he knew he had to do something.
“It was just before the holidays, and there were still 50 or 60 angels up there,” Strope remembers. “It was terrible.” Each angel represented a child, virtually all of whom were students at the nearby Colliers Primary School and in need of Christmas gifts. Strope called his friend and business partner, Drew Hanson, and together they decided to act.