by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 22nd, 2010 The State Commission to Reduce Poverty is set to meet Thursday June 24, 2010, at 11 AM, at the YWCA Interfaith Hospitality House, 5916 First Avenue South, Birmingham. The commission’s agenda includes a discussion of how to engage those living in...
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 21st, 2010 Via 25 Tips to Afford College:
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 18th, 2010 The Mobile Press-Register posted a story today about the Bay Area Food Bank bringing emergency food assistance to South Alabama residents affected by the Gulf Coast oil disaster. Warning: watching a woman do a dance of gratitude at 1:10 after receiving...
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 17th, 2010 Via 25 Tips to Afford College
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 16th, 2010 The Southern Education Foundation released a report yesterday entitled The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation. The report’s findings include: 15.6 percent of children in rural Alabama counties live in extreme poverty...
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June 15th, 2010 From 25 Tips to Afford College:
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 14th, 2010 For Alabamians living in the inner city, getting to a place to buy fresh food can be a challenge. The Birmingham News covered this problem yesterday: “For Birmingham’s inner-city dwellers, fresh food is hard to find close to home.” “Food deserts have...
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 11th, 2010 Our work to mobilize Alabamians to eradicate poverty is taking on new meaning as we join with the newAlabama State Commission to Reduce Poverty to build a nonpartisan coalition to address the widespread, systemic poverty in our state. We are doing...
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 10th, 2010 Via 25 Tips to Afford College: Need help filing your taxes to qualify for financial aid? United Way of Central Alabama and Impact Alabama offer free tax preparation services.
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 9th, 2010 Thanks to our friend Myra at Volunteer Mobile for letting us know about a community gardening project in Tuscumbia, Alabama. As the Times Daily reported a few weeks ago, the half-acre project has become a popular spot, with at least 20 people...