Pittsburgh Mercy
1200 Reedsdale Street
Pittsburgh,
PA
15233-2109
USA
Welcome to Stories of Hope, a virtual place where you’ll find stories of hope and recovery written by Pittsburgh Mercy colleagues, persons and families we serve, and invited guests. It’s also a place where you can learn more about how Pittsburgh Mercy is innovating, creating best practices, and redefining person-centered care. It’s our hope that these stories will help to educate, inform, and inspire you to live well in the community.
The Winter Shelter season that ends the night of March 15-16, 2022 admittedly has been a rough one for Homeless Services Supervisor Doug Murry and Operation Safety Net’s shelter team. …
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Their title is “support specialist,” but it might be more accurate to describe Cassie Nuzzo and Marquia Watson as social workers. The two colleagues maintain offices in five Allegheny County …
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One woman is partially blind. Another is 97 years old. They gather with five other women in their 80s and 90s to make plastic mats for those experiencing homelessness served …
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During a recent night at the Winter Shelter, Doug Murry, a supervisor with Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net (OSN), and Katie Lemon, a registered nurse volunteer, were getting ready for …
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(Editor’s note: The names of the person served and his brother have been changed to protect their privacy.) To hear Dan Mancini tell the story, what they did for a …
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Laurel Spigler landed at Outlook Manor Comprehensive Mental Health Personal Care Home in July 2020, just after COVID-19 had affected seven of the 12 residents and almost all the staff. …
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Although Christopher Lu has been in a leadership position with Pittsburgh Mercy only since summer, he has quickly emerged as a leader—so much so that he garnered seven different nominations …
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Johnnie McCracken’s “can-do” attitude lets her accomplish what she sets out to do, no matter the situation. Her positivity and the way she advocates for the persons she serves are …
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By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Lisa Murphy, a child-adolescent/transitional age service coordinator, rang the bell at Mon Valley Hospital on August 20, the day she completed the last of 16 …
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Mercy Day, September 24, marks the anniversary of the opening of the “House of Mercy” in 1827 in Dublin, Ireland. Catherine McAuley, the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, devoted …
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