Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
Celebrating our 50th anniversary since our creation BY and FOR the community in 1959.
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Birmingham, AL, 35203
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham White House emphasis (bit.ly/c9Oanb) on fight v. childhood obesity brings a boost to our local effort through Health Action Partnership & recent RWJ Foundation grant (matched by our Community Foundation). Local link: http://bit.ly/aMREiq

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Seven-year-old Sarah lives in East Lake, a small community several miles east of downtown Birmingham. Urban flight hit hard here, and the neighborhood, though making strides forward, is still beset by high rates of poverty, above-average unemployment and under-performing public schools.
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January 20 at 9:03am · Report
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham First trees going in at Railroad Park. Check it out on First Avenue North downtown. Getting ready for spring!

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Community Foundations all over the U.S. help donors find effective ways to assist in Haiti. We can connect you to local organizations doing great work overseas. Contact Kathryn Corey at kcorey@foundationbirmingham.org.

January 14 at 1:53pm
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Red Mountain Park is the site of two great events this month -- a mountain bike ride on December 6 and another hiking day on December 20. We shared this today as one of 50 Ways to Love Our Community. http://www.foundationbirmingham.org/50ways

December 2, 2009 at 2:39pm
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Join us Nov. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Birmingham Public Library downtown (Arrington Auditorium) for an update on the Yes We Can! Birmingham grassroots initiative to support Birmingham City Schools. A new organization, Birmingham Education Foundation, is now being launched with a multi-year startup grant from the Community... Foundation. Contact Karen Rolen at 327-3811 to find out more.

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October 30, 2009 at 12:56pm
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham We honored the generous donors who have made a future gift to the Community Foundation at our Community Builders luncheon. Join us next year by letting us know about your future gift today. Contact Erin Stephenson at 327-3805.

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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Can you join Emily Rushing and James McCrary on Oct. 31 to help finish a Habitat house in Montevallo, funded by a grant from the Community Foundation? See the video message from the new home owner and RSVP to Jennifer Smith at Habitat if you want to join us. (jlsmith@habitatbirmingham.org)

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham We honor our generous Community Builders today at a special luncheon at Aldridge Gardens. These donors, past and present, make such a difference today because of their commitment to our future through a legacy gift. THANK YOU!

October 27, 2009 at 7:05am
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham It may be wet outside, but inside the Museum of Art will be a great celebration tonight, Oct. 15, as our Women's Fund highlights the work of the Voices Against Violence initiative.

October 15, 2009 at 10:41am
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Do you care about domestic violence? Follow the posts & live feed until 7:30 p.m. from the Women's Fund Blogging Against Violence. http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/social_networking/womens_fund/#

October 7, 2009 at 4:32pm
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham If you love C.S. Lewis, you'll love the latest show from Bham Children's Theatre, one of 50 Ways to Love Your Community. Look behind the scenes at http://www.foundationbirmingham.org/50ways

October 6, 2009 at 2:27pm
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Community Foundation will join others for the Women's Fund Blogging Against Violence on Oct. 7. Go to http://www.thewomensfundbham.org to find out how you can participate through social media and support this initiative to reduce the number of domestic violence assaults in our community.

www.thewomensfundbham.org
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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Have you viewed our Report to the Community on line? We've got a flip-book version that's fun to look through -- and actually does a great job of highlighting what we do. Take a look and share with someone else.

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Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Alabama Symphony Orchestra concert for pre-K through grade 2 provided a great start to Savvy Supporter lunch on Sept. 23, 2009. Great to see one of our Community Fund grants in action.