Yinz Are Good

This episode is packed with yinzers doing good! First, Tressa has a great chat with the joyful and inspiring Dominique Murray, Founder of the Splatter Me Crazy event, which will raise funds for three local non-profits this Oct. 6th. And then, Tressa sits down with the "OG"s of Pittsburgh blogging and podcasting, John Chamberlin and Rachael Rennebeck of Ya Jagoff Media. Did you know they actually run a whole darn media company? Get ready to hear all about it and about how they highlight the good things that are going on in the 'burgh. Oh! And get ready for an an exciting announcement about how Tressa and Yinz Are Good are collaborating with them... Splatter Me Crazy - Using Art to Help the Commmunity: https://www.splattermecrazy.com/about Ya Jagoff Media: https://www.yajagoff.com/ https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Dominique Murray, creator of Splatter Me Crazy NTN: McKees Rocks

Tressa sits down for a wonderful conversation with Dr. Arvind Venkat, ER physician, Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) member, and PA House Representative representing District 30. Among many topics, they discuss physician burnout and how those in the medical field can "put the self care in health care". September is Suicide Awareness Month and September 17th is Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The ACMS is running their "Putting the Self Care in Health Care" campaign again this year. For more information: https://www.acms.org/events-news/self-care-in-health-care/ Dr. Arvind Venkat, ER Physician & PA House Representative: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1944 *If you, or someone you know, is in Emotional Distress, in a Crisis, or thinking about Suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number at 988.* www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood Please share your stories of gratitude and acts of kindness with us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

Tressa sits down with the phenomenal Brenda Tate, Founder of Senior Jazz Connection, recipient of the 2022 Sr. Susan Welsh Good Neighbor Award, retired Pittsburgh Police Officer and more...And Tressa puts a little twist on Name That Neighborhood. Senior Jazz Connection on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090798046645 https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2023/03/07/brenda-tate-mcauley-ministries-sister-susan-welsh-award-pittsburgh-mercy/stories/202303010116?fbclid=IwAR27uejU9AkBmMw0JY1HM29iMEbLJetFgPI5K0w0SOShBRinkCr2iEac204 www.yinzaregood.com IG: @yinzaregood FB: @ Yinz Are Good Email us with your good news, your notes of gratitude, acts of kindness that you've witnessed or experienced: yinzaregood@gmail.com

We threw a big ol’ party to celebrate not only this milestone, but the phenomenal folks who’ve been our guests thus far. Listen in to the festivities! Thank you, Tom Baker and NHCO! Thank you, Teresa Hunt and 2C Premium Coffee! https://www.nhco.org/ Tom Baker, Executive Director of NHCO: Episode #17 | https://www.nhco.org/ Mary Jo Sonntag: Episode #32 | FB: https://www.facebook.com/mtwashingtongarden/ Tina Tuminella: Episode #47 | IG: @tinatuminella Todd & Alisa Whysong, The Positive Painting Project: Episode #68 | https://www.paintpositive.org/ Jodi Klebick, Executive Director of Multiplying Good Pittsburgh: Episode #24 | https://pittsburgh.multiplyinggood.org/ Jordan Corcoran, Founder of Listen, Lucy: Episode #56 | http://listenlucy.org/ Samantha Moatz, Founder & Executive Director of 412 Thrive: Episode #42 | https://www.412thrive.org/ Ellen Gaus, President of Scent With Love: Episode #25 | https://www.swlflowers.com/ Annette Hofstetter, Author of "Pittsburgh Dog & Frog": Episode #75 | https://pghdog.com/ Karen Cordaro, Founder of Act One Theatre School: Episode #26 John Chamberlin & Rachael Rennebeck, The YaJagoff Podcast: Episode Coming Up Soon! | https://www.yajagoff.com/ YINZ ARE GOOD https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com

Tressa has a delightful (as always) chat with Nina Barbuto, Executive Director of Assemble, who returns to the show to tell us all about MakerDate, Assemble's fundraiser that's coming up on Sept. 9th. Also, Tressa talks with the inspiring and joyful Courtney Kobelenske, Co-Owner of Cora Lee Cupcakes and Founder of the Alle-Kiski Inclusion Games. Courtney's mission is to ensure that both of these spaces are safe - and fun! - for kids and young people with special needs. Assemble: https://assemblepgh.org/ | Assemble's MakerDate 2023: https://assemblepgh.org/makerdate/ Link for MakerDate Tickets: https://bit.ly/45A5Q08 Cora Lee Cupcakes - "Cupcakes with a Cause" : https://www.coraleecupcakes.com/menu.html For information about the Inclusion Games, being held on Sept. 2nd, call or email Courtney: (724) 681-5498 or coraleecupcakes@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

In this canine-centric episode, you'll hear about Ollie the Do Good Dog, who's on a mission to help animals in need, clean up our beaches, riverbanks, and lakesides, and encourage and inspire our young people. And he and his dad, Michael, are riding a jet ski from Pittsburgh to Cincinatti to spread the word. You'll also be taken poolside for the reunion of a rescued Great Pyrenees mama and her 5 puppies, rescued and nursed back to health by Elissa Weimer, Founder of Paw & Order Dog Training. Ollie the Do Good Dog: https://www.olliethedogooddog.com/ Instagram: @olliethedogooddog Facebook: Ollie the Do Good Dog Paw & Order Dog Training: https://www.pawandorder.com/ Instagram: @paw_and_order_dog_training Facebook: Paw & Order Dog Training Pgh Great Pyrenees Club of Western Pennsylvania: https://www.swpapyr.org/index.html Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Comin' to yinz live from Jeni's Scoop Shop in Bakery Square where Tressa shares a booth with: Samantha Moatz, Founder & Executive Director of 412 Thrive (and featured guest in Episode 42), who updates us on the latest with her incredible org Josh Verbanets and Gab Bonesso of Josh & Gab, who perform award-winning kindness & bullying-awareness programs for kids, teens, & families Josh Axelrod, award-winning Features writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including their Goodness column And in place of Name That Neighborhood, the guests play a round of Name That Jeni's Ice Cream. *This episode streamed live on our Facebook page. Go to @yinzaregood to take a look :) 412 Thrive: https://www.412thrive.org/ Josh & Gab: https://www.joshandgab.com/ Josh Axelrod on Twitter: @jaxelburgh Show sponsor: Jeni's Ice Cream https://jenis.com/blogs/scoop-shops/pittsburgh-pa Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa has a joyful and inspiring chat with Kelsey Lensman, Founder of EmpowHER Fitness and current pursuer of Mission48, where she will complete 48 fitness competitions in 48 states in 48 days to raise money for ROX (Ruling Our Experiences), a 501c(3) that develops confident girls who control their own relationships, experiences, decisions, and futures. And Don returns for another round of Name That Neighborhood. For info about Kelsey, EmpowHER Fitness, Mission48 and ROX, please visit: https://kelseylensman.com/ This episode is sponsored by Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. www.jenis.com Let's make it an Ice Cream Summer. With Jeni's. Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa took two "field trips" during this past week: One to Off The Floor Pittsburgh, the incredible furniture bank that delivers gently used furniture to families in deepest need, where she had a wonderful and uplifting chat with Executive Director Steve Crary. Then, she made her way to the Swissvale Farmers Market to ask folks, "What are you grateful for today?" Off The Floor Pittsburgh www.offthefloorpgh.org Miss Diane's Homemade Baked Goods Diansmth521@gmail.com This episode is sponsored by Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. www.jenis.com Let's make it an Ice Cream Summer. With Jeni's. Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Auntie: https://auntie.ai/ Pittsburgh Village Project: https://www.pghvillageproject.org/ Giving Every Day on Instagram: @GivingEveryDay Greater Pittsburgh Arts Project: bit.ly/GreaterPGHArtsProject This episode is sponsored by Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. www.jenis.com Let's make it an Ice Cream Summer. With Jeni's. Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com For more information about the podcast and for links to all of the guests we've had on the show, check out our website: https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Give us a follow! Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa takes a trip to Shadyside to visit Pittsburgh Hardball Academy and chat with Co-Founder (and fellow Jefferson Award Winner) Nelson Cooper IV. This amazing org is not just an academy for baseball; they take a holisitic approach to enriching the lives of young people in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Also, hear what folks at the Greater Pgh Festival of Books answered when asked, "What are you grateful for today?" Pittsburgh Hardball Academy: https://www.pittsburghhardball.org/ Email: contact@pittsburghhardball.org IG: @pgh_hardball Twitter: @pgh_hardball FB: @ Pittsburgh Hardball Academy Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Hear the inspiring and uplifting conversation between Tressa and Ebtehal Badawi, Founder of Pittsburgh Builds Bridges. Ebtehal's mission is to bring people together, to bring about healing, to bring about acceptance...to bridge people together...through this art project. Also, there's a thematic twist to NTN and hear all about our new sponsor! Follow Ebtehal and Pittsburgh Builds Bridges on IG: @the.ebtehal.badawi Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Hear about a local couple who is holding their 13th annual donation event supporting the Greater Pgh Community Food Bank - in their front yard :) And Tressa chats with and learns a whole lot from powerhouse Ciora Thomas, Founder and Executive Director of the incredible non-profit, SisTers PGH. SisTers PGH - www.sisterspgh.org Instagram: @sisTers PGH Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank - https://pittsburghfoodbank.org/ Instagram: @pghfoodbank https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa sits down to talk about the Girls Supporting Girls Club with Carlynton School District's School Psychologist, Dr. Tricia Serdy, Carlynton 2nd Grade Teacher/Co-Founder of Freestore 15106 & Free Fridge 15106, Don Alexander, and Carlynton High School students and Club members, Alexis & Talia. In its first year, this Club is changing students' lives by connecting them with each other, providing counseling and guidance, and encouraging them to mentor and support each other. This multi-generational conversation is a must-listen :) Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa has the honor of talking with Brandon Short, Co-founder of the Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation, about the Foundation, his daughter, Karli, and how he and his wife are helping young people affected by gun violence. And more notes from our Kindness Crate :) Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation https://ksbettertomorrow.org/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

The 2nd annual Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books is May 13th and it's gonna be awesome! Festival Founder, Marshall Cohen, and poets Jan Beatty and Danielle Obisie-Orlu join Tressa for a wonderful conversation about the Festival, the importance of community, and the power of storytelling. The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books Saturday, May 13, 2023 10am - 5pm https://www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share or would you like to request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school? Email us here yinzaregood@gmail.com. www.yinzaregood.com Give us a follow! Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

The Allegheny County Jail has a new Therapy Dog Program for its juvenile population and Tressa talks all about it with the Jail's Deputy Health Services Administrator, Renee Madden. Tressa also has an insightful chat with Jackson Kerchis, the cofounder of Happiness Means Business. Jackson believes that the science of happiness has the power to transform the world of business. HAPPINESS MEANS BUSINESS https://happinessmeansbusiness.com/ For local-to-Pittsburgh Happiness Means Business events: http://www.happinessmajor.com/Local IG: @jacksonkerchis Info about adult and juvenile education programs at the Allegheny County Jail: https://www.alleghenycounty.us/jail/educational-programs.aspx Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Want to request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school? Email us! yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and give us a follow: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa sits down to talk with writer, editor, and artist Amanda Filippelli about The Remembering Room, her exhibit and book of poetry. And notes from the Kindness Crate, courtesy of the Carlynton High School Girls Supporting Girls Club. www.amandafilippelli.com

Tressa was honored to act as emcee and as a speaker at the Women's Empowerment Summit, held for students from the Carlynton School District at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall. You'll hear Tressa's story as she shared it with them. Also, you'll hear what the 5th & 6th graders shared via our Kindness Crate. https://www.lightinitiative.org/ https://carnegiecarnegie.org/ Interested in hosting our KINDNESS CRATE? Or have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com www.yinzaregood.com Give us a follow! Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood