Love Your Watershed Day (LYWD)

NMRWA achieved a SILVER rating for their efforts for recycling, education and closing the loop at Love Your Watershed Day!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out in support of 'Love Your Watershed Day' despite the rain!

Love Your Watershed Day (LYWD) took place in and highlighted the projects relating to the community of Wilkinsburg and was a concluding event for World Environment Day.  LYWD was held on Saturday, June 5th, 2010, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm on the corner of South Avenue and South Trenton Avenue near the newly constructed Peebles Square development.  LYWD featured various local and watershed-friendly organizations and activities.  There was free food from local Wilkinsburg favorites, live music by Pittsburgh's own DJ Malls, live art from four local Pittsburgh graffiti artists, and various children's activities.  The event was structured as a block-party/celebration of the Wilkinsburg community and the organizations working to make it a better place to live.  The project was made possible by a seed award from the Sprout Fund.
Nine Mile Run was supported in Love Your Watershed Day by The Sprout Fund, Action Housing, GTECH, The Student Conservation Association, Frick Environmental Center, Wilkinsburg Block Club Association, Three River Community Foundation, Bioneers, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Soul Food Connection, Al’s Fish & Chicken, DeFlavio’s, East End Food Co-op, Calli’s, Global Sports Alliance, Zero Waste Pittsburgh and Tower 41 Productions.

The Sprout Fund enriches the Pittsburgh region's vitality by engaging citizens, amplifying voices, supporting creativity and innovation, and cultivating connected communities.  Founded in 2001, Sprout facilitates community-led solutions to regional challenges and supports efforts to create a thriving, progressive, and culturally diverse region.  With strong working relationships to many community organizations and regional stakeholders, The Sprout Fund is one of Southwestern Pennsylvania's leading agencies on issues related to civic engagement, talent attraction and retention, public art, and catalytic small-scale funding.  With ongoing local support and continued appreciation by the communities it serves, The Sprout Fund will continue to catalyze creative solutions to pressing challenges, engage people in community conversations, respond to the needs of its target audiences, open doors to civic participation, and promote responsible stewardship of community interests.