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Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank CEO Lisa Scales takes part in a drive-up food distribution in Wilkinsburg on Dec. 5.
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It’s been three months since Lisa Scales, president and CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, was notified that she had been selected as “Pittsburgher of the Year.”
“To be honest, I’m still trying to take it all in,” Scales said of the Pittsburgh Magazine award that was announced Jan. 21. “It’s an incredible honor, first and foremost, and it’s also very humbling when I look to see who’s been honored in past years.”
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Denny McManus, left, joined by Rep. Dan Miller and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank President & CEO Lisa Scales.
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As the Government Affairs Director for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Denny McManus has interacted with dozens of elected officials throughout the years.
“Oftentimes, government is fairly complicated,” he said. “We can help to simplify those things.”
McManus oversees the impact of governmental food assistance programs including The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), State Food Purchase Program (SFPP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus Program (PASS) and the new Farmers to Families food box program.
Pittsburgher of the Year: Lisa Scales
As the leader of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Scales has mobilized the organization to feed the vulnerable members of our community amid a pandemic that threatens their survival.
January 21, 2021
The rain fell relentlessly as the line of cars inched into the parking lot, backed up further than Lisa Scales could see. Peering through fogged-up glasses, she walked up to each car and asked the driver where she should put the box of food. “In the back seat or the trunk?”
Once the provisions were loaded up, she asked, “How are you holding up?”
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Drive-through food distribution planned Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host a drive-through food distribution for anyone in need from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lernerville Speedway, 313 N. Pike Road, Buffalo Township. No cars are permitted to arrive before 11 a.m.
Reservations are required to ensure enough food is available. To make a reservation, visit pittsburghfoodbank.org/drive-up/butler/ or call 412-460-3663, ext. 655. Have your license plate number of the car you will be in at the event, name, email, zip code, date of birth and current weekly income on hand. Bring your confirmation page or email for
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Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Employee, Jason Panella, helps load boxes of food into Duquesne Light employees’ vehicles to be distributed at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne.
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Like so many other activities and events over the past 10 months, the covid pandemic has impacted volunteer opportunities Monday on the National Day of Service, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Colleges and universities in the region that might have volunteer opportunities for students and staff on National Day of Service are not in session. Universities starting online this month or resuming classes in February are holding their volunteer initiatives next month.