Food Pantry Partnerships
We alternate between bringing food to East End Cooperative Ministries and the food pantry at Allies for Health and Wellbeing (formerly Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force). Each month we'll have two suggested items for donation; we're glad to receive other shelf stable goods as well.
The requested items for September 2026 are canned meats (tuna/chicken) for EECM.
Outreach and Social Justice
St. Andrew’s Outreach and Social Justice Work is centered around partnerships with local as well as international organizations and four pillars of concern: Immigration Justice, Food Insecurity, Legislative Work, and Environment. Our work is funded by one time donations as well as our regular budgeting process and funds collected as part of our 2013 capital campaign. The team meets on the first Monday of the month at 5pm in person, but zoom access is also always available.
The Neighborhood Academy, a faith-based, college preparatory academy established to provide excellence in education and character development for youth from 6th to 12th grades. Our Parish provides backpacks and school supplies for all students annually (in partnership with other congregations) and gift cards for the graduating seniors. We restock the in-school support pantry quarterly.
East End Cooperative Ministries (EECM) is a faith-based consortium that addresses the problems of poverty within the Pittsburgh community by offering food assistance to those who are experiencing food and housing insecurity and barriers to employment, as well as providing support to young people in dealing with the challenges of poverty. We hold regular food drives and a fall winter coat drive, and hope to return to direct service volunteering in the future.
Off The Floor Pittsburgh (now partnered within Light of Life Mission) provides new and gently used furniture and soft goods to individuals and families in housing crisis and transition, including the homeless and fire victims. The Parish conducts an annual donation campaign to collect bed linens, pillows, and related items for distribution to OTF clients. One parishioner has previously served as Chair of the OTF Board.
Five Talents International is a faith-based sponsor of microenterprise initiatives in the Global South that partners with local faith communities in some of the world's poorest countries to provide training in adult literacy, savings-led microfinance, business development, and trauma healing. We are renewing our relationship with a women's microenterprise project in Bolivia to provide funding and explore opportunities for direct collaboration.
Shepherd's Heart Fellowship Veterans' Ministry in their ministry of service to veterans experiencing homelessness through housing, support, and recovery groups, notably through our Veterans' Day Drive and Helping Hands Day Comfort Kits.
Episcopal Relief and Development, an international mission of the Episcopal Church, working to save lives and strengthen communities around the world through locally-led organizations to advance lasting change in communities impacted by injustice, poverty, disaster and climate change.
The Mustard Seed Babies' Home Project serves as a caring refuge for sixty children, hoping to expand to meet the ongoing orphan crisis in Uganda. The Babies' Home has been recognized as a model for other orphanages in the Region. During the past decade, the Parish has supported two children attending primary school under the auspices of Mustard Seed.
Allies for Health + Wellbeing (formerly Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force) is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that empowers individuals and communities by providing health care that supports both mind and body, with services free of stigma and discrimination to the LGBTQ+ community and all those living with or at risk of HIV and viral hepatitis. Every other month, the donations from our ongoing Sunday food drive will go to Allies' food pantry.
Click here to see our full calendar of outreach efforts from last year!
