Elevated Worldwide Radio recently presented their first “Bring The Fun Back” Community Day that took place July 2, at West Penn Community Park.
The radio station founders wanted a way to bring the community together for a day of fun, and to unify as one against the violence that has been taking place within the streets of the city, and across the nation.
It’s not that they own an actual radio station, they produce their own show, and have an available app for iPhones that people can download to tune in. Co-founder Rich Burton said, “ I am a co- founder of Elevated Worldwide, our purpose is to uplift the community through Hip Hop culture. Three young African American males from the city of Pittsburgh, Rich Burton, Quentin Helvy, and Isaiah Williams said the Elevated Worldwide label came together because they were not only fed up seeing family and friends being hurt by violence and deaths around the city but also personally affected. The three of us decided that we needed to step up and make a change.”
All three founders were present at the free event for the communities of Pittsburgh.
“#PGHWeekend: Bring The Fun Back Community Day’ at the West Penn Community Park in Polish Hill was a big success. This event was for the city to come together for a good cause to stop the violence and to spread positivity throughout Pittsburgh,” Isaiah Williams said.
The event sponsors were, Quik-It Chicken and GM Music Worldwide.
The event provided food, music, games and toys for the children.
Burton said, “This event brought Pittsburgh and surrounding areas together to have fun, eat, and meet new people. There were also many activities for the kids to do while being in a safe environment.”
Event attendee Shayla Woodson said, “I enjoyed the #BringTheFunBack community day. I attended, along with my 8-year old son, and we both had a very good time. It’s important that we as Black people come together and enjoy life, especially at a time such as this.”
Quentin Helvy said, “It’s all about providing fun and good times, and that’s what we did. We had fun.”
Burton said, “Me and my team are very pleased with the outcome of #PGHWeekend. It was a weekend full of fun, and bringing the people together. It was great turn out. Hundreds of people came out to support, and I want to thank everyone who participated and contributed to making this happen.”
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