Stormwater Runoff Round Table
2019-08-03 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hazelwood, 5006 Second Avenue, pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come learn about the issues surrounding stormwater runoff, sanitary sewage overflow, and the impact they have on your community. The purpose of this event is to get families motivated about taking care of their communities through education about stormwater runoff and how community members can get involved.

Hosanna House Health and Wellness Block Party
2019-08-08 11:00 - 18:00 | Hosanna House, 807 Wallace Ave, Wilkinsburg, PA, 15221, United States
The Hosanna House is hosting a Health and Wellness Block Party to provide fun activities and health resources to the community. activities include: bounce house, face painting, caricatures, carnival games, cotton candy, popcorn, soul line dancing, Zumba, vendors and more! Grounded will have a table there from 1pm-4pm.

Arts and Crafts: Stormwater Edition
2019-08-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hazelwood, 5006 Second Avenue, pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Bring the kids to learn about stormwater runoff and sanitary sewage overflow through the medium of art! This event will help kids to understand the severity of stormwater runoff through crafts.

Hazelwood Green Playce: Volunteer Day with Mission Continues
2019-08-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Morningstar baptist Church, Clairton, PA 15025, 307 Shaw Ave, Clairton, PA, 15025
Join us for our volunteer day with The Mission Continues, Morning Star Baptist Church, and
the greater Hazelwood community as we further revitalize the church and make
upgrades to a once vacant lot. We will be painting, building picnic
tables, laying gravel and mulch, and more. All ages and abilities are welcome!
Breakfast, coffee, lunch, water, t-shirts, and all tools provided.
Please register online so we can provide enough food and tools!

Hazelwood Bioswale Construction Volunteer Day
2019-08-23 11:00 - 13:30 | 323 flowers ave, 323 Flowers Ave, pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come out to Hazelwood and help us with the construction of a bioswale! Tasks include excavation, earth-moving, and sod removal

UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH 2019
2019-08-25 07:00 - 15:00 | PA
BikePGH welcomes cyclists of all ages and fitness levels to participate in PedalPGH, Pennsylvania’s largest bike ride.
The 26th Annual PedalPGH, coming in August 2019, showcases Pittsburgh’s safest, bicycle-friendly routes, and encourages bicyclists of all skill levels to participate. Proceeds fund BikePGH, a registered 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit, who works on behalf of the Pittsburgh community to make the city safe and accessible for everyone to bike and walk.
PREMIUM REGISTRATION

Premium Registration Includes

PedalPGH Ride Registration
Limited Edition PedalPGH Specialized RBX Sport Jersey
Limited edition T-shirt
PedalPGH water bottle
Personalized bib number
Lunch with sandwiches from Jimmy John’s, snacks, and drinks
Festive rest stops
Route signage marking every turn
Cue sheets and marshals to guide you on your way
Post-race refreshments
Finish Line Festival
BikePGH Annual Membership

More information about the Specialized RBX Sport Jersey

VaporRize™ fabric construction is soft, comfortable, and dutiful at managing sweat.
Three rear expansion pockets expand to house all of your small ride essentials.
Full-length front zipper lets you control ventilation when the heat is on.
Deflect® UV 30 protects your skin from harmful ultraviolet rays.
Standard Fit is generous, so it fits close to the body without being constricting.

Sizes:
A limited number of sample jerseys are available at BikePGH’s office. Email info@bikepgh.org to schedule a time to try on a jersey to help determine your size.

REGULAR AND KIDS REGISTRATIONS INCLUDE

PedalPGH Ride Registration
Limited edition T-shirt
PedalPGH water bottle
Personalized bib number
Lunch, snacks, and drinks
Festive rest stops
Route signage marking every turn
Cue sheets and marshals to guide you on your way
Post-race refreshments
Finish Line Festival

TAKE PART IN ONE OF FOUR RIDES:
10 Mile – Peoples Local Loop
25 Mile – City Tour
40 Mile – Grand Tour
62 Mile – Epic Challenge
All registration proceeds support BikePGH’s mission to create safer streets for biking and walking. To find out more visit BikePGH.org.
Riders under 18 must be joined by a parent or guardian at all times.
Please note that food from food trucks at the finish line festival is not included with registration.

Registration Rates Increase $5 each month

BikePGH Members check your email for 2019 PedalPGH registration discount codes.
New or renewing BikePGH Membership can be added to your registration for a discounted rate of $20 + the registration amount.
Premium Registration includes a limited 2010PedalPGH Jersey by Specialized Bicycle Components while supplies last and a new or renewed BikePGH Membership for $75 more than the registration rate.

All registrations to PedalPGH are nonrefundable. It is important to note that the event will NOT be canceled due to rain. The event will only be canceled if there is a severe weather emergency. However, the event may be delayed or temporarily suspended due to inclement weather. No refunds will be given for delays or for event cancellation.

Hazelwood Bioswale Construction Volunteer Day (part 2)
2019-08-28 09:00 - 12:00 | 323 flowers ave, 323 Flowers Ave, pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come out to Hazelwood and help us continue the construction of a bioswale! Tasks include excavation, earth-moving, and sod removal.

Grow Pittsburgh: Garden Get Down
2019-08-29 17:00 - 20:00 | Grist House Craft Brewery, 10 E Sherman St, pittsburgh, PA, 15209, United States
Join Grow Pittsburgh for a Garden Get Down celebrating 10 years of our Community Garden Program! Since 2010, we’ve supported 100 gardens, engaging over 2,000 individuals as they’ve grown over 300,000 pounds of food. Your ticket to Garden Get Down will help continue this vital work for years to come.
Garden Get Down is a fundraiser with sliding scale tickets. Please give as generously as you can. All proceeds benefit Grow Pittsburgh’s work to teach people how to grow food and promote the benefits gardens bring to our neighborhoods.
This event is all ages but children must be accompanied by an adult. On street parking is available. Grist House is accessible by bus via the Port Authority 2-Mount Royal route and by bicycle via the Three Rivers Heritage Trail.

Help Build a Rain Garden!
2019-09-16 16:30 - 19:00 | 4713 Chatsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, USA, 4713 Chatsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Help Grounded Strategies build a rain garden. During this event, we will be focussing on de-sodding, earthmoving, and planting so come ready to get muddy with Grounded!

Allegheny Mountains Lot Refresh
2019-09-20 10:30 - 15:00 | PA
Join us for a workday in the Northside at Allegheny Mountains Lot at the intersection of California Avenue and Benton Avenue! This lot was damaged and needs repair so we are asking for volunteers to join us in restoring it to its former glory. As a part of the Grounded Strategies team, we will be getting our hands dirty with weeding, mulching, and general site refresh. Come ready to work in warm or cool weather. To sign up, please email info@groundedpgh.org. For more information about the site check it out here!

Green Playce Workday at Manchester Academic Charter School
2019-09-25 15:00 - 17:00 | PA
This is a private workday that will entail putting some finishing touches on a Green Playce built this summer!

Help Build A Kid's Play Space in Pitcairn!
2019-10-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Kenny Ave and Wood St, Kenny Ave and Wood St, Pitcairn, PA, United States
We will be in Pitcairn constructing a new green play space funded by Keurig Dr. Pepper and KaBOOM. Task include painting, planting, and installing landscape features. Sign up to volunteer for this community workday!
Grand opening celebration after!

Community Care Laimer Workday
2019-10-11 09:00 - 13:00 | PA
Help the Community Care stewards spruce up their sites before winter! We will be focusing on two lots in the community that could use some extra attention. Tasks include weeding, mulching, clearing debris, and trimming grass.

Work Day @ Morning Star Baptist Church-Hazelwood!
2019-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Morning Start Baptist Church-Hazelwood, 5524 Second Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come join the Grounded team as we work alongside TMC-Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Platoon to finalize our year-long effort at The Morning Star Baptist Church! We will be completing the revitalization of the once-vacant lot next to the church before the weather gets too cold. Our goal is to do some planting, complete the youth activity area, and remove any trash and refuse from inside and outside of the church. Please come dressed in clothes you would not mind getting dirty!
All ages and abilities welcomed. Donuts, coffee, water, and lunch will be provided, so please register to allow us to have enough food.

Flowers Avenue GSI Planting
2019-11-08 10:00 - 13:00 | 323 flowers ave, 323 Flowers Ave, pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come help Grounded and residents of the Hazelwood community finish the green stormwater infrastructure implementation in Hazelwood. This day will focus on planting, mulching and adding protective fencing around small shrubs. Come help us make a difference in the lives of our neighbors!

Hazelwood Garden Planting
2019-11-08 13:30 - 15:00 | 4713 Chatsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, USA, 4713 Chatsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come help Grounded and residents of the Hazelwood community finish the green stormwater infrastructure implementation on Chatsworth Ave! This day will primarily focus on planting and mulching.

CommunityCare Gathering
2019-11-19 17:00 - 19:30 | The Shop – Homewood, 621 N Dallas Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-1112
Grounded is excited to host the first-ever CommunityCare Gathering – an event to bring together resident stewards that are working in Homewood, Larimer, and Wilkinsburg to beautify their neighborhood. To date, CommunityCare stewards have invested more than 1,300 hours improving their community. Each and every steward is a part of that amazing number and we want to take the time to reflect on this great accomplishment and what it means for the program and our communities.
This event will be a celebration of the work the stewards are doing in their community as well as a way to learn about what other CommunityCare cohorts are focusing on. We will invite stewards to share lessons learned, challenges, and unique strengths of your neighborhood approach. Whether you’re a brand new steward or have been doing this work for years, we want to hear from you. Please come when you can and stay at long as you can!

Second Annual Three Rivers Urban Soils Symposium (TRUSS)
2019-11-21 08:15 - 18:30 | Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Inc., One Schenley Drive , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Join nationally acclaimed experts, professionals and community practicioners for an exploration of urban soils and their relation to agriculture, stormwater management, habitat and climate.
Click HERE for more information and to register!

WPXI Holiday Parade
2019-11-30 09:00 - 11:00 | downtown, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
The Grounded team, along with some Ambassadors and Stewards, will be walking in the WPXI Parade this year! Join us downtown to watch to see us walk or watch us on TV!

Allegheny Conference's 2019 Annual Meeting
2019-12-03 17:30 - 20:00 | Westin Convention Center Hotel, 1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
Click here to go to the event site to register and for more details.
Childcare is provided!

Grounded Holiday Party: A Merry Gnorman Holiday
2019-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Sherwood Event Center, 400 Sherwood Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221
Please join the Grounded Strategies team for our annual holiday party, A Merry Gnorman Holiday! Come meet our loveable mascot, Gnorman, a friendly folk character who prides himself on maintaining beautiful green spaces!
The holiday party will feature food, drinks, live music, and more!
If you are having issues registering please call 412.361.2099

Thanks to our Sponsors who have made A Merry Gnorman Holiday possible!
Excavator Level Sponsorship

Shovel Level Sponsorship

Trowel Level Sponsorship

Healing Our Soils Together: Building a Culture of Soil Keepers
2020-01-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Civically, Inc., 1001 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221, United States
Join us for a workshop on building community-scale initiatives that inspire and support environmental stewardship in Wilkinsburg and beyond. Nance Klehm, author, speaker, and teacher, will share ways we can engage local residents, instigate ecological projects, and build regenerative systems in ourselves and communities through soil and soul. Come learn strategies for relating to our communities in ways that build positive, beautiful and ecologically-beneficial environments for our neighbors. Food and drinks provided.
Prior to Nance’s lecture, Grounded will provide an update on the Wilkinsburg CommunityCare program, including ways to get involved and participate in our upcoming workshop series, and Grow Pittsburgh will share an exciting announcement regarding Wilkinsburg-based garden, Garden Dreams.
After Nance’s lecture, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and network with fellow community leaders to share ways that you’re restoring vacant land, creating healthy food access, and building networks of environmental actors. Please RSVP.
SCHEDULE
6:00 PM: Doors Open. Food and drinks available.
6:30 PM: Healing Our Soils Together, Nance Klehm
7:30 PM: Networking
LOCATION
Civically’s office: 1001 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA 15221-2129
ABOUT NANCE
Nance Klehm has grounded her life in the practice of digging in the dirt. As the director of Social Ecologies (socialecologies.net), she works on soil restoration and remediation, long-term landscape planning, and community-focused regenerative soils and water systems in Chicago and around the world. An internationally respected consultant, speaker, and teacher, she has contributed to the ongoing body of knowledge about soils and how to rebuild microbial, mycological, and mineral communities through her publication The Ground Rules: reconnecting soil and soul, her book The Soil Keepers: interviews with practitioners on the ground beneath our feet, her radio show “Spontaneous Vegetation,” on Chicago’s WLPN, and myriad writings and artworks of her own.

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Returning Vacant Land to Productive Use
2020-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Civically, Inc., 1001 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221, United States
Connecting local residents with resources regarding property stewardship, acquisition, and ownership through various models. Hear from a representative of the County’s Vacant Property Recovery Program and Attorney Wayne Cobb.

Repair the World: Cocktails with a Conscience (Grounded Tabling)
2020-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | East End Cooperative Ministry
Repair the World Pittsburgh presents the next in their “Cocktails with a Conscience” series, focusing on ‘combatting climate change and reducing our carbon footprint’.
This event is open to all ages and will take place at East End Cooperative Ministry, a LEED Platinum certified space. We will be focused on all things sustainability!
Grab a cocktail (or a mocktail!), and join us in conversation, learn some tips for reducing your carbon footprint, and find out how to get active in climate organizing – all led by local community activists.
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Hazelwood GSI Workday!
2020-02-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Hazelwood, 309 Flowers Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Spring is just around the corner! Come help Grounded as we prepare our green stormwater infrastructure projects for the upcoming season! This workday will primarily consist of mulching and adding finishing touches to the site.

Breaking Down The Borough
2020-03-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Wilkinsburg Borough Building, 605 Ross Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221, United States
Join us for an open panel discussion with Wilkinsburg borough officials to learn how the borough functions, how it deals with vacant land, and how neighbors can help with vacant property. Food and drinks will be available!
Please RSVP through our Facebook event page!

Event Postponed-TBD Hazelwood Green Playces Workday
2020-03-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Hazelwood GP Sensory Garden, Lytle St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207
This workday will be rescheduled at a later date. For the safety of our community members, staff and volunteers, we have decided to postpone this workday. Thanks for your understanding.
This workday will be centered around our new Green Playces site that will serve as a sensory garden upon completion. We will be working at Every Buddy’s Garden to ready it for planting and the upcoming growing season.
The volunteers will be assisting in mulch spreading, planting of a few trees, weed pulling, possible construction of some raised-bed planting features. Fun jobs for kids will also be prepped and ready for all ages. Please join us in readying this space for the formal building of these learning structures and sensory additions.
All ages and abilities welcomed. Water and refreshments provided, reuseable drink containers are most welcome!
Please come dressed in clothes that are dirt friendly!
Venue Instructions: The site is located at the corner of Lytle Street and Elizabeth Street. Street parking is available and bathrooms onsite.

Morning Star Baptist Church Lot Cleanup
2020-06-13 10:00 - 15:00 | Morning Start Baptist Church-Hazelwood, 5524 Second Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Come join Grounded and our partners at The Mission Continues-Pittsburgh and Hazelwood Platoon as we get outdoors to clean up the community space next to Morning Star Baptist Church. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AT THE LINK BELOW; THANKS!
What we’re doing: trash pick up, flowerbed weeding, raised bed construction and filling, sealing tables with polyurethane.
How we’ll be keeping people safe: wearing face coverings and social distancing. If you think you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or have been in close contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19, please don’t come to the volunteer day.
Snacks and Lunch provided, so, please register so we can make sure we have enough food.
This is an all ages event; youth are welcome.
Accessibility: This event will be wheelchair accessible.
**Please bring and wear your own mask or face covering.**

Grounded @ Home Grow Bag Sales & Pickup!
2020-07-15 16:00 - 18:00, 2020-07-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Grounded Strategies, 6587 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Grounded At Home
Grounded At Home is a new program bringing miniature gardens, or “Grow Bags” to everyone! Whether you have access to a backyard, live in an apartment, are a master gardener, or have a green thumb, Grow Bags make gardening accessible to all! For every grow bag purchased, Grounded will distribute another to one of our program partners located in food-insecure and/or environmental justice communities in the Pittsburgh region.
Grab your grow bag today!
