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About Glade Run
Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community
Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Stage AE, North Shore - 5K Walk or 1-mile Fun Walk
100% of the money raised by our supporters goes to Glade Run!
It’s Easy. It’s Fun. The dollars you raise help a child in need.
Sign up to walk!
- Collect sponsorship from family and friends.
- Walk with us on May 18 and have a good time!
Sponsor a walker!
- Show your support by sponsoring someone who is walking.
Make a general donation!
- Can’t make the walk? Consider making a general donation.
How you can sign up:
To register for the walk, sponsor a walker or make a donation, go to:
http://highmarkwalkpittsburgh.towercare.com/gladerunlutheranservices
Click on “Register” to register as a walker, virtual walker, or join a team. After you register, you will be able to create a personal web link to send out to family and friends to help recruit walkers and donations.
For more information or questions regarding online registration, please contact Cheryl Martin at 724-452-4453 ext. 1277 or cmartin@gladerun.org
About Glade Run:
Glade Run is a local, non-profit organization that serves children who suffer from mental health challengees and are often victims of abuse and neglect. At any given time, our Zelienople campus services over 300 children, ages 8 to 21, through residential treatment, group homes, and St. Stephen’s Lutheran Academy, our licensed private school. Learn more about us at www.gladerun.org.
Open House/Interviews in January at Glade Run
Please help spread the word to family and friends that Glade Run will be hosting Open House/Open Interviews at its Butler, Beaver Falls and Pittsburgh locations. Applicants should bring a resume and questions, and be ready to interview. Walk-ins welcome.
Tuesday- January 15, 2013 3:00pm to 7:00pm
Glade Run Lutheran Services
220 South Main Street
Holly Pointe Plaza, Suite 306
Butler, PA 16001
Tuesday- January 22, 2013 3:00pm to 7:00pm
Glade Run Lutheran Services
1008 Seventh Avenue Suite 210
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Tuesday- January 29, 2013 3:00pm to 7:00pm
Glade Run Lutheran Services
5648 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(Located above the Sharp Edge Restaurant)
For more information pertaining to the open positions, visit our website at www.gladerun.org and go to ‘Career Opportunities’ for open positions.
Glade Run offers competitive compensation and training.
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Call for an appointment 724-452-4453, ext. 1231.
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Glade Run is profiled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!
Our first Fall Family Fun Night
The first Family Fun Night was hosted at Glade Run’s Zelienople campus on Thursday, October 25th. The purpose of the event was to provide area families affected by autism an opportunity to network and enjoy a relaxed evening with dinner and social activities. Without a doubt, this goal was reached with 54 participants from 14 families all providing excellent feedback and all asking for more opportunities like this!
Support Glade Run during Pittsburgh’s Day of Giving on October 3rd
Click on the picture above or on this link on October 3rd to maximize your annual gift to Glade Run Lutheran Services. Wednesday, October 3rd is the annual Pittsburgh Day of Giving, a 24-hour giving opportunity sponsored by The Pittsburgh Foundation. Support Glade Run and maximize your gift. Every gift between $25 and $10,000 will receive a pro-rated portion of more than $750,000 in matching funds!
1. Go to http://www.pittsburghgives.org
2. Click on Day of Giving
3. Click on Donate Now
4. Enter your name, email and phone number in appropriate boxes. From the drop down box select Glade Run Lutheran Services as the recipient of your donation.
5. Enter gift amount ($25 min., $10,000 max.)
6. Enter your credit card information (Mastercard or Visa only) on the secure donation
form and click “Submit”.
Please note: only donations made on October 3rd will count toward the matching funds. Please visit the PittsburghGives website for more information.
Inclusive Adventures For Special Needs Kids
Saturday, Sept. 22nd ~ 10:30 am
The theme this month is: Fall
Snacks – Crafts – FUN!!
FREE to the public - Siblings Welcome ~ No Registration Necessary
For Children with special needs ages 18 and under and their families. Must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Oakmont Carnegie Library
700 Allegheny River Blvd.
Oakmont, PA 15139
(412) 828-9532
Contact: Karen Crowell with any questions – crowellk@einetwork.net
Allegheny County Family Resource Guide
Allegheny County’s only comprehensive compilation of services and systems available to families of children from birth to age 21 with developmental delays, special health care needs or disabilities.
Autism Center of Pittsburgh Cookie Sale Fundraiser
Panera Bread is graciously sponsoring a huge cookie-sale fundraiser for the Autism Center of Pittsburgh. Please support treatment and services for children with autism by purchasing some yummy and fresh Panera Bread cookies. The cookies may be ordered now and picked up later. The cookies can be bought here.
Glade Run’s Pittsburgh Office Relocates!
The Pittsburgh office relocating on April 2, 2012 to a much bigger space just a few blocks away! The new address is 5648 Friendship Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206. This is at the corner of Friendship Ave. & South St. Clair Street on the 2nd Floor above the Sharp Edge Restaurant.
Ample parking will be available.
PAT Bus Routes that support this location:
71A Negley
71C Point Breeze
82 Lincoln
86 Liberty
P1
All services still available by calling 412-661-1827
Reading Instruction: Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Participants will become familiar with the five essential components of reading to include: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. A thorough description of each essential reading component will be reviewed and individual reading strategies will be presented and integrated to encourage and promote the most fluent reading practice in students.
