On September 16, 2007 over 500 people came out to celebrate the beautiful glass in the Friendship neighborhood for the 14th Annual Friendship House Tour - Celebrating Glass.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and guests bustled from house to house anxiously awaiting the treasures within!  As they purchased their tickets, tour goers enjoyed the music of guitarist, Michael Davis, accordion and flute duo Tone/Overtone, and the soothing sounds of Resonations.  Guests also enjoyed goodies donated by local restaurants and community members at the Friendship Porch Café located at various homes.  

Friendship Development Associates Board of Directors and staff would like to thank all those who were involved to help make the 14th Annual Friendship House Tour - Celebrating Glass such a great success!  Without your time and support this fabulous event would not have been possible!  

Friendship Development Associates would like to extend special thanks to:

Thank you to our homeowners, Brad Smith & Deb MacDonald, Gregg & Kathy Connolly, Steve Morrow & Jennifer Haven, Melvin Gornic & Connie White, Lenore Williams & David Fabilli, Rick Fredin & Fred Noel, Sharon Sherely, Kim & Tom Mangan, Imagebox, First United Methodist Church and Pittsburgh Glass Center.

Lead Event Sponsors:
    Sota Construction Services, Inc.
    Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development

Event Sponsors:
    Whole Foods Market
    The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
    Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass!

House Sponsors:
    Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Dollar Bank
    EDGE Studio
    Eisler Landscapes, Inc.
    Energy Swing Windows
    IngMar Medical
    National City Bank
    Team Construction & Development Inc.
    The Bank of New York Mellon
    UPMC Shadyside

Special thanks to our 2007 Friendship Friends:
    Barron Commercial Real Estate
    The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and Lemieux Family Center
    Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC)
    Lila Decker
    Mike & Holly Dolan
    Ivory, Wagner & Assoc., Inc.
    Jeffrey Jacob
    Karen & Mark Kurtzrock
    Leone's Florist
    Donna Mangold
    Steve & Kate Okabayashi
    Michelle Pfenniger & Brendan Flynn
    Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG)
    Jason & Megan Spak
    Judith Toure & Roy Briere
    Helen Zappa

Thanks to Bill Chisnell and Jim Zapf for hosting a great Post Tour party for all of our homeowners and volunteers.

And a special thank you to the 2007 House Tour Committee: Committee Co-Chairs Lenore Williams & Michele Morris, Committee Members Cassa Collinge, Sarah Collins, David Fabilli, Kathleen Farrington, Rose Gevaudan, Julie Grove, Aleta Howard, Leslie Reicher, Allison Seidel, Jason Spak, Martha Terry and Connie White who without their generous time and planning this event would not have happened.


Please check back later for additional information about next year's House Tour coming in September of 2008!