Tree of Life

20 Jan

Interview With Food Bank Government Affairs Director

published in category: Food Bank on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 – 3:58 pm

As the Government Affairs Director for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Denny McManus has interacted with dozens of elected officials throughout the years.

McManus oversees the impact of governmental food assistance programs including The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), State Food Purchase Program (SFPP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus Program (PASS) and the new Farmers to Families food box program.

Posted in Food Bank

 

19 Jan

Breakfast With Benz (1/20)–Steelers thinking RB? Draft Combine changes.

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 – 11:03 pm

Former pro and college scout Matt Williamson joins me to talk about how the NFL combine changes may impact the draft, and why the Steelers may go running back in the first round.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

18 Jan

Breakfast With Benz (1/19)–Brian Metzer’s return

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, January 18th, 2021 – 11:32 pm

The PenguinsÕ Sidney Crosby (87) waits for a faceoff against the Boston Bruins during their game at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.

Penguins radio network host Brian Metzer is back to start our weekly hockey podcasts. We look at the arrival of Penguins winger Kasperi Kapanen, the absence of injured defenseman Mike Matheson, and the early struggles of goaltender Tristan Jarry.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

17 Jan

Madden Monday (1/18)–Matt Canada, Pens season starts, JuJu and free agency

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Sunday, January 17th, 2021 – 11:10 pm

The Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Evgeni Malkin (71) share words prior to a face-off during their game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.

In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden Madden and I talk about the prospect of Matt Canada becoming the new Steelers offensive coordinator. We also dive into the first weekend of the Penguins season, JuJu Smith-Schuster’s video game flirtation with free agency, and the Cleveland Browns close but no cigar loss Kansas City.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

14 Jan

Fantasy Sports podcast (1/14)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 – 11:16 pm

Jeff Erickson of RotoWire joins me for our weekly fantasy sports podcast. Conventional fantasy football is done. But playoff leagues are a blast and so is daily fantasy play come playoff time. We talk about those strategies, plenty of baseball free agency and the start of hockey and basketball.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

13 Jan

Hindu Jain Temple Makes Matching Gift to Pittsburgh Food Bank of up to $10,000 During MLK Day of Service

published in category: Food Bank on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 – 4:11 pm

As part of our MLK Day activities, we are welcoming 30 volunteers at our warehouse in Duquesne to prepare food for distribution across our 11-county service area. The event is open only to pre-registered volunteers.

In addition to the volunteer activity at the Food Bank warehouse, the Hindu Jain Temple is matching all gifts made to the Food Bank on Monday, January 18 at pittsburghfoodbank.org/MLK up to $10,000.

Posted in Food Bank

 

13 Jan

Breakfast With Benz (1/13)–Mike Tomlin wraps up 2020-2021

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 – 3:02 pm

TribLive Steelers beat writer Joe Rutter joins me for our final Mike Tomlin press conference podcast of 2020-21. We talk about Ben Roethlisberger’s future, salary cap concerns for the offseason, and Tomlin’s contract.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

12 Jan

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (1/13)–What are the Steelers going to do?

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 – 10:43 pm

My ESPN Pittsburgh “Countdown to Kickoff” radio partner Wes Uhler joins me for Wednesday’s podcast. We put a bow on the season. Fret about 2021. And complain about our final show being preempted by the Penguins season opener.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 



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