Community Cause of the Year 2015 nominees
Mountain Brook is full of people making a difference in our community, and we need your help to give them the recognition they deserve. Vote at villagelivingonline.com/award. Voting ends on March 8.
Alabama Forever
Alabama Forever, located in the heart of Crestline Village, is a niche nonprofit organization that receives grant applications from all over the state, not just one area. Alabama Forever uses donations, mostly from Mountain Brook residents and businesses, for the development of students, athletes and the community.
All In Mountain Brook
All In Mountain Brook is truly a community-based organization that strives to educate our Mountain Brook youth and their parents about the issues such as drugs, alcohol and mental health that young people face. It hosts activities aimed at equipping youth and adults with the information and tools to help them maneuver through and overcome these issues.
Angel Pillowcases
Inspired by the blue bow campaign for Sean Fredella in late 2011, two Altamont students started sewing pillowcases to give to patients at Children’s of Alabama. Karen Carroll, Grace Carroll and Nell Fredella remain active in creating and distributing the cases with donations from community members.
Brown Bag Project
This ministry of Canterbury United Methodist serves the “working poor,” those who find themselves in need of assistance for the first time in their lives. Each Friday, volunteers pick up baked goods from Publix on Overton and Western in Mountain Brook Village and then distribute meal bags to clients.
canterburyumc.org/brown-bag-project
Friends of Jemison Park
The Friends group has printed a list of birds in Jemison Park as well as a history booklet. Its members remain active in preserving the land that runs alongside Shades Creek and Watkins Brook and its trails and park areas.
Junior League of Birmingham
Each year, this volunteer organization of 2,400 women devotes almost 40,000 hours and over $750,000 directly into our community. Since 1922, the JLB has trained volunteers to become community leaders. Its office is located just outside English Village.
Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce
The chamber promotes community businesses through its Live Local campaign and a variety of other programs. Each year the chamber is instrumental in bringing the Village 2 Village Run, Market Day and other events to fruition.
Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation
This independent non-profit corporation secures resources from individuals, corporations and foundations to support technological advances and professional development for the staff of Mountain Brook Schools. Each fall it holds the Fashions for the Foundation event at The Club.
Mountain Brook Sports Corporation
Since 1998, this organization has raised money for athletic programs at Mountain Brook High School and Mountain Brook Junior High School. Each spring it holds a golf tournament to raise funds. Recent projects have included a football field house and a concession stand and press box and Spartan Stadium.
PreSchool Partners
Now in its 20th year of operation, this program prepares inner-city preschool children and their parents for kindergarten in the Birmingham City Schools. Today most of its staff members are Mountain Brook residents. Its classrooms will move into a new building in May.