Tag: Service
Douglas Jackson: Kikstart Inc. Founder, Back Home to Serve Those in...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Growing up in the Ensley community, Douglas Jackson can remember helping his grandparents to pass out meals after church...
BPD Officer Jeanette Prince Protects- and Serves Those in Need
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
While making her recent rounds on Birmingham’s Southside, Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Officer Jeanette Prince struck up a conversation...
Kikstart Inc.: Reducing Hunger For Children and Families
By Kathryn Sesser-Dorné
The Birmingham Times
Thanks to Kikstart Inc. a permanent solution is in place for students who no longer had access to regular meals...
Volunteer Wanda Hines on Creating a Nourishing Environment
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed volunteer Wanda Hines—she just makes sure she’s safe in all that she does.
“I...
With Social Distancing, Kala Rembert Stays Close To Those She Cares...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Social distancing doesn’t mean Kala Rembert can’t find ways to help and inspire others during the devastating COVID-19...
Habitat for Humanity Builds 14 Homes in One Week
By Dennis Washington
Alabama NewsCenter
To say Tonya Torrance is happy would be an understatement.
“It feels great. It’s a feeling that can’t be explained.”
Torrance and her...
UAB’s Sowing the Seeds of Health celebrates 15 years of service...
By Adam Pope
UAB News
For the past 15 years, the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in partnership with local organizations, has organized...
AT&T Gives Back at Bush Hill’s STEAM Academy
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Administrators and teachers at Bush Hills STEAM Academy in west Birmingham got a boost preparing for the first day of...
Regions Employee Morris Kimani Honored with Bank’s Better Life Award
By Veleka Finch
doingmoretoday.com
Morris Kimani believes his time, resources and talents become useful only when he gives them away to others. Kimani emigrated from Kenya...
Hundreds in need get free services during Project Homeless Connect
Times staff report
Project Homeless Connect, an annual day of services in one place with the goal to break down the barriers to safe, decent,...