We recently added a “Is it Free?” option in the event page creation form. Now all newly added event will have an additional free or not free classification.
We also added a “FREE” category to easily sort out all upcoming FREE events. Since Improv Pittsburgh has been posting free tickets on Eventsburgh, we thought “why not make it easier for everyone to find it!!”.
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance or MANNA is a non-profit organization that aims to improve health by delivering nourishment. It sounds like something that anyone can do. But you’ll be surprised at the number of people who don’t have access to basic nourishment. This is especially true with people that are battling life-threatening diseases since they are at acute nutritional risk. In addition to delivering nutritious meals, MANNA also provides counsel to people who need it. This two-part approach helps people improve the quality of their lives. Read on to know more about MANNA.
What is your organization’s name?
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance or MANNA
What is your name and what is your affiliation with the organization?
Lindsay Cohen – Marketing and Media Manager
Please tell us a little bit about you.
MANNA is a local nonprofit located in Philadelphia, PA. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life of our clients by providing nutritional meals and counseling, completely free of charge, to individuals in Southeastern PA and Southern NJ who are coping with various life threatening illnesses.
How / why did your organization start? (Background, History)
MANNA was formed in 1990 by seven members of The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, to help nourish men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. In the early days of the organization, stigma and ignorance stood in the way of individuals and families receiving many of the services that were available to them. For MANNA, food was a way for caring members of the community to gain access and begin to help those in the greatest need. From this modest initiative to serve food to those with HIV/AIDS, MANNA has grown into a vibrant volunteer driven, non-sectarian non-profit organization serving men, women and children in the greater Philadelphia area and Southern New Jersey. MANNA expanded its mission in June 2006, to serve anyone who is at acute nutritional risk due to a life-threatening illness and continues to help those in the greatest need.
What is your organization’s objective? (What does it do?)
We are dedicated to improving the quality of life of our clients by providing nutritional meals and counseling, completely free of charge, to individuals in Southeastern PA and Southern NJ who are coping with various life threatening illnesses
How long has the organization been around?
Since 1990
What kind of events / activities does your organization do?
MANNA nourishes the mind, body and spirit of clients, volunteers and supporters alike. Drawn from all walks of life, the young, old, urban and suburban come together with one common goal: to promote wellness through nutrition for people at acute nutritional risk living in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey.
MANNA offers opportunities for caring people to provide loving support to families, friends, and neighbors, MANNA enables local families and individuals to be more independent as they learn to cope with a serious illness.
Financial support comes from corporations large and small, foundations, faith communities, the public sector, special event fundraising, and individuals.
Right now is MANNA’s Pie in the Sky fundraiser. Pie in the Sky is MANNA’s largest fundraising campaign, getting exposure from all major media sources, participation by political leaders, small businesses and thousands of individuals throughout the greater Philadelphia Region. This is our annual holiday pie sale fundraiser. All proceeds will benefit the mission of MANNA: preparing and delivering delicious, nourishing meals, along with counsel and hope, to people at acute nutritional risk from life-threatening illnesses. Go to www.mannapies.org to buy a pie and participate in our fundraiser!
How can people get in touch with your organization (or you)? (website,email, telephone etc)
www.mannapa.org; 215-496-2662; LCohen@mannapa.org
Any messages to Philadelphia?
Right now is MANNA’s Pie in the Sky fundraiser. Pie in the Sky is MANNA’s largest fundraising campaign, getting exposure from all major media sources, participation by political leaders, small businesses and thousands of individuals throughout the greater Philadelphia Region. This is our annual holiday pie sale fundraiser. All proceeds will benefit the mission of MANNA: preparing and delivering delicious, nourishing meals, along with counsel and hope, to people at acute nutritional risk from life-threatening illnesses. Go to www.mannapies.org to buy a pie and participate in our fundraiser!
HATT Corporation is a non-profit organization that has a simple goal in mind. HATT stands for Helping And Teaching Together. The organization was started in 2010, working on whatever resources are available so that the vision of helping other people can be shared to other people. This year, HATT is facing a huge challenge. With your help, they’re confident that they can continue the noble program that they started. Read on to know more and to know how you can help.
What is your organization’s name?
HATT (Helping And Teaching Together) Corporation
What is your name and what is your affiliation with the organization?
My name is Altonya Sheppard and I am the Founder/CEO of HATT.
Please tell us a little bit about you.
At the age of four, I began helping others by giving sandwiches and snacks to the homeless I would see on my way to school. The desire to assist others continued to cultivate the older I became. By age 11, I began a youth creative arts program in my community. Throughout my life, I continued to develop programs and have worked in the field of social/human service for about 15 years. In 2010, I decided to create Helping And Teaching Together so that the vision can be broadened and available resources could be utilized.
How / why did your organization start? (Background, History)
HATT wants to help those belonging to low-income families. The organization believes that poverty is not a reason for recidivism and desperation. With our programs, this challenge can be addressed.
What is your organization’s objective? (What does it do?)
HATT’s goal is to help low-incomed children, adults, families, and communities break the cycles of poverty, recidivism, and desperation through education, training, counseling, mentoring and other services.
How long has the organization been around?
Since 2010
What kind of events / activities does your organization do?
Last year, we had a free summer camp and provided hundreds of children with school supplies, coats and toys through our community and family events. Right now, we’re working on our Christmas drive.
How can people get in touch with your organization (or you)? (website,email, telephone etc)
You can visit the HATT website and you can also send us an email at hattcorp@aol.com. You can contact also contact us at 215-995-4007.
Any messages to Philadelphia?
Although we lost our funding source and program space this year, we are optimistic that we will be able to continue our mission through the fundraisers we are planning. We are gladly accepting donations of any sort (monetary, time, resources, etc.).
We are currently in need of space, funding sources, fundraiser supporters and sponsors for our upcoming Christmas drive. The photos above is from one of three Christmas events last year.
Pittsburgh Asian Network is organizing an exciting event on Friday Sep 30th. Details are as follow.
Check out their website http://www.pittsburghasians.com
Designed by Deion Kim
Pittsburgh Asian Network is teaming up with Paul Dang, one of the co-owners of720 Music, Clothing, and Cafe in Lawrenceville to host a celebratory social featuring a family-style potluck, music, and art from local Asian American artists!
This event is FREE and family-friendly. It is all about providing a casual and relaxing atmosphere to raise more awareness on Pittsburgh’s growing diversity by bringing together the local Asian community and those who support it. You’ll learn more about Pittsburgh Asian Network, which is really about wanting people to learn about each other and the existing Asian network in our city.
We are very excited to have the following organizations and groups represented at Autumn Moon Fest:
We also have the following Asian-owned local businesses generously donating food for our event!:
This is still a potluck, so still bring your best dishes if you can! These restaurants have kindly agreed to help out our positive cause! You can view updates on our food list here.
We are currently undergoing some improvements on our website and had to set the site on maintenance mode on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for a substantial period of time.
We apologize for this un-expected service interruption as we needed to migrate to a new server urgently to accommodate increase in traffic to our network of sites.
If you have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact us.
Now a days, almost everyone has at least one account on one of the many social media websites out there. Some big companies are enticing college students to tweet about their services by awarding gift cards. Others are giving out free coupons if people become a “Fan” on their company’s Facebook fan page. So why not join the movement?
This is why we created a unique event promotion tool on Eventsburgh.com. The idea is simple and here is how it works.
After you login on our site, find an event you want to promote and click on the “Promote it” button located on the event detail page
After clicking it, you will be directed to a page that presents you a short unique URL (NOTE: you have to be logged in to see the short URL)
Copy the short unique URL and start distribute it to everyone you know by email, post it on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Llinked etc
Each short URL is unique and is associated with your account, so every time someone clicks on the short URL you distributed you will get promo point(s). Once you reach to 5000 promo points, we will reward you with a gift card. Sounds cool huh?
For more details, check this page out. http://eventsburgh.com/promote-event/
We recently received an email from Craig Anderson, the founder of ThePittsburghScene.com regarding their artists milestone of reaching 300 local artists (Wow!!). Read the following to find out more about their exciting achievement.
“Just eight months ago, when entrepreneur Craig Anderson developed ThePittsburghScene.com, it was with "equal parts inspiration and frustration" that he sought to improve upon the information available about Pittsburgh’s music community. Now with over 300 groups offering free downloads and a new musicians’ classified section added to the site, Anderson is cautiously optimistic about pursuing what so many others have claimed to do—bring the local music scene together.
"I’ve seen so many websites come and go, all claiming to ‘unite the scene’. I just felt it shouldn’t be a chore for people to find all the great talent out there, so the goal became making a central location with all information in one spot."
The waning social media giant, MySpace had been the go-to location for finding new music, complete with a feature that let users sort by city. When that feature was removed, Anderson saw an opportunity. ThePittsburghScene.com now has roughly 2,500 songs, all available for free download, and recently added its 300th artist to the site. The fans have the opportunity to check out the wealth of local talent, and this additional exposure for the artists helps to drive attendance at local shows and generate buzz.
The site also includes a comprehensive calendar of local concerts at more than 30 different venues— an improvement upon many calendar sites specific to one promoter or music genre. It was Anderson’s vision to make it an “’events site” more so than just a “’music site”. Similarly, the News section mines the media for the most relevant local music news items, in addition to original content.
Then when pghMusicAds.com, a musicians’ classified site, disappeared last August, Anderson stepped up to fill that void as well. "Craigslist still offers a musicians section, but scrolling through every post is the only way to navigate it." The Musician Classified section on thePittsburghScene.com separates the "wanted" from the offerings, and then sorts posts by instrument or singer. It also offers a section for other music related services, like graphic design and photography.
And ThePittsburghScene.com is not done improving upon things yet. "Next is streaming audio, so you don’t have to download each song". Beyond that Anderson is working with developers to continue to evolve to best meet the needs of both bands and fans alike.
So while Anderson won’t cop to "uniting the music scene" just yet, the site has doubled its traffic in just the last month. Combined with the commitment/support of the 300 artists that have jumped on board, he is confident the site is off to a good start. "It really wouldn’t be what it is without the support of the musicians."
If you live in Pittsburgh then you probably know the TV channel “My Pittsburgh TV”. We recently found out an opportunity to get free on-air advertising. Following is the message from David Kerin who is involved in producing “TMZ” for My Pittsburgh TV.
“We produce a weekly :30 and :20 promo for My Pittsburgh TV called "PMZ" which we use to highlight events and happenings in Pittsburgh, so I will check this out. Also, if anyone has something happening that they may want mentioned please send it my way. The promos run throughout the week (then updated with new versions) and hit a good sized audience in our shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy (and all our other shows). Can’t promise it will run, but if we think it is something that fits what we’re doing we’ll get it in there.”
When we asked him the million dollar question, “how much does it cost?”, following was his answer
“No it doesn’t cost anything. PMZ gives us two things. One to get info out there of what’s going on around the city, and the other (and the business side) to offer additional value to our station’s AEs clients if they have something that fits into the promos. But every week we are looking through the web to see what is happening interesting in Pittsburgh to include. We actually love to use it just to get some info out there that people in PGH might not know about (kind of a stylized community calendar, for lack of a better description).
So if anyone has something just let me know. I can’t promise it will go on, but if we think it fits what we’re looking for we’ll get it in there. No cost. And I know people don’t always believe that, because I’ve met a few organizers and I’ve asked them to just give me the info and I’ll get it on air and I never hear anything. It amazes me people would turn away from a free on-air advertising, but you never know. The only thing we would have to do is check online or something to make sure it is legit. Would hate to put something on-air that’s not actually happening. If you want to check out what we do we have some up on youtube at
Here is David’s Linkedin profile if you want to get in touch with him through linkedin
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-kerin/6/9b7/573
You can also reach him directly by email davidkerin at yahoo.com
Did you know you can get into many facilities in Pittsburgh area for musical and dance performances, take-home art and other family activities for FREE?
Check out the Radical days 2010 funded in part by the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD).
Check their website for a list of free activities up to the end October.