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| Just Harvest
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| Statement of Purpose: | Just Harvest promotes economic justice in order to eliminate hunger in Allegheny County, and provides public policy advocacy, education, and leadership training on hunger and poverty issues. Both of Just Harvest's newsletters, Just Harvest News and Welfare Agitator are published quarterly. Programs advocate for fair welfare policies, improved child nutrition programs, low- income workers' access to tax benefits, and stability for farmers markets. |
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| Address: | 16 Terminal Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 |
| Phone Number: | (412) 431-8960 |
| Fax: | (412) 431-8966 |
| Email Address: | info@justharvest.org |
| Web Site: | www.justharvest.org |
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| Number of Employees: | 6 |
| Full Time Volunteers: | 60 |
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| Major Fund-raisers: | Harvest Celebration Dinner (October), Empty Bowls Dinner (March) |
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| Executive Committee: | PRESIDENT: Sr. Barbara Finch, VICE-PRESIDENT: DeWitt Walton, SECRETARY: Mary Elizabeth McCarthy, TREASURER: Kenneth Munz |
| Director(s): | Joni Rabinowitz and Ken Regal, Co-Directors |
| Key Personnel: | Board Members: Executive Committee listed above plus John Becker, Sara Bennett, Alex Carlisle, Barbara Coffee, Maureen Coyne, Fran Gruden, Theresa Orlando, Anna Redmond, Ann Sanders, Kathleen Sheehan and Mike Stout |
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| Founded: | 1986 |
| Community Served: | Allegheny County |
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| Ongoing Projects: | Welfare Justice Project, Give Paychecks A Boost (Earned income tax credit outreach & free tax preparation), Food Stamps (SNAP) Makes a Difference Campaign (outreach and application assistance), quarterly newsletter Just Harvest News, Just Vote (Voter registration and education campaign) |
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| Accomplishments: | National School Breakfast Program; WIC Program satellite office in Duquesne; Just Harvest News (circulated to 2,500 members); provide speakers on hunger- and poverty-related issues; trained 150 low-income women through our Women’s Leadership and Organizing Project; Student Hunger Action Group for high school students. Just Harvest is a past recipient of the Congressional Hunger Center’s Victory Against Hunger Award (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003), World Hunger Year’s Harry Chapin Food Self-Reliance Award, the Pennsylvania Public Health Association’s Rodale Award for Health Promotion, and the Dominion Foundation Community Impact Award. We are also a four-time recipient of a Victory Against Hunger Award from the Congressional Hunger Center and a past recipient of a Community Impact Award from Dominion Foundation. Just Harvest receives extensive coverage in the Post-Gazette, Tribune-Review, Courier, and on radio and TV for many campaign activities and events. |
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