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Happy Thanksgiving, neighbors!

With the economy and prices as they are, many households are struggling to make ends meet. To kick off the holiday season, the HPCC organized its third annual food drive for seniors. With donations from the community, the HPCC provided 120 “Thanksgiving trimmings” baskets to seniors served by Vintage. They received the trimmings during Vintage’s Thanksgiving party when they also received turkeys. Thank you to everyone who helped make this holiday a little easier for some of our neighbors. A special shout out to Kate, Jack, Diane, Judy, Andrea, Annie and Jim for your generosity - you are angels!

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

During these harried and often troubling times, it’s important to make the time and space to care for both ourselves and others. Lower your expectations about the holidays - perfection isn’t possible so don’t even try. Instead of baking that extra pie or making yourself crazy decorating and buying gifts, take some deep breaths, a hot bath or a long walk. What you do will be plenty and enough. And keep posted as the HPCC will be posting information about opportunities to help others in need in the community this season.


Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday,

Stephanie Walsh

HPCC President

This year’s Halloween Parade was a smashing success! More than 100 little goblins made it to the park for the fun, food and games. Thank you to Children’s Committee members Elisa Luke Jones and Laurie Hanniford for making it happen!

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Have you spotted any spotted lanternflies?

We have, unfortunately. This invasive species poses a major threat to crops as well as to the ornamental plants in the beautiful gardens of Highland Park. The Highland Park Garden Club has compiled useful information and resources for how to spot and do your part in helping to eradicate this harmful pest.

Consult the HPCC Dictionary

Do you know your HPCC from your HPCDC from your HPGC? We’ve started compiling a list of acronyms and references commonly heard in the neighborhood. Test your knowledge — and let us know what we missed!

News from St. Andrew’s

A service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be held on Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. Children are invited to participate in Advent crafts during the service. There will be bagpipes to celebrate St. Andrew and a festive reception to follow the service. Christmas Eve services will be held at 4 p.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. The Children of St. Andrew’s will be hosting a Christmas Pageant at the 4 p.m. service. A Christmas Day service will be held at 10 a.m.

Also, St. Andrew’s is teaming up with Hello, Neighbor again this December to collect much needed items. Please look for future announcements regarding what will be collected and how you can participate. A special thank you to the students at the Neighborhood Academy who recently helped to rake leaves and beautify the grounds as a part of their day of service.

Check out the November HPCC community meeting minutes here

The Highland Park Community Council is an all volunteer-run organization. We are responsible for many of the great events that make this neighborhood so special like the Hullabaloo, the Yard Sale, Light-up Night, the Bryant Street Parklet Pumpkin Patch and so much more. Please consider donating to continue to make this the best neighborhood in the city. If you are interested in volunteering, send an email to volunteers@hpccpgh.org. If you would like to become a supporting member, join here. Memberships start at $10/year.