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...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 2nd, 2009 There is a great deal of buzz about “green collar jobs” – manual-labor jobs in rapidly growing green industries – and their potential to reduce our society’s impact on the planet while lifting people out of poverty. The Stanford Center for the Study...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 30th, 2009 Alabama has the 12th highest rate of food insecurity according to new report by the Food Research and Action Center. And the problem is exacerbated by the state’s middling performance in getting families who are eligible for food stamps enrolled in...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 29th, 2009 According to this story from the New York Times. Posted by Kristina Scott
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 24th, 2009 The Birmingham News followed up their analysis of Alabama’s low literacy rate amongst high college students with an examination of how it affects the business climate. And, no surprise, they found that it is bad for busienss. Read the full story...
