Overview
 Around the year 1900, several Bulgarians came to Pittsburgh and settled in West Homestead, Duquesne, and McKeesport. Around 1910, having secured their economic position, many began to bring their families to the United States. At the start of World War II there were 33 Bulgarian-Macedonian bakeries in Allegheny County. In fact, at one time, the Bulgarian community in Pittsburgh was the largest in the United States.
 Even today immigrants who come to the United States have a stopping place when they arrive in Pittsburgh!
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Community Organizations
Bulgarian-Macedonian National Educational & Cultural Center
A nonprofit organization whose mission is to embrace and preserve the cultural values and rich traditions of the Bulgarian and Macedonian people. They also seek to articulate and promote those values and traditions as a way of enhancing tolerance and understanding among all peoples. 449-451 West Eight Avenue
West Homestead, PA 15120
Phone: 412-461-6188
Email: bmnecc@aol.com
http://www.bmnecc.org
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
Vaccine Information Statements
The IAC works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services. The Coalition also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, health care organizations, and government health agencies.
Click here for language specific Vaccine Information Statements (VIS). VIS are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain to vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives both the benefits and risks of a vaccine. Federal law requires that VIS be handed out whenever (before each dose) certain vaccinations are given. Immunization Action Coalition
http://www.immunize.org
admin@immunize.org 1573 Selby Avenue, Ste. 234
St. Paul, MN 55104
Tel: (651) 647-9009 Fax: (651) 647-9131
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