by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 22nd, 2009 From today’s Anniston Star: More than 54,000 Alabamians were not counted in the U.S. Census nearly 10 years ago, researchers estimate. To put that in perspective, that would be as if census-takers missed the entire cities of Anniston, Oxford and...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 19th, 2009 We live in extraordinary times.The unemployment rate is the highest it has been in 25 years.One in six Alabamians – and one in four children – live below the federal poverty line, which is just $22,050 a year. Perhaps most heartbreaking of all, 13...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 15th, 2009 APP’s staff, VISTA volunteers and student workers took a trip yesterday to Greensboro to meet with folks at and HEROProject M. When we first arrived in Greensboro, it looked like a pretty typical Black Belt town – a Main Street with lots of empty...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 7th, 2009 We are looking for volunteers to wrap gifts at the Patton Creek Barnes & Noble in Hoover and help raise money for APP! It’s festive, fun and the tips donated for gift wrapping will help fulfill our mission to educate and equip Alabamians to...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 5th, 2009 I am writing this while I take in the SEC Championship game. (In case you were wondering, I am a born-and-bred Florida Gator.) All season – and especially this week – I have felt the strong sense of competition that Alabamians have when it comes...
