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Raising the Bar for STEM-Celebrity Bartending Fundraising Event

  • Writer: SCL Team
    SCL Team
  • Apr 16
  • 2 min read

Updated: Apr 17


Join us for a high-energy evening where your favorite locals step behind the bar for a mission that matters.


STEM Coding Lab is swapping keyboards for cocktail shakers to support our work providing K-8 digital literacy.


Purchase your ticket by May 1, 2026 for a chance to win our Pens giveaway package that includes:

  • A replica 2016 Stanley Cup Championship ring

  • Autographed Nick Bonino puck

  • Autographed Kris Letang signed photo

  • Pittsburgh Penguins Scarf.


Event Details

  • Included with Your Ticket: Enjoy a curated flight of four signature appetizers, served throughout the evening.

  • Drink for a Cause: Order one of our signature drinks, specially created for this event, and a portion of the proceeds goes directly to supporting our work.

  • Dining-to-Donate: Craving something more? 10% of any food purchase from the Dive Bar menu at the event will be donated back to STEM Coding Lab.

  • The Giving Starts Early: Mention STEM Coding Lab on your day-of order, and 10% of all food sales will support our cause. 

  • Dance the night away: From 5:30-8:30pm a DJ will be taking requests and playing your favorite songs.

  • Take your chances: Purchase raffle tickets, and try to win a prize to take home with you that evening.


Our Bartenders (additional bartenders to be announced prior to event)

  • Melissa Fuller | CEO of STEM Coding Lab

  • Kenya Porter | Founder of EXPlore Pittsburgh Tech Week

  • Jessica Marsh | CEO of the Will Allen Foundation

  • Illah Nourbakhsh | Kavcic-Moura Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of CMU Create Lab

  • Emma Yourd | Senior EWD Partnership Manager of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute

  • Tom Lauwers | Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bird Brain Technologies



 
 
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