Month: January 2022

Cousins Cooking for Community

Story by Sofia Jahn and John Paradise, Camp Delicious! Alumns Hi! Sofia Jahn and John Paradise here to talk about our amazing experience cooking for the Neighborhood Resilience Project (NRP) on January 19, 2022. First, a little about Neighborhood Resilience …

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Seasonal Blues or Something Else

by Don Laird, contributing writer February is the shortest month on our calendars. However, psychologically it is also the longest month – especially in the shadow of a continuing pandemic. Leafless trees, barren landscapes, minimal sunlight, a low cloud ceiling …

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SNO Thanks

It wasn’t even officially winter yet, and there I was, stuck in a little motel waiting out the snowstorm with a lot of truckers. This was not how I’d planned to spend my Sunday night.  After a weekend with friends …

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Welcome Patrice Lee

by Sheila Hyland, Operations Manager, and Patrice Lee, Administrative Coordinator Patrice Lee brings her focus and passion for education, goal setting, and youth development to Luminari. She has spent the better part of her life engaged in the education process …

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What’s Wrong with “Yinz?”

by Aaron Zvirman, contributing writer   Pittsburgh, we have a problem. According to some folks on the Internet, the city of Pittsburgh has “the ugliest accent in America.” Or, at least those who voted in a 2014 contest on the …

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