Pittsburgh's first Day of Giving:
Pittsburgh Foundation matches donations .50 cents to the dollar
Sustainable Pittsburgh seeks donations to support Sustainability Assessment of Wilkinsburg
Through the generosity of The Pittsburgh Foundation, you have a one-time opportunity to significantly leverage your donations to nonprofits that are featured on a new online giving Web site: PittsburghGives.org.
Please consider making an online donation to Sustainable Pittsburgh through this web site on Wednesday, October 28 at 10:00 am sharp. Your donation will be matched .50 cents on the dollar by The Pittsburgh Foundation up to a maximum of $2,500!
Sustainable Pittsburgh will designate your donation and the match funds you leverage toward conducting a Sustainability Assessment of the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
A Sustainability Assessment is a niche service we offer to municipalities and businesses to assess and recommend practical means to save money, conserve resources, and integrate sustainability into management systems for the long haul.
Please help us help Wilkinsburg -- a community to be applauded for its commitment to accelerating the policy and practice of sustainability. Wilkinsburg is on the cusp of a transformation. Through collaboration with the state, county, local businesses and nonprofits, the community is laying the foundation for future prosperity where sustainability is the framework for maximizing social, economic, and environmental wins. The Sustainability Assessment is well-timed to complement their soon to be completed local comprehensive planning process. In helping to deploy Wilkinsburg's Sustainability Assessment, you not only benefit this community but the region as a whole as the sum is as strong as the parts.
We need to raise $17,600 to close the funding gap necessary to deploy our team of professionals to examine and recommend cost beneficial ways in which Wilkinsburg can advance:
- waste management,
- transportation access,
- energy and water management,
- develop sustainability principles,
- green design guidelines,
- vacant property management,
- and more.
STEPS TO TAKE
1. REGISTER IN ADVANCE
In anticipation of making your on-line donation promptly at 10:00 am on Oct. 28, there is a pre-step that will speed your access. Well in advance, please pre-register as a user on the PittsburghGives Web site. This will set you up with a password that will speed your logging in to donate on Oct. 28 at 10:00 am.
To pre-register, simply go to: www.pittsburghgives.org. On the top right hand side, click the button "Login". Then click "Create Login"; fill in your information and click "Register". A confirmation will appear. Write down your password and keep it handy with your credit card for your return to the site to donate to Sustainable Pittsburgh promptly on October 28 at 10:00 am.
2. REVIEW SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH'S LISTING
We have a complete profile on the PittsburghGives web site. Learn a bit more about our organization including our programs, financials, management and philosophy. To access our profile directly from the PittsburghGives site, simply type in Sustainable Pittsburgh under "Find Nonprofits." (Top right of page.)
3. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28
Because the match funds are anticipated to be depleted within an hour of the campaign's start, please be ready to make your donation by 10am that morning. --We are thankful for your help!
4. LOGIN AND DONATE ON OCTOBER 28!
"Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to reporting on Wilkinsburg's success in applying recommendations stemming from our Sustainability Assessment," Marla Marcinko, Borough Manager, Wilkinsburg.
For more information call Sustainable Pittsburgh, 412-258-6643.
