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The motto of CAPA, a creative and performing arts magnet school located in downtown Pittsburgh, is “Believe . . . Work to Achieve . . . and Succeed!”\u00a0 Erin Sestric of Mt. Washington did just that.\u00a0 For a freshman CAPA class project, Erin initiated, advertised, and successfully completed a fundraiser event to purchase new books for the Moulis Children’s Library at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.<\/p>\n

\"erin-sestric-small\"The Moulis Children’s Library<\/a>, a \u201cwhite-coat-free zone\u201d, provides recreational reading and viewing materials for children of all ages admitted into the hospital.<\/p>\n

Erin arranged with Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Robinson Township to hold a daylong event, during which 20 percent of purchases made by customers mentioning the event would be donated to Erin’s cause. Scheduled throughout the day were activities to promote participation in the fundraiser.\u00a0 These included:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A reading corner, where volunteers read to children
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A gift wrap table, staffed by Erin and other volunteers
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A “think fun table,” with crayons, coloring pages, face-painting, and puzzles
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visits from \u201cLiteracy Dogs,\u201d dogs with their handlers that encourage children to learn to read
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A scavenger hunt<\/p>\n

The main entertainment was provided by students from Rosalene Kenneth Professional Dance Studio, to which Erin belongs.\u00a0 Thirty students ranging from ages 4-18 volunteered their time and talents to help Erin raise funds for the Moulis Children’s Library.<\/p>\n

Thus far, Erin has raised over $750 in addition to book donations.\u00a0 Using the money and a discount card provided by Barnes and Noble, Erin is purchasing books from the Library\u2019s wish list, compiled by Andrea Ketchum, reference librarian.\u00a0 Andrea states that \u201cErin has already delivered a tableful of some of the latest, hottest titles for children and we are delighted to add them to our collection\u201d.\u00a0 Kudos to Erin for a job well done!<\/p>\n

~ Andrea Ketchum and Melissa Ratajeski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The motto of CAPA, a creative and performing arts magnet school located in downtown Pittsburgh, is “Believe . . . Work to Achieve . . . and Succeed!”\u00a0 Erin Sestric of Mt. Washington did just that.\u00a0 For a freshman CAPA class project, Erin initiated, advertised, and successfully completed a fundraiser event to purchase new books […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"issue-archives","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[-1],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","avhec_catgroup-issue-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}