A Pittsburgh Nonprofit

we set Pittsburgh's biggest thanksgiving table.

And every year, we add a few more chairs.

Pull up a chair

thanksgiving '25 . crew call

11,000+ plates since 2020

From the Day

this is what 3,000 meals looks like.

A few minutes inside Thanksgiving 2025. Press play.

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Pittsburgh Shows Up

they don't come for the cameras.
they come for the work.

This city shows up for this city. Year after year. Neighbors and retirees and business owners and yes, a few familiar faces from the field. Same gloves. Same boxes. Same doors. Roberto fills his own car and drives the route to the Veterans Leadership Program. Cutch brings his whole family. Whoever you recognize below is just one of three hundred who came to work.

juju smith-schuster

2020 · 2021 · 2022

andrew mccutchen

2024 · 2025

roberto clemente jr.

2024 · 2025

david bednar

2025

no autograph table. no roped-off section. just sleeves rolled up and the next address.

P.S. cutch made a reel about it.watch on instagram →

A YINZgiving volunteer delivering a Thanksgiving meal to a neighbor's door

neighbor to neighbor

The Story

we feed neighbors.
not strangers.

YINZgiving started in 2020 with a phone call. The world had stopped. A lot of Pittsburgh tables had gotten smaller.

Sammy Smith-Schuster called with an idea. We answered with 250 meals out of pure stubbornness. Heading into our seventh year, we've hand-delivered over 11,000 of them to neighbors across Allegheny and parts of Washington County.

No paperwork. No questions. Just a restaurant-quality Thanksgiving dinner, prepared by Dive Bar & Grille, carried to a neighbor's door by people who care. The kitchen isn't a vendor. Dive Bar's owner, Clint, sits on our founding board. The food and the foundation are the same family.

There's a DJ in the parking lot. Kids at the tables coloring photos and writing Thanksgiving cards for the neighbors who'll open the boxes. It's not a somber service. It's a celebration of being able to give back.

Because the best way to come to your own Thanksgiving table is to have just helped set someone else's.

Rachel Maga, Executive Director & Founder

The Numbers

small casserole energy.
big casserole results.

What started with 250 meals in a hard year has become the largest Thanksgiving distribution in Pittsburgh.

3,000⁺

Meals Delivered, 2025

11,000⁺

Total Meals Since 2020

250

Day-of Volunteers

Years & Counting

Where We Deliver

Map of YINZgiving service area across Allegheny and Washington counties in Pennsylvania

Three thousand meals. Carried by hand across Allegheny and parts of Washington County.

Who's at the Table

the seat next to yours.

We don't ask why. We ask where to deliver. These are the neighbors we serve every November.

Veterans

Who served. Who are still waiting for a seat at someone else's table this Thursday.

Seniors

Whose tables got smaller. Whose families couldn't make it home. Who would spend the day alone.

Students

Sitting next to your kids in class. With home conditions we never see. With a Thanksgiving we never assume.

we don't always know who is going without.
so once a year, we make sure they aren't.

What We Do

the table, set three ways.

Thanksgiving is the main event. But hunger does not take the holidays off, and neither do we.

the thanksgiving distribution

Three days. Three hundred plus volunteers. Three thousand plus meals out the door. This is what we built YINZgiving to do, and we get a little bigger and a little better every November.

Volunteer 2026

the christmas table

Our partnership with Walnut Grill puts hot Christmas meals on Pittsburgh tables for ten dollars apiece. Because the second-most-important meal of the year deserves a seat at our list too.

Sponsor a meal

year-round neighboring

YINZgiving runs all year, even when the kitchen lights are off. We show up for our partners, our nonprofits, and our city in the quiet months too. Being a good neighbor does not have a season.

Stay close

Nominate a Neighbor

know someone who needs a seat at the table?

Anyone within our delivery radius. No paperwork. No questions. We bring them a hot Thanksgiving dinner. You can stay anonymous if that's what they'd want.

Nominate Someone

One ask Nominate a Neighbor is for people who are going without. It is not for someone who just doesn't feel like cooking. We need every plate to count, and we trust you to know the difference.

On Every Plate

real food. for real neighbors.

A restaurant-quality Thanksgiving meal. Dive Bar & Grille prepares the food in their kitchen. Our volunteers portion it, pack it, and carry it to the door.

this is what a hot thanksgiving meal looks like. not a sandwich. not a can. a real plate. for a real person. on a real holiday.

Prepared By

dive bar & grille

Turkey From

pittsburgh barbecue co.

Delivered By

your neighbors

Inside Every Box

drawn by a kid.
signed by a city.

Colt, a fourth grader at Montour Elementary, holding his hand-drawn Happy YINZgiving 2025 turkey

colt . 4th grade . montour elementary

The printed YINZgiving placemat featuring Colt's turkey drawing alongside the names of every donor and sponsor

Every meal arrives with a handmade placemat. The turkey is drawn by a Pittsburgh kid. The names around it are everyone who made the meal possible.

This year's turkey is by Colt. Fourth grade. Montour Elementary.

The Real Gold

the work nobody sees.

Thanksgiving morning gets the music, the parking lot, the smiles at the door. The hands behind it never see any of that.

Some show up Tuesday at sunrise and don't leave Wednesday until ten at night. They portion the cranberry. They pack the salads. They build the boxes. Weeks before that, a small army on the phones confirms an address with every one of three thousand neighbors.

they are the real gold.

Senior volunteers packing fresh salads on prep day inside Dive Bar & Grille

tuesday . salad line

Volunteers portioning hundreds of gravy cups on prep day

wednesday . gravy detail

A young volunteer making calls to confirm meal recipient addresses

dialing every door

you never see them. they make every meal.

Pull Up a Chair

three ways to show your thanks.

01 . Give

donate

$10 feeds a person. $40 feeds a family. $250 feeds a block. Every dollar goes back to the table.

make a gift

02 . Show Up

volunteer

November 24, 25, and 26. We need hands in the kitchen, drivers on the road, and yinzers at the door.

03 . Partner

sponsor

YINZgiving runs on neighbors. Fifty bucks from a family. Daycares passing the hat at morning drop-off. Businesses showing up as a team. Bring your circle to the table.

rally your circle

From the Table

what neighbors are saying.

i was truly humbled by the kindness and cooperation between young and old. at one point i looked around and thought, wow. this is what community looks like.

Rose Schmidt, First-Year Volunteer

there was this one family. the kids were screaming and jumping around. then this little girl came out, gave me a hug, and wished me a happy thanksgiving. i teared up. it's happening again as i write this. if that's not what thanksgiving is about, i don't know what is.

Robert, Delivery Driver

yinzgiving is a must-do annual event for our family, even for our teenaged boys. it kicks off the holidays with a focus on what is most important. the good cheer, energy, patience, and joy from everyone creates such a positive experience.

Debbie Boncek, Four-Year Volunteer

i was leary at first. i'd never done this before. the process was easy as pie. so happy i signed up and i can't wait to do it again.

Donna Miller, Miller Painting

A day on the course.
A year of meals.

we set Pittsburgh's biggest thanksgiving table.

this is what 3,000 meals looks like.