Celebrate Earth Day with Councilman Bill Peduto and benefit Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest at PeduTube IV!

Come out to Cappy’s Cafe on Walnut Street in Shadyside, this Saturday April 25, from 10:00pm to 2:00am.  Councilman Peduto will work as the video dj for the evening, taking requests from you!  

For a $5 donation, you can see  your favorite YouTube video on the screen.  All proceeds from PeduTube IV will go to Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest.

Last week, Scott attended the Fair Housing Poetry Slam event at the Improv in the Waterfront.  The theme of this poetry slam was “Ending Segregation: Just Say the Word.”  Participants performed their pieces before a panel and competed for cash prizes, while entertaining all in attendance.  Click here to watch the performance of the winner, Vanessa German.

The Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh has worked to promote equal choice in housing opportunities for all groups since 1975.  The group both counsels individuals on equal opportunity housing issues, and actively works to make sure that fair housing laws are enforced in the Pittsburgh area.

Can’t get enough of your favorite YouTube videos?

Join City Councilman Bill Peduto tonight at 9:30 for PeduTube III at Cappy’s Cafe on Walnut Street!

At PeduTube, Councilman Peduto is the video DJ for the evening, taking request for videos from you!   Proceeds from this PeduTube will go to benefit Every Child Inc.

Remember - tonight is also Earth Hour!  Before you come out to PeduTube, don’t forget to participate by turning off your lights from 8:30 to 9:30, and join in on this international environmental movement!

Every member of the Pittsburgh Firefighter hockey team is a firefighter within the Pittsburgh bureau.

The Pittsburgh Celebrity Hockey team faced off against the Pittsburgh Firefighters’ team on Saturday, as spectators watched a fun, action-packed game. With a high final score of 14 - 10, the Celebrity Hockey team came out of the game victorious, and the two teams stayed afterwards to share pizza and refreshments.

The Celebrity Hockey team roster for this game included WDVE’s Mike Prisuta and KDKA TV’s Jory Rand and Ross Guidotti, along with former national and international, pro, and semi-pro, and collegiate players from Pittsburgh.

A childhood friend of Councilman Peduto’s, Lowell MacDonald, who grew up beside and played hockey with Bill, was also playing on the Celebrity Hockey team.  Lowell’s family moved away before high school, and the two friends had only seen each other 1 time in the last 30 years until the game that evening.   Both were excited to be able able to catch up, and play hockey together again in Pittsburgh after such a long period of time.  Look for more about hockey and friendship in an upcoming post.

Looking for something to do tonight?  Come out to the Ice Castle to see the annual Pittsburgh Celebrity Hockey game!

Watch as Councilman Peduto and other local celebrities face off against the City of Pittsburgh firefighters. 
 
Join local media and sports figures for a night of hockey and donate to a great cause – proceeds from the game will benefit the children and widows of fallen Pittsburgh firefighters.

Bill Fuller, the executive chief of the Big Burrito Restaurant Group, and Jay Ferguson, President of Fifth Third Bank of Western Pennsylvania, served soup with Councilman Peduto.

Over the weekend, Councilman Bill Peduto helped in the fight against hunger as he worked as a celebrity soup-server at the 14th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner.  Since it began, this dinner has raised over $295,000 to fight hunger in our local communities.

A large crowd came out to fill their bowls with soup, and help the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest.

Guests chose from over 1,000 decorated ceramic bowls, and ate a meal of bread and soup while reflecting on the impact that hunger has upon the community.  Several bowls that were autographed by celebrities, including Sidney Crosby from the Pittsburgh Penguins and actress Tina Fey, were auctioned off.

Councilman Peduto with Joyce Rothermel, CEO of Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

All proceeds from the event went to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, and Just Harvest.