schools

Sustainable Urban Farming Initiative

community | environment | gardens | health | neighborhoods | resources | schools | vacant land | youth

Reclaim vacant lots and unused land to support healthy community gardens

Hop-Skip Farm Kids

advocacy | alternative | education | farms | gardens | media | programming | schools | tv | youth

Half hour children's TV show about urban farms based and taped in Pgh shown nationally. Coordinated with local organizations, schools and the Organization of Farming Urbanites, to start farming and educational facilities

Melody: music education life opportunity dreams youth

arts | celebrations | civic engagement | fundraising | image | mentors | music | public speaking | schools

Promote music and arts in public schools through public speaking. Appeals to students and school board members on emotional and personal level

Space for Kids and Teens

activities | after school | buildings | Downtown | mentors | neighborhoods | safety | schools | technology

A space downtown for kids and teens to hang out that is run by kids and teens: smaller centers may be located in the different neighborhoods

The Real Real World

careers | local talent | mentors | professional development | schools | training | youth

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Engage Pittsburgh is a program of The Sprout Fund, a project of the Tides Center (PA), and is supported by lead contributions from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Additional support for Engage Pittsburgh is provided in part by the Alcoa Foundation, Eden Hall Foundation, Grable Foundation, the Elsie Hillman Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Foundation.

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