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Do you want to help make our region one of the healthiest places in America for children to live, learn and grow? Increase your impact on children’s health in our region by giving to Phipps’ Let’s Move Pittsburgh program.

Keep Us Moving Forward: Give to Let's Move Pittsburgh

You can support the efforts of Let's Move Pittsburgh right now by donating directly through our website. Keep us moving forward!

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Sponsorship Opportunities

As a sponsor of the Let’s Move Pittsburgh program, you'll nourish change-making programs which enable Let's Move Pittsburgh to be a critical resource for families in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Whether you participate as a family or individual, organization or business, your involvement is vitally important to the future of our children and quality of life for us all.

To receive more information about sponsorship opportunities, including business visibility benefits, please contact Greg DuFour at gdufour@phipps.conservatory.org or 412/441-4442, ext. 3701.

Note: All contributed funds are designated exclusively to support the year-round initiatives of Let's Move Pittsburgh.

Volunteer

Want to donate time to help make Pittsburgh the healthiest place for children to live, learn, and play? Let’s Move Pittsburgh offers a variety of opportunities for volunteers who share a passion for increasing healthy behaviors in parents, caregivers, and children. Through Phipps volunteer management office, we offer ongoing opportunities well as practicum and field site placements for University students studying in the public health and nutrition fields. 

Ongoing Opportunities 

Phipps volunteers are vital to maintaining Let’s Move Pittsburgh’s community outreach efforts. Activities may include assisting in health education lessons at Phipps or in the community, tabling at community events, assisting with the preparation or distribution of program materials, and providing general support for the Green Light Foods mobile app. For ongoing volunteer opportunities, take the first step by completing our volunteer application. You can also request a hard copy by contacting sbertovich@phipps.conservatory.org.

Practicum and Field Site Opportunities

Students have the opportunity to work with the Let’s Move Pittsburgh team to help research, plan, implement and evaluate Let’s Move Pittsburgh’s program initiatives. We provide activities focused on strengthening student competencies in communication, professionalism, program planning, research and systems thinking. Please email letsmove@phipps.conservatory.org for more information about practicum placements. 

Contact Us

Mail
c/o Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
One Schenley Park
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone
412/622-6915

Email
letsmove@phipps.conservatory.org

Facebook
www.facebook.com/letsmovepittsburgh

Twitter
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Pinterest
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Blog  
phipps.conservatory.org/blog/category/lets-move-pittsburgh

Press Room

Please contact Julie LaBar, director of marketing and communications, with any media inquiries at jlabar@phipps.conservatory.org or 412/622-6915, ext. 3801.

Press Releases

June 2018
Phipps Conservatory Names New Let’s Move Pittsburgh Program Manager

May 2018
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Announces 2018 Champion Schools Award Winners

March 2018
Let’s Move Pittsburgh’s Champion Schools Awards Recognize Healthy School Initiatives

November 2017
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Gathers Experts, Caregivers and Organizations to Improve Children’s Health

August 2017
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Helps Families Prepare for Back to School Season

June 2017
Charter School for Students with Dyslexia Builds Spherical Garden to Grow Cafeteria Food

November 2016
Handheld Health on the Rise

October 2016
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Takes Two Elementary Students to Harvest with Michelle Obama

September 2016
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Shares the Secrets to Raising a Healthy Family

July 2015
Local Pittsburgh Sixth-Grader Wins Nationwide Recipe Challenge

June 2015
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Launches Local 5-2-1-0 Movement
Public Garden Grant Program in Pittsburgh Funds Efforts to Improve Student Health

January 2015
Phipps Names Mary Kathryn Poole as Let’s Move Pittsburgh Director of Programming and Operations
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Launches Green Light Foods Application

July 2014
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Announces Champion Schools Award Winners

April 2014
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Announces School Champion Award Opportunity

March 2012
Troy and Theodora Polamalu Tackle Childhood Obesity with Let's Move Pittsburgh

October 2011
Phipps Serves as Lead Host for Two Major Symposia Inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign

Featured News

November 2017
Let's Move Program Battles Childhood Obesity at an Early Age (North Hills Monthly)

October 2017
October Register Round Up – Let's Move Pittsburgh (East End Food Co-Op)

September 2017
Let's Move! (The PediaBlog)

March 2017
Competition Teams Up Chefs, Students to Cook Up Better School Lunches (Institute of Museum and Library Services)

January 2017
Schools Implement Innovative Programs to Excite Children about Healthy Living (Together We Flourish)
Let's Move Pittsburgh Leaps Into Its Fifth Year (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

December 2016
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Celebrates Let's Move! Museums and Gardens at the White House's Final Garden Harvest (Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Start a New Tradition During the Winter Holidays (Edible Allegheny)

October 2016
First Lady Michelle Obama to Celebrate Impact of Let's Move!, Announce Updates to the White House Kitchen Garden, and Participate in Her Final Fall Harvest (The White House)
Four New Habits for a New School Year (Edible Allegheny)
Elementary Students In D.C. For FLOTUS' 'Let's Move' Garden Party (WESA-FM)
Four Ways to Have a Spookily Healthy Halloween (Edible Allegheny)

September 2016
54 Providers for a Healthy School (Edible Allegheny)

April 2016
Whirl's Pointe & Click For Children’s Wellness (Whirl Magazine)

March 2016
Three Things We Learned From First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House (Allies for Children)

February 2016
Shaler Area GATE Students Teach Preschoolers About Healthy Eating (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Let’s Move — America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids (New Pittsburgh Courier)

January 2016
Let’s Move — America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids (New Pittsburgh Courier)
How to Have a 5-2-1-0 Day During the Winter Season: Healthy Tips for the Entire Family (Whirl Magazine)

November 2015
Whirl Wednesday: Let's Move Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Today Live)
Let’s Move Pittsburgh Builds Healthier, More Fulfilling Futures for Local Children (Edible Allegheny)
Shaler Woman Named State Coordinator of Action for Healthy Kids (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
'Let's Move' to Run with '5-2-1-0' Campaign (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 2015
Free Food Apps to Download Now (Parents Magazine)

July 2015
Local Girl Recalls Meeting President Obama At Kids’ State Dinner (KDKA)
Healthy Changes on the Horizon for Pittsburgh’s Champion Schools (Kidsburgh)
APHA Organizes 20th National Public Health Week Celebration: ‘Healthiest Nation 2030’ Theme Promoted (The Nation's Health)

June 2015
Let’s Move Pittsburgh’s Four Healthy Habits for Your Family (Kidsburgh)
Let's Move Pittsburgh Champion Schools (Let’s Move! Museums and Gardens)
Ross Sixth-Grader Is a Chef in the Making (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Five-Year Study Finds More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Are Overweight or Obese (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

february 2015
People on the Move (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

January 2015
Green Light Foods App Helps You Make the Right Food Choices as You Shop (Next Pittsburgh)
Phipps Names Mary Kathryn Poole as Let’s Move Pittsburgh Director of Programming and Operations (Techburgh)
The Food Column: Phipps Serves Up a Tasty and Healthful App (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Phipps Simplifies Grocery Shopping with Green Light Foods App (PopCity)
Phipps' Free App Helps Shoppers Make Healthy Food Choices (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

august 2014
Let's Move Pittsburgh: Celebrating School Champions (Let's Move! Blog)

July 2014
Let's Move Pittsburgh Announces Champion Schools Award Winner (Pittsburgh Urban Media)

June 2014
Pittsburgh Coalition Works to Emphasize the Importance of Playgrounds (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Fox Chapel Area Students Plan to Make 3K Race an Annual Event (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

February 2014
Kids of STEEL Day at Phipps! (Pittsburgh Today Live)
Amplifying Kids' Voices at Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh (Let's Move! Blog)

October 2013
iCarly Actor Has Nutrition Message to Share (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Fighting Obesity Starts Now with Healthy Choices (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 2013
No Menu Monday: All About the Kids (The Union Hall Times)
Pittsburgh Takes on the Food Revolution Challenge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

March 2013
Pledge Allegiance (Edible Allegheny)

January 2012
Let's Move: Tackling Childhood Obesity in Pittsburgh (PopCity)

October 2011
White House Chef Spurs Pittsburgh Health Push (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Museums Meet on "Feeding the Spirit" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)