by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 26th, 2011 It’s time to celebrate! We just wrapped up our second year of the Blueprints College Access Initiativeat high schools in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Marion and Montevallo. Blueprints creates a college-positive culture and increases college access by...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 13th, 2011 Yesterday, we volunteered in Concord through Hands on Birmingham. We arrived at 9:30 a.m. to an already filled parking lot at Faith Chapel Christian Center. About fifty people boarded a pair of MAX transit buses and rode out to the site. Laura, a...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
May 3rd, 2011 BIRMINGHAM – 36 of the 42 Alabama counties that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared eligible for individual disaster assistance have poverty rates higher than the national average. “Natural disasters hit high poverty communities...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 28th, 2011 last updated at 11 a.m. Tuesday 6/14/11. Please send corrections or additions to Stuart Norman, snorman@alabamapoverty.org. In the wake of the devastating storms of April 27, 238 Alabamians are confirmed dead, at least 1700 injured, and hundreds more...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 27th, 2011 Is your Mom great? Then she deserves a great gift! Show her you love her this Mother’s Day and support our work when you give her the gift of Pie. We’re partnering with the folks at Pie Lab in Hale County to bring their delicious, unique scratch-made...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 23rd, 2011 WHO: Students and families at Francis Marion High School WHAT: Help filling out FAFSA forms and information on ACT test preparation WHERE: Lottie’s Restaurant 207 Washington Street Marion, AL 36756 DATE: Thursday, March 31, 2011 TIME: 6 – 7:30 p.m....