Volume 54 |
ISSUE 5: October 22, 2021

Civic Action Week brings back in-person volunteering

Thursday, October 21, 2021

As part of Civic Action Week, faculty and staff participated in several on-site volunteer activities to help out a variety of community organizations.

The 10 projects on Oct. 8 were with groups such as People’s Oakland, Operation Better Block in Homewood, Family House, and the Oasis Project at Homewood’s Bible Center Church. 

 

Check out the photos above for the Pitt employees at work.

 

Students also participated in volunteer events on Oct. 8 and 9. In total, more than 500 faculty, staff and students were involved in the volunteer projects.

  • Staff moving hand sanitizer
    Pitt volunteers help sort goods at Bible Center Church in Homewood (Photo by Tom Altany | University of Pittsburgh)
  • Volunteers around sign
    Volunteers from the Office of University Communications and Marketing gather at a Western Pennsylvania Conservancy site that they helped clean up. (Tom Altany | University of Pittsburgh)
  • Wendy Bennett, of the Division of Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement, and others work in the Community Human Services food pantry garden in Oakland. (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski | University of Pittsburgh)
  • Tim Gaus, of the Division of Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement, and others help clear debris at the Community Human Services food pantry garden in Oakland. (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski | University of Pittsburgh)