On Saturday, April 18, 2026 we took our Lending Hearts Families to our first Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer game. It started out with a great amount of April showers, but was another event for the memory books! Our young friends walked with the players onto the field to start the game and singing of our National Anthem. The Riverhounds beat Detroit 2-1! At the end of the game, everyone was invited on the field to meet the players and get autographs. There, we got to see our gr

On Wednesday, February 25, 2026, Registered Dietician and Licensed Nutritionist, Laura Zervos, led our monthly nutrition and cooking demonstration class with simple Mediterranean recipes that are focused on heart health. Watch the video below to take in all of Laura's class...

On Saturday, January 31, 2026, the low in Pittsburgh was -11 degrees Fahrenheit, but our brave and awesome families came out to join us in the afternoon at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for ice skating fun. It was a great afternoon being altogether, and an experience we will definitely put on repeat in the future. Thank you to UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex and all our families for a wonderful afternoon! Also joining us were members of Mars Area Youth Football and Cheer. This

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, Lending Hearts was given the great opportunity to have Pittsburgh Penguins Captain, Sydney Crosby's, Charity Suite. It was a wonderful evening with four of our Lending Hearts families all while watching the Pens take a win over the New Jersey Devils! Thank you, Sydney Crosby, The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation, our friends in the oncology unit at UPMC Children's of Pittsburgh and the families who joined us last night! It was a fun and memorable e

On Saturday, December 6, 2025, Lending Hearts went to Sewickley’s Clay Cafe for an afternoon of bowl painting. It is always so much fun to see everyone’s creativity and hear how they plan to use their bowls! Families will turn in the coming weeks to pick up their finished bowls. To see more photos, click HERE .

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, our Lending Hearts families came together for a wonderful day at The Warhol Museum. Our group was split in two. We took turns alternating between creating screen print images in the new art studio and touring the museum with Andy Warhol’s nephew, Donald Warhola. Donald is a great friend to Lending Hearts. He shared the early years of Andy, how he was a very shy child and turned to art and photography during his time of sickness. His mother, Juli

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On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, Pittsburgh Pirate, Bryan Reynolds, and his wife, Blair, hosted Uncork for a Cause at Hotel Monaco in...

On Friday, September 5, 2025, over 120 of our young warrior friends and their families joined us at PNC Park for this year's Pittsburgh...

Open to See How You Can Sip, Swing and Run for Lending Hearts! 🍷🏌️‍♀️🏃 To read the full newsletter, click HERE !

On Saturday, April 5, 2025, we had a great afternoon with our families at Dot and Line Art Studio. The project was to make clay animals...

March with Lending Hearts is off to a great start! ☘️ To read the full newsletter, click HERE !

Many, many thanks to the Pens Foundation, Pittsburgh Penguins, Penguins Captain, Sidney Crosby, UPMC Children's Hospital and our newest...

Laura is sharing four recipes that are Mediterranean inspired for bright and balanced meals. Today's recipes include: shrimp with orzo,...

On Saturday, January 18, 2025 we had great fun with our Lending Hearts Families as we cheered on the Duquesne Dukes men’s basketball team...

On Thursday, December 5, 2024, Lending Hearts presented another Grand Rounds speaker for LECOM (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic...

Laura is ready for the holidays and helping us to stay on track with our wellness goals! Today's recipes include: a special oatmeal dish,...

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, on behalf of Lending Hearts, this quarter's LECOM Grand Rounds presentation focus on wellness was...

On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Laura Zervos, MBA, RDN, LDN led an educational cooking demo focused on healthy back to school meals. To...