Friendship News

All neighborhoods host clean ups, but you’ve never been to a clean up like this before! Friendship Development Associates is putting a spin on our ordinary Pick Up Penn and is hosting a competitive clean up complete with food and prizes. Participants from all around the Pittsburgh area will be divided into teams armed with gloves and trash bags and sent to a designated pick-up area. For an ho...

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Exciting things are happening and growing around the Pittsburgh Montessri School!  Grow Pittsburgh has started several vegetable beds between the two fences along S. Graham, the new Serviceberry tree is settling in well, roses are blooming and yes- the weeds are thriving too! 

Pittsburgh Montessori is looking for volunteers to help out with the tidying, watering...

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Join your Friendship neighbors for a spring cleaning of Baum Grove ahead of the Friendship Folk and Flower Festival.

Meet at Baum Grove on Saturday May 3rd at 9 a.m.
 
Bring your gardening gloves and tools!
 
Thanks in advance for your help,
FPG Neighborhood Environment Committee
Questions, call Connie 412-441-7473.



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This is an update about participation in the big and growing Spring Redd Up that will take place on the April 18-19-20 weekend.

Citizens Against Litter is calling the event "Earth Against Litter", a name passed along to us by a third grader.  Schools will be participating on April 18th. The Garfield Redd Up day will be Saturday, April 19th from 10 a.m. to  1 p.m.  ALMOST ...

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DUMPSTER ON AMELIA – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
WHERE:      Amelia Between Friendship and Coral
WHEN:    Monday, November 12, 2007
COST:    $15 per cubic yard of trash.
CONTACT:    Sheila Moore mooredesigner@gmail.com

DUMPSTERS

Don’t keep your home repair debris or other trash in your basement or yard! ...

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Help \"Redd Up\" Friendship!  This Saturday Friendship residents will meet at Baum Grove at 5 p.m. to clean our neighborhood.   Our efforts will be part of a larger collective effort as this weekend is the October Redd Up for the City of Pittsburgh.  Over 50 city neighborhoods, 4 boros in Allegheny County, and 7 towns in Beaver County will be participating. 

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Pittsburgh Montessori and Friendship Preservation Group
Join together in a combined gardening project at the Pittsburgh Montessori Playpark (croner of Graham & Friendship Avenues)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 10AM - 2PM
Lemonade and Cookies will be Provided

Questions?  Contact environment@friendhsip-pgh.org


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Volunteer to help clean-up Friendship the day before the House Tour!!!

Saturday -- September 15, 2007
9AM
Pittsburgh Glass Center (5472 Penn Avenue)

We need your help making Friendship sparkle for the House Tour.  We will clean up litter, remove graffiti, weed gardens and mulch our new street trees.  Please join us in helping to make this years House Tour another ...

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Gardening Day at Pittsburgh Montessori

Saturday August 25th 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

Please come with your children and help us get the gardens
ready for the new school year!

Questions? contact Chris Gardner 412-362-1689



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Pick Up Penn, a joint project of Friendship Development Associates, Friendship Preservation Group, and the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, will be held Wednesday, August, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Pick Up Penn is designed to \"redd up\" Penn Avenue in preparation for Unblurred, the Penn Avenue Arts District showcase held on the first Friday evening of each month.

We are looking fo...

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