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Find out how to make a difference through monetary and in-kind donations to EECM's many community programs and services. DONATE NOW Your gift feeds the hungry, shelters the homeless, and supports the young people in our community. Your support makes a difference. Please make a gift today. All donation information is held in the strictest privacy . Help us create a community of opportunity in Pittsburgh. NEW! BECOME A MONTHLY SUBSCRIBER When you become a monthly supporter, you choose the program your gift supports—whether it’s Community Food Services, Children and Youth Services, or Housing and Employment Services. Each month, you’ll receive a brief email update showing how your generosity made a difference, including the services provided and the neighbors whose lives were impacted. Your steady support helps ensure our services are available every day for those who need it most. Sign up using our online donation form or mail-in form below. MONETARY DONATIONS $5 provides over $25 in purchasing power for Community Food Services $25 buys one person a week’s worth of groceries in our food pantry $150 pays for a warm bed and services for the night $500 provides education and job training for an unemployed adult $1,000 sends a child to our 5-week summer day camp Donate online Donate by mail Monetary Donations IN-KIND DONATIONS Would you like to donate food or other items? The EECM Wish List can help you decide what to donate. Like cash, these donations can be tax-deductible. If you would like to donate, take a look at our Wish Lists below to learn our most current and urgent needs, and to arrange a time to drop off your donations. For information regarding donations, grants, and partnerships, please contact Dr. Grant Wentzel, Director of Development Director, at development@eecm.org or 412-345-7121. We are unable to accept clothing donations. If you have used clothing to donate, we recommend taking it to East End Community Thrift, located at 5123 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224. They can be reached at 412-361-6010. There was a technical issue on our end. Try again or refresh.

Meet EECM's Leadership Team and Board of Directors. EECM's Leadership Team Dr. Diona Jones President & CEO Rev. Darnell Leonard Senior Director of Children and Youth Services Dr. Nicole Harrington Chief Program Officer Jerry Parfitt Chief Finance Officer Dr. Grant Wentzel Director of Development Rev. Tracy Hudson Senior Director of Community Food Services Donald G. Zeilman Executive Administrator Board of Directors Joan Eichner, Board Chair Grace Tan, Secretary Jeffrey Troutman, Treasurer Leslie Bates Joseph Cohen Mary Conturo Rev. Dr. Asa J. Lee Kelvin Stroud DeWayne J. Tuthill

EECM runs three major gifts drives over the holiday season: the Thanksgiving gift card drive, the Holiday Coat Drive, and the Holiday Gift Drive. Learn more about them and how to donate here. EECM Holiday Drives Starting in October, EECM begins collecting toys and coats for the winter months and holidays. Please fill out the form below and return to either: Mailing address: 6140 Station Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Email address: tracyh@eecm.org Participation Form Shareable Flyer Thanksgiving Gift Ca rd Drive EECM’s Thanksgiving gift card drive provides a $20 gift card for families to purchase a Thanksgiving dinner. The drive occurs in the months preceding Thanksgiving. Share-the-Warmth Coat Drive Participants are invited to help those in need over the winter months by donating new or gently used coats to the EECM Coat Drive! Gently used coats will be cleaned for free, with drop off at Strong II Dry Cleaners, and new coats may be dropped off directly at EECM. Strong II Dry Cleaners who will provide free dry cleaning for any donated coats as well as discounts for participating families’ personal dry cleaning as a thank-you. Please see the above flyers for more information and return the participation form via mail or email by September 30, 2025 . Rev. Tracy Hudson will then contact you. Holiday Gift Drive for Children You can make the holiday special by sponsoring a child in need during the holiday season! Participants provide gifts or give a monetary donation for EECM to purchase the gifts. Participants are supplied with a specific child’s wish list. If you are interested in providing gifts for a child, please fill out the participation form and return via mail or email by October 17, 2025 (UPDATE: Due to high demand, all donations of gifts are due by December 9 to be given out December 10-12) . Rev. Tracy Hudson will contact you with a specific child’s wish list this holiday season. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Rev. Tracy Hudson at 412-345-7124 or tracyh@eecm.org . Have a joyous holiday season, and thank you for making the holidays brighter for families in need. Coat Drive

Every year, as March (hopefully) brings green back to our city , we invite our community to take part in something simple, joyful, and deeply impactful: Share a Shamrock . With the purchase of a digital shamrock in honor or memory of someone you love, you help fill our virtual “field” with symbols of hope while directly supporting our Community Food Services program. By sharing a shamrock, you help us provide groceries to more than 11,000 individuals each year through our food pantry and serve three nutritious meals every day to residents staying in our Emergency Shelter and Recovery House. Each shamrock added to our digital field represents the compassion of our community. Whether you dedicate one to a friend, a family member, a colleague, or simply as a gesture of generosity, your gift helps ensure that no one in our community goes hungry. This season, we invite you to Share a Shamrock and grow something meaningful. Together, our field will bloom!

East End Cooperative Ministry is temporarily halting its Community Meals program starting January 19. The daily lunch open to all in the community at no cost will no longer be available for the foreseeable future. With limited resources and funding, EECM is concentrating its efforts on its food pantry, where the need has surged dramatically throughout 2025 as more neighbors slipped into food insecurity. “This was not an easy decision,” said Dr. Diona Jones, President and CEO of EECM. “After realizing our economic position, we decided that it was in the best interest of the people we serve to amplify our efforts in the pantry vs. the community lunch. We hope to bring the Community Meals program back in its entirety once funding stabilizes.” The decision comes after a tumultuous year of funding cuts and delays, which impacted the operation of the Community Meals program. Rising costs to keep the kitchen open also played a part in the decision. EECM will still provide daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner to all residents of its Recovery House and Emergency Shelter. Anyone in need of groceries may visit the EECM food pantry from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every weekday. To learn more about EECM and its programs, visit eecm.org . For more information regarding the Community Meals program closure, please email Emily Wentworth, Associate Development Director, at emilyw@eecm.org .