Volunteers at Pittsburgh Singles Volunteer Network recently voted the Union Project as Charity of the Year. The Union Project played host to four PSVN events in 2003, involving more than 30 PSVN volunteers. The Union Project had its best year for volunteering ever, surpassing the 600 volunteers mark. Volunteers have contributed almost 10,000 hours of both skilled and unskilled labor; filling 6 30-yard dumpsters with debris, providing legal counsel, scraping and painting exterior trim, designing the website, repairing stained glass, and much more. The Union Project organized monthly volunteer opportunities for local and national organizations. Over 40 different groups have donated their time to help the Union Project with its enormous restoration project. The Union Project continues to offer volunteer opportunities to the Pittsburgh community. The Union Project building is being restored to provide gathering and working space for artists, community builders, and people of faith. Read the full press release on the Union Project's web page: <http://www.unionproject.org/> PSVN was founded by Julie Ransom after reading the article in Forbes Magazine ranking Pittsburgh as being the worst place to live if single: <http://www.forbes.com/2002/06/06/0606pittsburgh.html> Read more about PSVN at their web page: <http://www.psvn.org/>