Empty Bowls Returns!
Anti-hunger groups claim a victory in the campaign to get help from City Council's 2005 budget, for hungry people. The funds, from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) are not part of the city's operating budget and therefore not subject to the state-mandated cuts. But there are many demands on the city's $19 million federal CDBG appropriation, which is $1 million less than last year.
Of the $397,000 the four anti-hunger groups requested, Council approved a budget of $334,000. This was less than last year's Council appropriation but still not nearly what the groups requested. The organizations are: Pgh Community Services, Inc., Hunger Services Network at the Urban League, the Greater Pgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest. Over half of the 21 citizens who testified at Council's hearing asked for help fighting hunger. Brashear's Tara Olexa urged listeners to recognize the "fiscal crisis" faced by low income families every time they receive a utilities bill. Nobody else testified asking for CDBG funds.
So we were very disappointed that Pgh Community Services Inc. took the greatest cut in their funding.
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The number of U.S. households experiencing hunger rose 26% between 1999 and 2003. Over 9 million Americans are now hungry according to a recent report by the US Dept. of Agriculture. And 26 million more are food insecure. More than 36% of these millions of affected people are children. Food insecurity even touches people who don't qualify for food stamps. Forty-five percent of food insecure households have incomes over 130% of poverty (or $20,371 for a family of 3)
Dr. J. Larry Brown, director of the Center on Hunger and Poverty at Brandeis University, has asked President Bush to address this country's growing food insecurity epidemic. Brown notes that post-recession hunger figures like those recently reported in the USDA study, signify that, "it is a man-made problem, " of crisis proportions.
Dr. Brown's plea to the White House went on to request that the President "galvanize the nation" against hunger by discussing the problem and filing emergency legislation to expand food stamp and child nutrition programs.
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"Give Paychecks a Boost" is in full swing again as Just Harvest prepares for the fast-approaching tax season. This is our fifth year of educating the community about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and PA Tax Back so that low-income workers receive all of their tax credits.
You can help during "Tax Refund Week," January 10-14, or anytime this month by telling potentially eligible workers about tax credits and where to get free tax help. Contact Kristie at Just Harvest if would like any materials to distribute or to schedule a presentation about tax credits for eligible taxpayers at your agency, workplace, or place of worship.
The EITC remains the country's most successful anti-poverty program. Workers with 2 children earning up to $35,458 could be eligible for up to $4300 this year! The EITC can boost the incomes of full or part-time workers, married or single workers and workers with or without children. New workers or those who lost their job midway through the year are among the most likely to miss out on these credits because they weren't eligible in the past.
Again this year, Just Harvest also provides free tax preparation at our office. (See box). Several new agencies will provide free tax assistance this year as well.
Low-income workers can spend over $100 to get their taxes prepared at a commercial tax preparer and hundreds more on a Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL). RAL providers tempt taxpayers with fast or even advance cash but charge hefty fees and high interest. Thirty-nine percent of EITC recipients in Allegheny County purchased a RAL in 2001. By electronically filing their taxes and directly depositing their refund in a bank account, workers could get their total tax refund in 8-14 days for free at Just Harvest or any VITA site! We're also working for passage of Pennsylvania House legislation that will license and regulate RAL providers and set limits on fees and interest.
ACTION: Distribute information to low-income workers about the EITC and PA Tax Back. Work for important state legislation. Join our "Tax Refund Week" activities, Jan 10-14. Contact Kristie at Just Harvest for more info.
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By Matt Ching
Two words keep reappearing in post-election discussions: "moral values." At Just Harvest we're very angry that hunger and poverty were excluded from that discussion. As we begin the new year, we renew our work for a new society in which the evil of poverty is understood and alleviated. Call to Renewal provides a vision of that society.Check their website for more detail about the role of the government safety net at all levels.
Matt Ching is Events Coordinator at Call to Renewal, a national network of churches, faith-based organizations, and individuals working to overcome poverty in America. Find out more at www.calltorenewal.org. Just Harvest's allies, partners and friends represent a vast and diverse range of secular and religious beliefs. This column presents one such perspective, and does not imply Just Harvest's endorsement of any particular religious doctrine.
In the strongest economy in the wealthiest nation in history, too many people are still being left out and left behind. Despite our abundance, the gap between rich and poor continues to widen. Our religious forebears declared that slavery was morally intolerable. Today we insist that widespread poverty in the midst of plenty is a moral wrong that we refuse to accept any longer. The disproportionate impact of poverty on people of color is a further indictment of our society. Prosperity must be shared.
We seek a new partnership with all sectors of our society and call upon each sector to do what it does best to achieve a fair share for all. We seek a new public policy that makes poverty a non-partisan issue and overcoming it a bipartisan cause. To accomplish these goals, we stand ready to collaborate with other faith communities and other institutions in the civil society. There are no more excuses or other people to blame. The time has come for action.
Even as we expand our own commitments, we know that religious institutions do not have the resources to replace other sectors such as business or government. Nor should we. Our vision of a good social order is one where many different sectors each makes its own unique contribution to the common good. We claim no detailed blueprint for overcoming poverty, but we believe that biblical norms and Christian reflection compel us to set forth practical goals that we believe every sector in this society should work to accomplish.
We believe that a good society should achieve:
Full participation by people of all races. We embrace our diversity by having zero tolerance for racism, making racial justice and reconciliation a top national priority, and acknowledging the inseparable connection between racism and poverty.
A living family income for all who responsibly work. This should include an appropriate mix of a minimum wage/living income, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and targeted help with child care, food, transportation and housing. Our principle is that people who work full-time should not be poor.
Affordable, quality health care for all, regardless of income. It is unacceptable that 44 million Americans, including 11 million children, continue to lack health insurance.
Schools that work for all our children. We can no longer allow partisan battles to blur the moral issue that children's educational opportunities are unjustly based on where they live and their parents' income.
Safe, affordable housing. Eliminating poverty housing and homelessness through affordable housing must be a societal goal.
Safe and secure neighborhoods. A safe and healthy environment is essential to rebuilding families and communities. We must eliminate crime and violence, and end the scourge of life-destroying drugs.
Family-friendly policies and programs in every sector of society. Families and communities must be rebuilt as the primary foundation and nurturing networks of a healthy society. Since strong families are one of our best anti-poverty measures, we must do all that we can to support them.
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Advocates across the country predict disastrous changes in the federal entitlement programs for the nation's low- and moderate-income families. Administration and Congressional leaders plan to halve the national deficit in four years by drastically cutting programs that help families make it from day to day.
(Entitlement programs such as Food Stamps, School Meals, Medicaid, Medicare and Veteran's pensions receive enough funds to serve all eligible people who apply.)
When Congress resumes this month these proposed changes to the entitlement programs - as well as other funding cuts -- will dominate the discussions. Threats to these programs include capping the entitlements, block granting the entitlements (which will diminish the funding over time) or budget cuts through a Budget Resolution, which locks in cuts.
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/cash welfare) is being maintained under current rules via a temporary extension that expires March 30, 2005. With Bush claiming his narrow victory as a "mandate, " welfare activists across the nation anticipate very harsh changes to TANF through one of these three mechanisms. Not only TANF is at risk of being cut. Many other programs also face disastrous cuts. (See chart
The framework for the budget process has already started behind the scenes, so it is crucial to stay on top of this. A budget resolution has not passed in three years and we don't want one this year, either. A national coalition, which we have joined, initiated by the National Welfare Engine, is strategizing about how to stop the budget resolution and keep the safety net intact. To be successful, it's imperative that groups around the state and the country work together.
We can all start by building the case for our programs and our clients - why the programs are needed! We should oppose a budget process that would cut funding for these programs. We should emphasize a process that addresses all the parts of the budget (including revenues, military spending and homland security).
ACTION: Call your Congressperson and US Senators. Tell them to keep the safety net intact. Oppose more tax cuts and making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Tell them to close tax loopholes and cut military spending. Our federal budget should not be balanced on the backs of the poor by cutting the programs they need!
Our newly organized W. Pa Welfare Coalition is joining with the national groups to take action through contacts with policy makers. To get involved in the national campaign or the local coalition, contact Rochelle at Just Harvest. To keep informed about the process, log onto the Fair Taxes for All website, www.fairtaxes4all.org or the Coalition on Human Needs website, www.chn.org .
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All across the country, funds for a wide array of critical human service programs affecting thousands of people are at risk because state funding is disappearing. Within a few months Pennsylvania's surplus in TANF - which has funded many important social service programs besides cash assistance, like employment and child care expenses - will disappear. Most states are in the same situation. Medicaid faces especially deep cuts.
The Rendell administration has not put a clear spin on this crisis. His Budget Director, Michael Masch, denies that a welfare deficit exists. Welfare Secretary Estelle Richman is very upfront about the massive deficit.
While the state increased some anti-hunger funding in last year's budget, federal cuts will make state increases much more difficult this year. Nevertheless, PA Hunger Action has asked for increases in several important programs that fight hunger: the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Food Stamp Outreach, Summer Food Program start-up funds, and the State Food Purchase Program, which provides money for food banks. The Food Stamp Outreach is funded through the Dept. of Welfare. Authority for these programs is divided among the state departments of Education, Agriculture and Public Welfare. Based on budgets submitted to him by each department, the governor will announce his proposed budget on February 6.
The Poverty Diet Project, sponsored by the Richmond-based Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, asked participants to live for three days on the average food stamp benefit for Virginians-about $2.55 a day. By the second day, participant Donna Thompson was already feeling the effects. She had a headache from not drinking her usual coffee with cream and sugar that morning and she missed fresh vegetables. Citizens are experiencing the effects of poverty through similar programs around the country. In Indiana, Columbia County Mayor Jim Fleck, a participant in the "Walk a Mile" project, explained, "I can't even buy a soda pop without stopping to think whether I can afford it". The "Walk a Mile" project matches public policy makers and low-income people for a month to help break down stereotypes the two groups have about each other.
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Sixty percent of all farmers and ranchers do not collect government subsidy payments, according to the US Department of Agriculture mostly because the crops and livestock they produce do not qualify for subsidy programs. Among subsidy recipients, large farms collect almost all the money. Nationwide, ten percent of the biggest (and often most profitable) subsidized crop producers collected 72 percent of all subsidies, averaging $34,424 in annual payments between 1995 and 2003. The bottom 80% of the recipients saw only $768 on the average per year. ( Learn more from the Environmental Working Group at www.ewg.org).
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New York, Florida and Nevada raised their minimum wage; now what about Pennsylvania?
Nevada and Florida, both Bush states, raised their minimum wage to $6.15/hour in Nov. 2 referendums. Florida's wage will be indexed for inflation and cost of living, making them more progressive than wage policies in many other states.
Nearly one million New Yorkers received a long-overdue raise the beginning of the New Year. The State Senate voted by 51 to 7 to override Governor Pataki's veto of the minimum wage legislation. The state's Working Families Party was the key organizing force. The minimum wage rises to $6.00/hour, and moves in two more annual steps to $7.15/hour.
All of these increases are grossly inadequate, but they're hopeful. Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are keeping a long-overdue raise alive in the General Assembly. We hope it to see progress in the new year.
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Political comic Will Durst had our 300 guests in stitches at Just Harvest's annual Harvest Celebration Dinner Oct. 14. The event raised $20,000 for our work. The Silent Auction broke all previous records for quantity, variety, and presentation.
Satirizing recent proposals to replace Alexander Hamilton's portrait on the $10 bill with Ronald Reagan's, durst suggested that his portrait might more appropriately appear on food stamps.
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Just Harvest's "squeaky wheel" strategy to fill vacant WIC positions elicited quick response. After we testified at county council hearings and approached several key members individually, the county administration quickly scheduled interviews for 3 long-vacant positions in the federally-funded program.
But, a meeting we held with County Executive Dan Onorato and Human Services Director Marc Cherna was not so satisfying. We informed Onorato about all the government nutrition programs sponsored by the county, especially the After School Supper Program, and the critical role the county plays supporting and monitoring these programs.
But Onorato wouldn't agree to fill the full-time vacated Hunger Specialist position with county money, because of our tight budget. He and Cherna did promise to find sufficient funds in the Department of Human Services to continue critical monitoring of federal and state programs and expand after school programs food programs without putting impossible burdens on existing staff. The current staff is already stretched. We continue to monitor this situation.
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A poem by Leone P. Paradise
At the Farm market, 3 for $1.00.
Not such a bad deal.
So, Rick has this basket filled with gourds
for $5.00.
I can figure that out.
Now I own dozens of gourds.
What riches!
Leone Paradise, a long-time Just Harvest member, shops regularly on Saturday mornings at the East Liberty Farmers Market Cooperative. Rick Zang, who has a nursery in Butler, is one of the vendors there.
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Food lost to raging flood waters in Allegheny County's September flood was often replaced by generous volunteers. But Just Harvest sprang into action, calling on the Department of Public Welfare to implement the emergency food stamp procedures. The required federal procedures and approvals for documentation were arduous and the help came late. But after numerous conversations with Harrisburg and Allegheny County officials, two programs went into effect here: one which replaced food already purchased with food stamps and the other to temporarily broaden eligibility requirements for people affected in the flood but not otherwise eligible for food stamps.
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The nation's School Breakfast Program saw the biggest jump in participation in nine years in the 2003-2004 school year (more than 353,000). However, almost 9.4 million low-income students who participate in school lunch still go without school breakfast. These findings were reported the latest "National School Breakfast Scorecard," issued annually by the Washington, D.C. based Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).
Pennsylvania's School Breakfast Program ranked 38th, which shows that improvement is needed to get more students to the school breakfast table. What can be done?
Schools must take advantage of current programs and new provisions in the Child Nutrition Act to improve children's participation in the school breakfast program and children's children's overall health. Grab 'n' go breakfast, "Universal" breakfast, a reduced paperwork, and expansion of the program for vulnerable populations are some of the possible improvements. Caring administrators who believe it is not only the parents' responsibility to ensure children's good health but also the school's, play a key role in these programs.
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Just Harvest welcomes Intern Victor Moore into the fold. Victor is a student in Pitt's School of Social Work, and has worked on both the Welfare Justice Project and the JustVote campaign since September. He will also be one of the new tax preparers working at our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site beginning in January of 2005.
We were fortunate to have Craig Stevens take over the position of Just Vote Field Organizer, which was vacated by Chip Peters in October. Chip took a permanent job in New Orleans, and Craig, another long-time friend of Just Harvest and a dedicated advocate for social justice, picked up where Chip left off. We thank them both for all their hard work.
Thanks also Pat O'Malley for her efforts with Just Vote. Pat designed the candidates' questionnaire and compiled their answers for our Voter Guide special edition of the Just Harvest News. She also helped coordinate the JustVote phone bank volunteers.
Of course, we also send our warmest appreciation to all the Just Vote volunteers for your hundreds of hours of work - we couldn't have done it without you!
Tina Wiley has joined our "Give Paychecks a Boost" campaign.
Last but certainly not least, congratulations to staffers Rochelle Jackson and Joni Rabinowitz. Joni recently re-joined the board of Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center after 4 years' absence. Rochelle has been appointed as one of three Representatives from Allegheny County to the Department of Public Welfare's Income Maintenance Advisory Committee (IMAC). These appointments acknowledge Rochelle and Joni's already-extensive contributions to low-income and food-insecure Pennsylvanians, and will allow them to touch even more lives in the future.
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Our Just Vote! Campaign went into intensive Get-Out-The-Vote mode as soon as registration closed on October 4. Seventy-five volunteers joined up to call our 6200 newly-registered voters and "pledgers" who asked to be reminded about election day. Our volunteers' enthusiasm grew when the people they called expressed appreciation for the calls and were eager to vote.
Thanks to the Bureau of Elections and some very able volunteers were able to tell the new voters where their polling places were and we informed them about ID requirements, absentee rules and provisional ballots.
We sent questionnaires about poverty and hunger issues to all the candidates, and developed a Voters' Guide which we mailed to 10,000 people. (This was a special issue of the Just Harvest News. Hope you received it.) We registered 90 new voters at the Allegheny County jail and 47 of them voted by absentee.
Along with many other people we are angry that poverty and hunger were ignored as public issues in this campaign. We truly believe that this fact negatively affected the results.
Despite people's disappointment with the election results, record turn-outs all over the country were encouraging.
But the election results confirmed what we always knew: voting is not enough. To re-instate fairness in our country, and be sure that critical programs continue we need to work all year long. Just Harvest is in this struggle for the long haul!
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"You do such such wonderful work. We appreciate ALL you do every day for our community."
We hope that with that note enclosed with her recent donation, this Just Harvest member spoke for everyone who has pitched in financially to help Just Harvest begin the new year on a strong footing. Special thanks to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and The Birmingham Foundation for their recent grants and to PathWaysPA for their contract support.
Many thanks and warm wishes to these donors to Just Harvest Education Fund:
Our anonymous donors, the Center For Accelerated Learning, Computer Associates, Inc., Joyce Abercrombie, Robert & Sharon Abraham, David Bajada, Judy Bellin, Arthur & Mary Bittner, Robert Brown, John & Claudia Detwiler, Julian & Rhoda Eligator, Frederick Elliot III, Ronald & Andrea Freeborough, Eugene Ieni, Louise & Michael Malakoff, Bette McDevitt, Joel & Nancy Merenstein, Helen Ortman, Karen Peterson, Sharon & James Pillar, David & Lynette Rosser, Harold & Marla Scheinman, Joyce A. Schlag, Elenore Seidenberg, Leonard & Phyllis Shufler, Marjorie Spenser, Judy & Jerry Starr, Roseanne & Dan Stead, and Milan Vranish.
Thanks to donors to Just Harvest: A Center for Action Against Hunger: Bakerstown United Methodist Women, Bower Hill Community Church Craig Distributing Co., East Liberty Presbyterian Church Justice and Global Concerns Committee, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Riverview Presbyterian Church Miriam Circle, Riverview Presbyterian Thrift Store, School Sisters of St. Francis, Service Employees International Union, Sisters Of St. Joseph, Temple Sinai, Michele & Michael Alexander, Thomas Allen, Nancy & John Artz, Edward & Cindy Asner, Milton & Myrna Backal, Cynthia & George Balchunas, Robert Baldis, Edward & Miriam Bamonte, Jane & George Becker, Celeste Behrend, Margaret & Robert Bennett, Dan & Carol Berger, Donald & Helen Berman, Carol Bernick, Susan Brandt, James Brothers, Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum, George L. Brownell, Joan & Joseph Bruno, Richard & Marie Byrne, David & Betsy Caldwell, Virginia Caretto, Jan Carlino & David Houston, Julie Caryl & Pam Huston, Jean Chamberlin, Stephanie Christian, Kate Clancy, Allan & Lois Cohen, Moe & Greta Coleman, Tim & Mary Cornell, Daryl Cross & Susan Peake, Claudia Davidson, Judith Dodd, James & Jane Doncaster, Maura Donnelly, Elizabeth Donohoe, Patricia Donze-Howard, Sy & Ruth Drescher, Charlotte Dunmore in honor of Dr. Anne Jones and Dr. Mary Page, Julian & Rhoda Eligator, Laura Ellman, John & Rose Evosevic, Abe Fleishman, Robert Foley, Doreen & John Fraser, Monica Frolander Ulf, Christine Gaus, Mary Gilligan, Ruth Gottlieb, Donald Goughler, Sr. Carmella Greco, Martin Grodin, Alexandra Gruskos, Jim & Betty Hanigan, Iris & Christoph Harlan, Howard & Eva Havlicsek, Anne Hawkins, Dennis Hennessey, Gloria Highsmith, Henry & Elsie Hillman, Lucy Hixon, Rachel Hovne, Mary Hutchins in memory of Raphael Goetz, Eugene Ieni, Genevieve Garvin Isaac, Eileen Jardini, Clifford Johnson, Marjorie & Edward Johnston, Philip & Janice Joyce, Richard Kasdan, Ward Kelsey, David King & Maria Somma, Margaret Kirk Stone, Sara Klein, Marie & Sam Kocoshis in memory of Mel Seidenberg, Allen J. Koslovsky, Barbara Krupp, David Krupp, Millard & Ginny Landis, Sally Levin, Sara Lichtenwalter, Harold & Marcela Link, Deborah Logan, Michael & Jane Louik, Margaret Luketic, Brigid & Clark Lund, Joan Luokkala, David & Margaret Lyle, Pen Lytle, Joanne Malenock, Joseph & Gaynell Markowski, Evelyn Mason, Robert & Janet Mather, George Matta, Mary McDonough, Anne McGough, Linnea McQuiston, Nathan & Dorothy Melamed, Cheryl Morden, John Mosley, Ray Murphy, Nancy Niemczyk & Myron Arnowitt, Deborah Noakes, Jim & Tricia Nowalk, Fr. Jack O'Malley, Donald & Midge O'Rourke, Theodore & Shirley Pajak, Leone Paradise, Nicholas Parrendo, Mary Pascarella, Karen Peterson, Anna Pfalzgraf, Eugene & Mary Pochapsky, Rita & David Pollock, Phyllis Pomerantz, Marcella Raynak, Frank & Margaret Reed, Ross Rosen, Edgar & Mae Rosenberg, Anna Rossi, Richard & Ann Bass Roth, Joyce Rothermel, Jim Ruck & Gail Britanik, Bill & Molly Rush, Herman & Marian Rushofsky, Esther Sales, Gloria Santin, Lorraine Sauchin, R. Thomas & Marilyn Schaub, Dr. Harold & Marla Scheinman, Anne Schifferle, Marion Schnurer, Joyce Scott Smith, Rev. Valentine Sedlak, Mim Seidel & David Blaushild, Brent & Jennifer Shiner, Barbara Shore, Louise Silk, John & Anne Singleton, Edward & Dorothy Sites, Ramin Skibba, Sr. Patricia Ann Skowronek, Dorothy Sloan & Maureen Watson, Adelaide Smith, Gerald & Paula Sokolow, Terry & Kenny Steinberg, Edward & Sylvia Sussna, Lowell & Rachel Swarts, Pat Swedlow & Tom Kerr, Jean Szoch, Tom Taylor, Lee Terkel, Samuel Tisherman & Susan Dunmire, Mary Beth Toomey, Gloria Trotman, Rosemary Trump, John & Michele Tyler, Sarah Vignale, Margaret Ward, Jean Weaver, Michael & Cheryl Weiland, David Weinbaum, Marion Weitershausen, Nancy Welfer, Virginia Wellman, Thomas Whalen, Gina Wilson, Mr & Mrs. John Wilson, Philip & Marianne Wion, Howard Wolfe Aikens, Milton Wolfson, Bill Wood, Mary Louise Wright, and Laura Zinski. (Editors note: Donations received after Dec. 16 will be acknowledged in the next issue of Just Harvest News)
Thank you also to sponsors of our 16th Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Dominion Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, United Steelworkers Of America, and LaRoche College.
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HOW TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
When: Saturday, February 5, 2005
Continental Breakfast 8:30 am, Program at 9
Where: Downtown at Mellon II Bank Building (Formerly the Union Trust Building)
Topics will include how to file with the Division of Elections, raising and reporting campaign funds, working with the media, and getting out the vote on your behalf.
For more information or to register for the workshop, call 412 261 4284 or email info@pgh.lwv.org.
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The City of Pittsburgh's 2005 Summer Food Program is faced with uncertainty much like last year. The city's 2005 budget will force even more drastic cuts in these services because many pools and recreation centers will not open. Last year's "Save Our Summer"philanthropic help was a one time campaign.So we need a new strategy to ensure that poor and low-income children have access to nutritious meals this summer.
ACTION: Help us convince City Council and the fiscal oversight agencies to keep pools and recreation centers open and to develop and promote long-term solutions to guarantee summer food's survival in the city. Ask your local community groups to run an"open" summer food site in a predominately low-income area. Contact Shauna at (412) 431-8960 at Just Harvest to find out how you can help.
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10th Annual EMPTY BOWLS DINNER
Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 3 PM to 7 PM
at Rodef Shalom Synagogue, Fifth & Morewood Aves. in Oakland.
Tickets $18 in advance, $20 at the door.
Select a beautiful handmade ceramic bowl. Enjoy a warm meal of soup and bread.
Music, entertainment, silent auction of ceramic art, fun for the whole family.
Proceeds benefit Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
For tickets, call 412-431-8960.
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