Three Rivers Champions
Three Rivers Champion: Devon Taliaferro
Taliaferro has turned volunteering into her career.
Three Rivers Champion: Sharon Boone
The co-founder of a nonprofit that serves food to the hungry in Pittsburgh, Boone has been volunteering for the last 30 years.
Three Rivers Champion: Julius Boatwright
Boatwright works to connect everyone who needs it with mental health support.
Three Rivers Champion: Arthur Hazen Jr.
Hazen was named the Pennsylvania 2018 Big Brother of the Year. He has served on the board of the organization for seven years. He is also a member of the Entrepreneur’s Organization, a peer-to-peer network of business owners, and is currently serving on its board for a second time.
Three Rivers Champion: Sloane Davidson
Davidson started an organization that gives refugee and immigrant families aid based on real, person-to-person relationships, not transactions.
Three Rivers Champion: James S. Perry
Perry combined his love for athletics and volunteerism to create a youth athletic association that at its height provided organized softball and baseball to more than 350 boys and girls.
Three Rivers Champion: Cecile Springer
A self-proclaimed “loudmouth,” Springer says her favorite part of volunteering is meeting other people and persuading them to do what she wants them to do.
Three Rivers Champion: James Jamieson
Jamieson, a volunteer for more that two decades, donates his time these days to three Pittsburgh-area organizations.
Three Rivers Champion: Barbara Johnson
Volunteer dance mentor Barbara Johnson uses her time to share the gift of dance.
Three Rivers Champion: Latasha Wilson-Batch
Latasha Wilson-Batch, the executive director of the Best of the Batch Foundation, proves that the best way to change a life is by giving your time.
Three Rivers Champion: Tom Baker
Allegheny County councilman Tom Baker and his wife, Erin, founded Get Involved! Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps young people become more engaged in their communities through leadership development and service-oriented programs.
Meet Our First Three Rivers Champion: Paul Rojik
As a longtime volunteer at the Sarah Heinz House, Rojik has impacted the lives of thousands of children.
Are you a volunteer? Do you know someone who makes our community a better place through volunteerism? Nominate them for Pittsburgh Magazine’s Three Rivers Champions recognition program, where we tell the stories of local individuals whose charitable deeds are worth celebrating.
