• 102 individuals made first-time gifts to EECM.  This means that you, our friends and supporters, are really spreading the word about EECM.  Thank you and keep it up!

• Calvary Episcopal Church members collected more than a ton (2,000 pounds!) of groceries as part of a Lenten Food Drive Challenge.

• Food drives by many local congregations, including Albright Community United Methodist, City Reformed Presbyterian, Shadyside Presbyterian, First United Methodist, First Unitarian Church, and Sacred Heart Parish, collected more than 8,000 pounds of food.

• Students at Chatham University participated in a “Canstruction” food drive – collecting non-perishable food items and using them in a fun construction competition.

• Local congregations took up special offerings to support the campaign:
  • First United Methodist Church raised $593 through their annual "Souper Bowl" collection. 
  • The First Unitarian Church collected $809 through their "Share the Plate" offering
  • The members of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church donated $1,240 as part of their annual Have a Heart for Hunger offering. 
  • The children of St. Paul Baptist Church raised $160 for the campaign
  • Members of Congregation Dor Hadash donated $529 as part of a Purim holiday collection.

Chatham University students proudly display their model of the Eiffel Tower at "Canstruction."

• EECM’s Young Professionals hosted the first-annual Pancakes in the P.M. benefit dinner at P&G Pamela’s in the Strip, raising $2,700.

• A junior at St. Joseph High School organized a Carnation Sale at her school and donated the proceeds to EECM.

• EECM Board Members staffed an information table at Highland Park coffee-shop and hot spot, Tazza D'Oro, raising awareness about the campaign and collecting donations.

• The 7th graders of the Falk School organized their annual Feed the Brain food and used-book drive.

• An EECM Board Member organized an e-mail fundraising appeal in honor of Pittsburgh's "Sixburgh" identity, raising $746.

• A pair of civic-minded twins organized a "Souper Bowl" Food Drive in their neighborhood and at their church.

• The student council at St. Bede School organized a Lenten fundraiser, asking students to donate the cash they would have spent on lunchtime snacks to EECM instead.

• With the help of women's associations from local congregations, EECM hosted a "Baby Shower" for our Food Pantry clients, collecting thousands of diapers, wipes, cans of formula and other necessities.

The first-annual Food Pantry Baby Shower collected 3,355 diapers.

Participants in the annual Love Walk for the Poor march through East Liberty.

• More than 1,000 young people from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh participated in the annual Love Walk for the Poor, donating hundreds of bags of groceries to EECM's Food Pantry.

• Sacred Heart Elementary students created “birthday in bag” gift bags for Pantry families – complete with birthday cake mix, frosting, and candles.

• Sociology students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania organized a community food drive to benefit EECM’s Pantry for a class on social inequality.

• Allegheny Valley Bank hosted a bank-wide food drive at all their Pittsburgh locations, collecting more than 500 pounds of food.

• Students at Sewickley Academy earned casual dress privileges (“Jeans and Hoodie Day”) by donating items to the EECM Food Pantry.

• The Evangelical Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary hosted a hunger-awareness discussion, led by an EECM staff member.

• Students at The Ellis School hosted a school-wide food drive.

The President and Chairman of the Board of Allegheny Valley Bank strike a pose with some of the food collected.