Casa of Westmoreland is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization that has been a powerful voice for children for the last 20 years. CASA provides a voice in the courts on behalf of abused and neglected children. Thanks to the advocates, supporters, and community partners CASA brings together, the lives of the children they serve in Westmoreland County are demonstrably better. North Hills Monthly spoke with Executive Director Evan Markowitz to learn more about this incredible

The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh is an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to promote the health and well-being of infants and children in Pittsburgh. North Hills Monthly learned more about this longtime essential place and the important services they provide from Chief Executive Officer Stacy M. Schesler.

Period Zero is an innovative nonprofit organization connecting students to much-needed career experience and local entrepreneurs. North Hills Monthly had an opportunity to learn more about the groundbreaking programs they offer from founder Audra Lewis Hoesch.

The Pittsburgh Inner City Junior Tennis Program offers children from the Greater Pittsburgh area the opportunity to learn tennis. Children ages 5-19 can be found at the Mellon Tennis Center in the winter months and Highland Park Community Tennis Courts in the summer months learning at free weekly clinics taught by nationally certified volunteer coaches.

SisTers PGH is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit run by Black and trans folks that supports the transgender community in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project, or PUMP as it is known, is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that engages young professionals in civic life, community building, and social networking through events, advocacy, and sports leagues.

Thousands of individuals volunteer in Pittsburgh each year. Volunteering strengthens communities by addressing the needs of both individuals and local nonprofit organizations. Volunteering helps develop interpersonal skills and self-esteem, as well as giving one a sense of purpose. Cami Teacoach wanted to share all the benefits of volunteering at the local level with children, and so she created VolunTOTS.

Thirty years ago, two dancers met in Pittsburgh dancing for a local company. They fell in love and founded Attack Theatre. Their desire to create new and inspirational dance for Pittsburgh audiences was received with open arms. As the years passed, they have touched countless lives through performances, teaching classes, family game nights, participating in First Night Pittsburgh, as well as endless festivals here and abroad.

TRAC Services for Families, formerly known as Three Rivers Adoption Council, is a licensed agency that provides a multitude of services to children waiting to be adopted, as well as foster families and teen foster children.

Every day thousands of families in the United States learn that someone they love has been diagnosed with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer’s or frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The lack of available drugs or treatments to slow the progression of these diseases can make such a diagnosis that much harder to bear. Clear Thoughts Foundation is striving to solve this problem by raising funds and launching research projects that will lead to the discovery of breakthrough drugs.