Heritage Community Initiatives Children's Festival July 11, 2009

Heritage Community Initiative's 2009 Children’s Festival took place in the Trau & Loevner parking lot at the corner of Braddock Avenue and 9th Street on Saturday, July 11, 2009, immediately following the dedication of Heritage Community Initiatives' new office building at 820 Braddock Avenue (see Braddck's Attic stack "Heritage Community Initiatives Ribbon Cutting Ceremony July 11, 2009" for pictures of that event).

The Festival featured games, activities, health screenings and entertainment that was all geared toward children’s health, fitness and safety. More than two dozen local and regional organizations participated, including: Braddock Carnegie Library, Creative Reuse Pittsburgh, Family Resources, Good Shepherd Catholic Parish, Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank, Grow Pittsburgh, HeadStart/AIU, Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA, Turtle Creek MH/MR, UPMC Braddock, Rankin Christian Center and many more.

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Celebrating families banner	Celebrating children banner	Celebrating Community Banner	Braddock Creative Arts	Braddock Elks hula hoop demonstration	Child literacy
Children having fun	Children making pottery	Children of Triumph Mime Ministry	Children playing	Children's activities	Collecting cool stuff
Face painting table	Face painting	Festival activity	Festival activity	Having fun	Hula hoop exercise
Hula hoop demonstration	Jazz musician James Buster Alston	Pitt Panther vision check	Pottery action	Pottery demonstration	Pottery
Rankin Christian Center Choir	Silk screening demonstration	Silk Screening display	Silk screening group	Volunteers and ballons	YMCA Braddock
Sister Marita Charley_Father Thomas Burke and friends	TriBoro Steppers Drill Team musicians	TriBoro Steppers Drill Team	TriBoro Steppers	Triumph Mime Ministry	Volunteer Jeff Au meeting with Trau and Loevner staff
Volunteer Marsha Mullins and daughter	Volunteer Meggan McCann	Volunteer popcorn maker Ronnie Lipinsky	Volunteer Rosalyn Berry and grandchild	Volunteer	Volunteers Hideaki Tanaka and associate with Pitt Panther mascot
Volunteers Hideaki Tanaka and friend with Pitt Panther mascot	Volunteers Ron Gaydos_Miles Loewy and associates unloading beverage coolers