Category: Community
16th St. Baptist Church Experience Room
The story of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Sept. 15, 1963, and the tragedy, reconciliation and forgiving that resulted, must be told with reverence and dignity.
Read MoreAWF Outdoor Classrooms
Students Learn by Engaging with Nature It may be more difficult than ever to hold a child’s attention these days. But what if there’s a tadpole to touch? Or a determined box turtle inching his way along? Or a hummingbird whirring just beyond the classroom window? Game on. Electronics off. Nature wins. That’s how it […]
Read MoreBirmingham – The Literacy Council of Central Alabama
If you love reading, you understand the tremendous gift The Literacy Council brings to people like Roy DeBardeleben. There are more than 92,000 illiterate adults in central Alabama. Until recently, DeBardeleben would have counted himself among them. Able to read or not, he got by…
Read MoreOzark – Ozark Community Pool
What good is a pool if you can’t swim in it? That was the problem the city of Ozark faced when a new community pool couldn’t open without specially trained lifeguards…
Read MoreOpelika – Storybook Farm
Finding a way to reach children with emotional, intellectual and physical disabilities requires a special talent, as each individual child responds differently to different methods. But few approaches are as fascinating as the equine-assisted therapies offered by Storybook Farm…
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