With that in mind, I would like to personally thank everyone who has been a customer of WearPittsburgh as well as a supporter of our efforts to express our love for the Pittsburgh community. We’re happy to note that, compared to when we opened, there are now several alternatives available for purchasing your favorite Pittsburgh oriented t-shirts. One that I’d like to specifically call out is Commonwealth Press – Dan and his team have consistently created funny and endearing shirts that celebrate the idiocyncracies of the Burgh. They do it right – so I encourage you to check them out.

Again – on behalf of my family and everyone who has contributed to make WearPittsburgh what it is – I thank you. It’s been a fantastic ride!

-Mike Woycheck, founder of WearPittsburgh

We’re very excited to announce we are partnering with the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in the release of designs celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, Pittsburgh style! From the press release from AiP:

In celebration of Pittsburgh’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Wear Pittsburgh and The Art Institute of Pittsburgh have teamed up to bring you the greatest Yinz Irish t-shirts of all time. These shirts aim to honor the heritage and passion Pittsburghers have while celebrating this annual event. Each shirt captures the Pittsburgh Irish theme in a unique and clever way.

The challenge of reinventing the St. Patrick’s Day theme was set before a group of honor students at The Art Institute. The Design Studio class has accepted and excelled at many local design challenges, taking this year’s St. Patrick’s Day in stride. Ultimately the designs from student Lizz Guriel were chosen for production.

A portion of the proceeds  will benefit The Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s Education Foundation, creating scholarships for students.

WearPittsburgh will give half the proceeds back to the Art Institute education foundation to invest in the next generation of art students.

The first design is available now and is called 412Irish. And, if you pick one up between now and March 12th, you can use discount code MARCHSALE and save 15%!

Look for other AiP/St. Patrick’s Day designs coming very soon!

Another new design hot off the press – and this one is the intersection of our love of the riverboats that grace the Three Rivers and the SNL Digital Short featuring Andy Samberg and T-Pain called “I’m On a Boat”. If you’ve never seen it, we’ve embedded the video below.

Thank you, Pittsburgh, for allowing us to donate $150 to the Make Room for Kids campaign which raised over $10,000 for a game room at Children’s Hospital! Special thanks to Virginia Montanez at That’s Church for spearheading and organizing the effort. We appreciate your support and generosity for the campaign and for WearPittsburgh!

WearPittsburgh will donate 20% of all sales of t-shirts to the Lemieux Foundation for this effort until the goal of $10,000 is raised.

So – buy a t-shirt for yourself or someone else as a gift and give to the kids at Children’s Hospital in the process!