http://www.emilymatthewsphoto.com/new-gallery-2 daily 1.0 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1548789358984-C0LXEQW658WEIA2CGVHV/20181104+eam+rosesmusic+100.jpg Singles A veteran casts a shadow on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Youngstown, Ohio as he salutes before placing a rose at the foot of the memorial during the annual Laying of the Roses ceremony to honor Mahoning County-native fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War on Nov. 4, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1548789358984-C0LXEQW658WEIA2CGVHV/20181104+eam+rosesmusic+100.jpg Singles A veteran casts a shadow on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Youngstown, Ohio as he salutes before placing a rose at the foot of the memorial during the annual Laying of the Roses ceremony to honor Mahoning County-native fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War on Nov. 4, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1559668906377-UJB6XR83O8QFGJUY6KBZ/JosiahSpad_042.jpg Singles Josiah Szostek, 5, looks out the front door of his home in Athens, Ohio, with his service dog, Spad, before leaving for school. Josiah got Spad in May 2017 to help him manage challenges associated with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636528520-M7BQBNGZPXYV0F34SVLP/20180819+hot+air+balloons.jpg Singles People watch as a hot air balloon takes flight at the Hot Air Balloon Festival at Mastropietro Winery in Berlin Center, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1560520378113-0XV0CK1ZE6UGSD7044OK/Federal+Frenzy+01.jpg Singles Alison Green, front center, of Boardman, Ohio, sings along as she and the crowd watch and listen to Spirit of the Bear perform at Federal Frenzy in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on April 27, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060753682-VJYSI5GO4B2R3W3RH7JQ/NewSingles02.jpg Singles Mark Ondrusek, the owner of Beaver Supermarket, poses for a photo in his office in the supermarket on Third Street on Sunday, May 10, 2020, in Beaver, Pa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1574021132307-G1JTRTFWIAXGJRTEG3JT/Cow+01.jpg Singles Zachary Norris, 9, of Minerva, Ohio, kisses his cow Dakota before participating in the Junior Fair Dairy Showmanship at the Canfield Fair on August 29, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790725949-27C50EGNR6QG7P0WM2LM/20220108emRunVaccinesandRV735.jpg Singles Ariyona Coleman, 5, of Crafton watches as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Lynne Oncea, a nurse with UPMC, while her father Antawn Coleman, also of Crafton, tries to distract her with a doll on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in the cafeteria at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 in Sheraden. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790709990-Q0WZOFPY37090PA12DWC/20210921emItalianFigs100.jpg Singles Nicola Mercurio looks at one of his fig trees in his garden on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, behind his home in Bethel Park, Pa. Mercurio is part of the Italian Garden Project, which uses Italian food and gardening traditions in Western Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524446097901-ILW2BC0UHVQMEVGF2BBG/_S0B2679.jpg Singles James, a resident at SEPTA Correctional Facility, stands in his room at the correctional facility in Nelsonville, Ohio. SEPTA houses non-violent inmates and offers them programs in an attempt to help them transition back into society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1560603277246-OGC2N8LTWN2MYV57WC20/WeedMan+02.jpg Singles Brian Kessler, the Chairman of the Riviera Creek LLC board, adjusts his face mask as he talks about the marijuana plants that are grown and harvested at Riviera Creek in Youngstown, Ohio on Feb. 14, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1560602839244-MDR9XEU5BTZ2Z71IIDPC/Snow+Storm+01.jpg Singles Kids and adults climb up a hill at Wick Recreation Area in Youngstown, Ohio, to go sled riding during a heavy snow storm on Jan. 19, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1562550989349-JVWUWN1TQFX1XFADCOL6/Waterpark+01.jpg Singles Mason Moore, 6, who attends Daycare Storybook in Youngstown, Ohio, plays under the water with other kids at the water park in the James L. Wick, Jr. Recreation Area in Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 27, 2019. The daycare took their kids to the park to cool off and enjoy the warm weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790683901-YN5HQ5OOQURVDL3AV9YG/20210615emGarden262.jpg Singles Mark Meaders stands for a photo near the blue hydrangea in his garden on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. Meaders' garden was one of 12 that was featured in the Symphony Splendor Garden Tour on June 27. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1461695255583-3HFZACXBP0TV5COUBBUG/20160414StudentExpo007em.jpg Singles Abby Barnett, a junior at Vinton County High School, gets her face painted with Day of the Dead makeup by Kristen Fechtel, left, a senior studying scenic painting at Ohio University at the Student Expo in Ohio University's Convocation Center on April 14, 2016. The expo gave students the chance to showcase their work to others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636639855-JXGGIW34K7J4DJB8G0IX/20180901+Bunkbed+delivery_3-1.jpg Singles Dane "Mickey" Carder, of Canfield, Ohio, high-fives, from left, Xyayion Dotson, 3, Miracle Morgan, 5, and Zion Johnson, 4, while they sit in the top bunk of their new bunk bed from Sleep in Heavenly Peace in the kids' home in Campbell, Ohio, on the night of Saturday, Sept, 1, 2018. Sleep in Heavenly Peace, the group that Carder is the Youngstown chapter president of, measured, cut, and stained the pieces of the bed during the day and then brought the pieces to the home and built the bunk bed there at night. Prior to receiving the bunk bed, the three kids were sharing one mattress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060814765-2QB6OFQHWUK31KD1DUZI/NewSingles04.jpg Singles Selasi Agbodzie, a graduating senior at Gateway High School, stands with her classmates while maintaining six feet apart before the beginning of Gateway High School’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in the Macy’s parking lot at the Monroeville Mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1548788581797-BNJCMX2QCRPR94R8H1PA/20190105+Wrestling+and+vigil+696.jpg Singles Jayla Burroughs, 8, the daughter of Matthew Burroughs, talks about how much she’ll miss her father during a vigil held in his honor outside of his apartment in Niles, Ohio on Jan. 5, 2019. Matthew Burroughs was shot and killed a few days earlier by a Niles police officer while sitting in his car outside his apartment after allegedly hitting an officer with his car door while fleeing from a court hearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636563895-S6KJ491L3295NDQ5FYNX/20180830+Canfield+Fair.jpg Singles Callia Barwick, left, 16, of Canfield, Ohio, gets crowned the 2018 4-H queen by Tiffany Voland, of North Jackson, Ohio, the 2017 4-H queen, during the 4-H King and Queen coronation at the Canfield Fair's Youth Day Ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060809862-IP5SEG444F9BAV4ZB58F/NewSingles03.jpg Singles Bob Pacacha, of Bethel Park, holds an image of Mary outside St. Paul Cathedral before the start of the Procession to Restore the Mass on Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Oakland. The purpose of the procession was to call upon God for the quick restoration of public masses in Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409521307-VTIVMORLLEE6E8LPC0RB/20170416SEPTA.jpg Singles Daniel, a resident at SEPTA Correctional Facility, stands in his room at the correctional facility in Nelsonville, Ohio. SEPTA houses non-violent inmates and offers them programs in an attempt to help them transition back into society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1560602446821-134LXFRH34NNLBQZR8GF/Fire+01.jpg Singles Youngstown firefighters work to put out a vacant house fire on Wilson Avenue on Youngstown's East Side on April 24, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1521077288794-WVUH4ISFEQ7RWRIIUUCY/Vanessa_01_1.jpg Singles Vanessa holds her daughter at the Stepping Stones Treatment Facility in Portsmouth, Ohio. Vanessa, who was going through her eighth attempt at treatment for drug addiction, is determined to stay clean and regain full custody of her three children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636200925-4FW0Z4BJZPKG67EECTHN/20180706+Body+Found.jpg Singles Gladys Espinoza gets help standing up after her daughter's body was taken out of her house on the northside of Youngstown on July 6, 2018. Espinoza requested a wellness check after not being able to get in contact with her daughter for a few days. At the time, the whereabouts of her daughter's boyfriend and son, both of whom had been living with her daughter, were unknown. It was concluded that no foul play was involved in the death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060818524-ZD6924O6CRI0O1JFA64D/NewSingles07.jpg Singles Authorities watch Penn Avenue from the top of the Target in East Liberty during and following a protest on Monday, June 1, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060616159-CPZISJWY4SIF7J7ISB7I/image-asset.jpeg Singles Ella Rawlings, of Wilkinsburg and a counselor at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, sits in her car while she prays with other members of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh during a drive-through prayer and communion on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh in Wilkinsburg. Cars could drive up to receive a communion bundle and prayers from members of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636504755-1LA2J657AVNL956NLY4Z/20180819+hot+air+balloons_1-1.jpg Singles Rick Kohut, a hot air balloon pilot from Columbus, Ohio, walks inside a hot air balloon while Chuck Evans, of Austintown, Ohio, holds it up as it inflates at the Hot Air Balloon Festival at Mastropietro Winery in Berlin Center, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790668884-1JDQWVNUHPPKPUVFVBF7/20210420emRally125.jpg Singles Frankie Harris, a Hill District resident and a boutique merchandiser and special event decorator with Ujamaa Collective, listens to speakers during a rally after the announcement of the Derek Chauvin verdict on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1560603091223-INFBD5WFO5FOUK4852UB/Tim+Ryan+Rally+01.jpg Singles People in the crowd hold up campaign signs during Tim Ryan's presidential kickoff rally on Federal Street in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on April 6, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409575509-QYW96076MW0176WHGHX3/20170603Carnival1.jpg Singles Natalie Shoop, left, dressed as Lovie the Clown, watches as Martha Parise, a resident of the nursing home Villa St. Joseph, blows into a saxophone-shaped whistle Shoop gave her during a carnival at Villa St. Joseph in Baden, Pa. on June 3, 2017. The carnival, which the staff at Villa St. Joseph tries to hold at least once every summer, included face painting, pie-facing, music, hot dogs, and carnival-themed snacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409565941-G0RQ1KPR47CA4L5LV5CD/20170525Memorial+Day+Flags2.jpg Singles Dave Kane, left, of Patterson, and Larry Googins, of Baden, both members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 862, the largest VVA chapter in Pennsylvania, place flags on veterans' graves with other members of the VVA and VFW on Thursday at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060828319-7D4T68ZOX6KI1ON3885M/NewSingles08.jpg Singles Participants of the 4th of July Trump Team PA Boat Parade and MAGA Rally get their boats ready while others protest the event on Saturday, July 4, 2020, near the Hot Metal Bridge on the South Side of Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790699346-OVV9FLD8TJQX8LK3DY5F/20210615emGarden271.jpg Singles Mark Meaders sits in his garden on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. Meaders' garden was one of 12 that was featured in the Symphony Splendor Garden Tour on June 27. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409632591-MS3LIYBOG7EJ6G5WRSU8/LiveWellbeHealthy_osteoporosis036.jpg Singles Dr. Mary Peterson, the director of the Midlife Health Center, looks at examples of osteoporosis on a computer in an examination room Thursday at UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636383579-W49TZ2EZPDH4AZF330JL/20180805+planes+and+cars_1.jpg Singles One plane remains stationary on the ground while two others fly above it at the 6th Annual Wings-n-Wheels at The Ernie Hall Aviation Museum in Warren, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409510959-17ME22WQYWQ1AQEOYM2F/20170416SEPTA_1.jpg Singles Roommates Tony, left, and Josh lean against their bunk bed in their room at SEPTA Correctional Facility on April 16, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642790654796-BERN0ZOQ9TJ17FADMHQE/20210221emSki1172.jpg Singles Skiers walk around Hidden Valley Resort on Sunday, February 21, 2021, in Somerset, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1477680641280-JYN6TOXSQ4HHZNUWSLPF/WomynsCommuneResize.jpg Singles From left to right, Molly Blair, Helen M., Kristy Maki, Cindy Zeck, and Heather Cantino have a discussion with other members of the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Unrest Home Womyn's Land Trust about presidential candidates, feminism, and environmental issues on Saturday Sept. 10, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1507409586371-M2YOVGQI7G8JI6L49DC9/20170611Penguins.jpg Singles Erin Burke, of Ohio Township, Pa., cheers as the Penguins score their first goal in the third period of the sixth game of the Stanley Cup Championship during a watch party in PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. on June 11, 2017. The Penguins won the game 2-0 and snagged the Stanley Cup against the Nashville Predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448941545640-CQK2OAX6MUBFRHK10CQP/Drag_Show02.jpg Singles Pop "ShaVaughn" Peterson, front, of Athens, Ohio puts on lipstick while Ohio University English department instructor Megan Villegas, back left, does makeup for Delfin Bautista, back right, of Athens, Ohio in preparation for the drag show on January 23, 2015. Peterson lived in New York for two years and has background in theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1489711127436-MMLLGB9DDX6FQOVG29PX/Polly+Creech.jpg Singles Polly Creech, the owner of Hyacinth Bean in Athens, Ohio, prepares a bouquet in her flower shop on February 11, 2017. Creech said Hyacinth Bean's busiest time of the year is around Valentine's Day, with many orders coming in online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636327534-V1KH6886FO4E12KAQMG9/20180718+Michael+Avenatti-1.jpg Singles Michael Avenatti poses for a portrait in the lobby of a Mariott in Canfield, Ohio on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. He was in the area to meet with Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman David Betras after stopping in Columbus, Ohio, where Stormy Daniels had been arrested at a strip club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1537636430834-USU9NVLHM3HADHTCCSOL/20180805+planes+and+cars_3.jpg Singles Fred Wicker, of Canfield, Ohio, poses with his 1940 Cadillac after winning Best of Show for authentic vehicles at the Cars in the Park fundraiser car show in Boardman Park on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1599060616159-CPZISJWY4SIF7J7ISB7I/image-asset.jpeg Singles Ella Rawlings, of Wilkinsburg and a counselor at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, sits in her car while she prays with other members of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh during a drive-through prayer and communion on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh in Wilkinsburg. Cars could drive up to receive a communion bundle and prayers from members of the church. http://www.emilymatthewsphoto.com/starbrick-1 daily 0.75 2016-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942032378-O7M9L3AXZZS3JYLCOP1R/Matthews_Place_001.jpg Starbrick From left to right, artists Ann Judy, Rene Olson, Terry Fortkamp, and Elizabeth Brown look at a ceramic mug that will be on display at their national cup show in Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 19, 2015. The gallery hosts the cup show every other year and features artists’ work from across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942032378-O7M9L3AXZZS3JYLCOP1R/Matthews_Place_001.jpg Starbrick From left to right, artists Ann Judy, Rene Olson, Terry Fortkamp, and Elizabeth Brown look at a ceramic mug that will be on display at their national cup show in Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 19, 2015. The gallery hosts the cup show every other year and features artists’ work from across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942032349-XGG3VGY5U60ORZMLQPN2/Matthews_Place_002.jpg Starbrick Ann Judy, an artist and one of the founders of Starbrick Gallery, paints the walls of the gallery in preparation for the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 14, 2015 in Nelsonville, Ohio. To get ready for the show, Judy and the other artists at the gallery painted all ofthe galleries walls and rearranged everything inside, which, according to Judy, they do about three times a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942033164-584BD8DCE67AQJ875NGQ/Matthews_Place_003.jpg Starbrick Starbrick Gallery artist Terry Fortkamp, left, and Nelsonville Public Library storyteller Mary Van Doren, right, look at ceramics on display in the front of Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio before the opening night of the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 25, 2015. Starbrick is a cooperative art gallery that exhibits and sells the work of 40 local artists and features a different artist’s work every month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942032760-KEUHC7Q9RE8Q3AGDCIA9/Matthews_Place_004.jpg Starbrick Patricia Cox, center, of Perry County, Ohio gets prepared to buy a wooden puzzle from Paul Kerns, right, a Starbrick while Melinda Armstrong, left, another artist paints the walls of Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 23, 2015. The gallery stayed open every day while its artists prepared for the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942033267-V5YHFIM7U7RWEQ8Z511I/Matthews_Place_005.jpg Starbrick Andy Depalma, left, and Leeanna Morgan, right, of Nelsonville, Ohio look at ceramic cups that won an Award of Excellence, an Award of Distinction, and a Purchase Award during the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 25, 2015 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Depalma said he was familiar with the work of the artist, Nicole Aquillano of Boston, MA, and even owned some mugs that had similar designs to the winning cups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942033428-XJGP46TKWOOJBGKRY5MT/Matthews_Place_006.jpg Starbrick Starbrick artist Sue Hazen holds up a cup made by Boyce Covert of Carrollton, GA during the opening night of the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. It was one of the 57 cups and Covert was one of the 20 different artists that were featured in the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1448942033678-YT5KTWZSTF20YRR1NIZT/Matthews_Place_007.jpg Starbrick Brett Kern, back, an artist from Elkins, WV and a participant in the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, looks at other artists’ cups with David Hiltner, front, of Red Lodge, MT and the juror of the show at Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. Hiltner presented awards for the cups and bought the winning cups that night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1477684228947-KUBN54PFDJ6X9DHHN7MT/CupShow.jpg Starbrick Teny Bannick of Athens, Ohio tries on a tiara made by Tina Kelsey of Shade, Ohio in Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. The work of artists who are not a part of the cooperative gallery are featured in the gallery’s back room. http://www.emilymatthewsphoto.com/comcorps-1 daily 0.75 2016-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058698-VOH1L71QM1WXF34QCUVT/Matthews_Story4_03.jpg COMCorps Community Food Initiatives student Merri Collins, of Athens, Ohio, top left, Community Food Initiatives worker Ryan Leach, top center, and Community Food Initiatives worker Andrea Reany, top right, helps Ted Foster, bottom, of Athens, Ohio, pick up food from the distribution center for the Feed my Sheep Food Pantry in Athens, Ohio, on November 16, 2015. Feed my Sheep is one of the many organizations that comes to pick up food at the distribution center every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058698-VOH1L71QM1WXF34QCUVT/Matthews_Story4_03.jpg COMCorps Community Food Initiatives student Merri Collins, of Athens, Ohio, top left, Community Food Initiatives worker Ryan Leach, top center, and Community Food Initiatives worker Andrea Reany, top right, helps Ted Foster, bottom, of Athens, Ohio, pick up food from the distribution center for the Feed my Sheep Food Pantry in Athens, Ohio, on November 16, 2015. Feed my Sheep is one of the many organizations that comes to pick up food at the distribution center every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058340-8JWLSWWVKV85CWBPJQ0E/Matthews_Story4_01.jpg COMCorps Food donations are collected at the Athens Community Food Initiatives donation station at the Athens farmers market in Athens, Ohio on November 7, 2015. Community Food Initiatives is one of the non-profits that COMCorps members volunteer with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058337-D1O0K0VO8UJ6K99L7QNE/Matthews_Story4_02.jpg COMCorps COMCorps member Javi Devia, of Athens, Ohio, buys food for Community Food Initiative at the Athens farmers market on November 7, 2015 with money that was donated at the donation station the week before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058677-I4TF34PSBUNVMJKLEBDO/Matthews_Story4_04.jpg COMCorps Danielle Godby, right, of Athens, Ohio, and the Live Healthy Appalachia Adult Education Program Coordinator through COMCorps, minces garlic cloves for a stuffed mushrooms recipe while Kathryn Bolin, center, of Athens, Ohio, watches and Dawn Handley, left, of Athens, Ohio, prepares other ingredient during the Live Healthy Thanksgiving workshop at First Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville, Ohio, on November 16, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1449726058976-WMS72UHHRO3DPM2I9EW2/Matthews_Story4_05.jpg COMCorps Sarah Pol, an Athens resident and the COMCorps Capacity Building Coordinator, wears the AmeriCorps logo on her sleeve at the Pumpkin Hustle in Athens, Ohio, on November 15, 2015. 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Josiah got Spad in May 2017 to help him manage challenges associated with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443611327-UVPQ18I17U5FQ4F3WJ15/JosiahSpad_042.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah and Spad, Josiah’s service dog, look out the front door of their home on East State Street in Athens, Ohio before leaving for school on September 21, 2017. Josiah got Spad in May 2017 to help him manage challenges associated with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443310429-PAQLO2KSH68XZGD1WBBS/JosiahSpad_010.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah, middle, and Spad stop and sit on the sidewalk during their morning walk to school while Josiah's mom, Rachel, and three-year-old brother, Judah, wait for them to get up and continue walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443594743-SZACZX1TNAWDM9F2UITW/JosiahSpad_039.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah puts a hand on Spad during their walk to school. Josiah sometimes touches or holds on to Spad as a source of comfort. Spad is also trained to disrupt some of Josiah's behaviors by touching him with his paw, nuzzling him with his snout, and performing two calming deep sensory commands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443334302-EYBMCO2F1IN719QGCOOF/JosiahSpad_011.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah walks past the main doors of his school towards the entrance of the kindergarten rooms with his mom and Spad while another child looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443621569-XMKMHF23KL99PSWQWTAZ/JosiahSpad220.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah and his mom Rachel look for caterpillars on a bush in front of East Elementary School in Athens, Ohio while Josiah touches Spad's snout and his brother Judah looks at the caterpillars separately. Rachel said Josiah has been more engaged with activities going on around him since getting Spad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443359289-0R221HBO4GCZ5S9V4WSC/JosiahSpad_012.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah plays with blocks in his kindergarten class while his special education teacher, Colleen Post, watches. The kindergarten class spends the majority of the morning in open play, during which Josiah has short interactions with his classmates and mostly plays by himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443387742-WSWHS5S2XTP15Q8C0WEJ/JosiahSpad_013.jpg More Than a Pet Spad lays under a message board in the back of Josiah's kindergarten classroom. This is where Spad usually stays during the school day, unless Josiah needs him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443410575-R3D01BRI8242J2SSU86Z/JosiahSpad_021.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah answers a question about what season it is with his special education teacher Colleen Post during class time at East Elementary School. Josiah spends part of his morning in his kindergarten classroom and another part of it in his special ed. classroom with a few other kids and Spad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443387368-6RDNFU5KM0G87NKRU4EQ/JosiahSpad_015.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah pauses to look at a picture of a dog while flipping through and listening to the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? in his kindergarten class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443477554-20C5R7R0C21TWUS8PE0Y/JosiahSpad_016.jpg More Than a Pet Kirsten Hannah, a teacher candidate, left, offers Josiah a high five while Rachael Hamill, his paraprofessional, offers Spad a treat after Josiah gets his photo taken at school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443551443-DG7P0VJHLZQEADMVTT1G/JosiahSpad_037.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah plays in the family room while Spad lays on his dog bed. The two are often in the same room together while doing separate activities. Josiah’s parents agree that while it may not always be obvious, Spad’s presence has had a positive effect on Josiah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/5add285d70a6ad0a289b7aca/5add287bf950b79d8234a7bd/1524443259934/ More Than a Pet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443289910-6ENCOHNAPSL5HN63HPI3/JosiahSpad_002.jpg More Than a Pet Spad licks peanut butter off of Josiah's hand as a bonding exercise to strengthen their relationship. Josiah likes it when Spad licks him and Spad likes to eat peanut putter, so they both enjoy it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443333337-2SBYKEEKME3E2X4M7KNA/JosiahSpad_006.jpg More Than a Pet Spad and Josiah lay on the floor together while Josiah plays with his toy trains. Josiah's mother said she's noticed that Josiah will be more affectionate towards Spad and interact with him more when he doesn't think anyone's watching. This includes petting Spad and trying to feed him people food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443577361-X107MP2AM74ON15RSK6V/JosiahSpad_038.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah and Spad make eye contact while the family eats pizza and watches TV. Rachel, Josiah's mom, said that she has caught Josiah trying to give Spad food when he thinks no one is looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443603747-2UE4YHXPT9S1YS92P7IJ/JosiahSpad_034.jpg More Than a Pet Spad yawns while Josiah brushes him, a bonding activity that gives Josiah a responsibility in taking care of Spad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443495534-1TCUJ96PYDNQ2GYF4M3D/JosiahSpad_028.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah plays with Spad while his mother Rachel, left, and his grandfather Bruce Metzger watch in the playroom of the Szostek house in Athens, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443524119-OZJER6Y5TF1UK8B1S3HR/JosiahSpad_031.jpg More Than a Pet Spad lays near his dog bed in the family room of the Szostek house. Josiah and his family received Spad through the organization 4 Paws for Ability, which is based in Xenia, Ohio. The staff at 4 Paws train the dogs in their program and carefully place dogs with a suitable child or veteran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443436361-GNO9E772ULNF4EVL8RU0/JosiahSpad_023.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah sits in the grass outside the Athens Public Library while Spad runs behind him and his parents stand by after a tracking exercise, in which Josiah hides and Spad has to find him. Before getting Spad, Josiah had a tendency to run off and hide, and his parents wouldn’t be able to find him. Now, if he gets lost, Spad is able to find him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443477159-FMHTFIRSMY74K3RX54W5/JosiahSpad_027.jpg More Than a Pet Jason, Josiah's father, attaches a tether around Josiah that physically connects him to Spad. They are usually tethered when they are in public and when Josiah is having trouble focusing in school. The tether prevents Josiah from running away from his parents, which is something he did often before getting Spad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443459878-7F95GR676XXU4U4726D6/JosiahSpad_025.jpg More Than a Pet Josiah walks through the lobby of the Athens Public Library with Spad, his dad Jason, and his brother Judah while his mom Rachel, his grandfather Bruce Metzger, and others stand on the perimeter of the lobby. The library is now one of Josiah's favorite places, but before he got Spad, he could only be in the library for a short amount of time without becoming overstimulated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1524443528106-RYO3EGSXS5ZL0LM362YH/JosiahSpad_029.jpg More Than a Pet Spad, Josiah, and Rachel look out the playroom window in their home in Athens, Ohio. 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(Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787458899-7PP87YRDVNB5F8LCVJKU/20210821emSteelers05.jpg Sports Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson runs with the ball during their game against the Detroit Lions on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657740104183-3UX4RQSF8ROCIHWUR1B3/20220305emFoxChapelvNorthHills03.jpg Sports North Hills High School’s Royce Parham and Fox Chapel High School’s Jeff Moorefield-Brown watch a rebound on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh’s Oakland. Fox Chapel won 43-36. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657740555579-P96N9HBHCOYB3WKXFMVP/20220522emFlagFootball11.jpg Sports Shaler’s Emily Bacasa, left, and Hannah Warren pause in between plays against Moon during the Steelers Girls Flag Football Championship game on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657740656050-QUNCXJ8RC5UK8OQ5JTT7/SatLoss.jpg Sports Aliquippa’s Damar Freeman reacts after his team's 76-58 loss against Devon Prep in the PIAA class 3A boys basketball championship on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787623374-F5XS30X8URJBC0OGFN35/20220103emSteelersvBrowns06.jpg Sports Steelers long snapper Christian Kuntz (46) celebrates after tight end Pat Freiermuth made a first down against the Browns on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore in Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657740578172-I0V8EMXHJE6NPVG7NCMI/20220528emStateTrack39.jpg Sports Deer Lakes’ Carson McCoy reacts after finishing first in the 2A boys 800 during the PIAA track and field championship on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Shippensburg University. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787559961-TPLKTQ0147DJMOO4AQVL/20211106emHamptonvWestAllegheny03-1.jpg Sports Hampton’s Zach Panza, right, celebrates with his team after scoring a goal during the 3A championship on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Highmark Stadium on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Hampton won 1-0. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657739830166-2O41H733Q2QIITLWPG6L/image-asset.jpeg Sports Quaker Valley’s Markus Frank, left, looks to the basket as Neumann-Goretti’s Masud Stewart, middle, and Sultan Adewale try to block him in the PIAA 4A boys basketball championship on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Quaker Valley lost 93-68. 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(Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787583065-IMTTZPJV8ETMG0DVGICP/20211112emFootball409.jpg Sports Central Catholic’s Donovan Hinish cheers on his teammate Josh Altsman as he approaches the end zone on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Baldwin High School in Whitehall, Pa. Altsman fumbled the ball, but Hinish recovered it for the touchdown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1657740296944-VUQK17JKIBH1YKJPIXDI/20220318emChattanoogavIllinois02.jpg Sports Illinois coach Brad Underwood shouts to his team as they play Chattanooga during the first round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 18, 2022, at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787493087-IB80VIJTZUOOJCKE1R7W/20210921emEdenChristianAcademyvWinchesterThurstonSoccer05.jpg Sports Winchester Thurston’s Grant Robinson follows the ball on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Eden Christian Academy in Sewickley, Pa. Winchester Thurston won 1-0. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5658b3b0e4b0c6e18e3be676/1642787529065-M6RF4KOBGHUFA6TPUY74/20211029emSteelValleyvSerraCatholic16.jpg Sports Steel Valley’s Nijhay Burt reacts after intercepting a ball from Serra Catholic on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at William V. Campbell Athletic Field in Munhall, Pa. Steel Valley won 28-7. 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