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For youth with disabilities, transitioning from high school to adulthood and employment can be challenging. The PEAL Center and Life’sWork of Western PA, United Way partner agencies, recently teamed up to provide resources and support for young people and families navigating this important life stage.

At our recent Big Book Drop event, volunteers sorted, labeled and packed 35,000 children’s books. The books were distributed to 110 literacy-focused organizations including early learning centers, libraries and schools.

For local agencies that offer summertime out-of-school experiences, planning began back in the chilly days of January.

As the executive director of Human Services Center Mon Valley, a United Way partner agency, Dave Coplan has plenty on his plate. The center houses 12 tenant agencies at its multipurpose campus in Turtle Creek and runs an array of its own programs. Dave is also an adjunct professor at CMU and the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Evolve Coaching supports the needs of neurodivergent individuals in our community through education, employment and the arts.

Tocqueville donors Kate and Alex Gionta met in 2005. She was from Ebensburg, a small Pennsylvania town, and he was from nearby Murrysville. They met at their first job at KPMG and fell for each other and the City of Pittsburgh. Married in 2012, the Giontas have lived downtown for over a decade. Kate also serves on the Tocqueville Society committee.

Meet Mark Harrison, manager of our Events & Volunteer Engagement team.

Sonward provides two levels of workforce development for students as early as fourth grade. While employment numbers have improved in many parts of Pennsylvania, employment in New Kensington declined nearly 7%. 

ASL is not a typical activity in a class on music production, but few things about Greater Hope Restoration Ministries can be described as typical.