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Beth Etter; Robert McDowell, chair, ACHIEVA Board of Trustees; and Amy Dolan Strano, Esq., president, ACHIEVA Family Trust, attended ACHIEVA’s Annual Pittsburgh Promenade Auction. More than 450 guests attended, raising $210,000 to benefit children and adults with disabilities and their families.
The Ingomar 9B Tournament Baseball Team donated funds to RBI — Pittsburgh (Reviving Baseball in the Inner City) at the Pirates Community Baseball Center. Front row, kneeling: Kaden Velasquez, Kiran Szymkowiak, Caden Couchenour, Andrew Cervone, and Brody Merriman. Middle row, standing: Nick Berrarducci, Preston Holowka, and Jackson Talerico. Back row, standing: IFPAA Tournament Coach Frank Velasquez, Wilkensburg Baseball Director/Coach David Reese, RBI — Pittsburgh Director Charles Saunders.
Dr. Richard L. Simmons, Gift of Life Legacy of Leadership awardee; Dr. David Levenson, Gift of Life Medical awardee; Mark Costanzo, John V. Heher Gift of Life Corporate awardee; and James Conner, Small Hands, Big Heart Volunteer awardee, were all smiles at the Kidney Gift of Life Gala, where $195,000 was raised!
Presbyterian SeniorCare Senior Vice President Jim Pieffer was presented The Excellence in Dementia Care award by Woodside Place of Oakmont Administrator Carrie Chiusano and NPR radio show host Diane Rehm at the 2nd Annual Great Minds Gala in Washington, D.C.
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Lucky the Painproof Man and Rachel Carlson of Yelp Pittsburgh had a ball at Yelp Pittsburgh’s “Under The Big Top” Party at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ACHIEVA, PAT AND PATTY GALLAGHER, JANICE CITERONI/ PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE, ROBERT HESTER ENTERTAINMENT