Every Thanksgiving, people at the Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham volunteer to make sure everyone has a decent Thanksgiving meal. The Jimmie Hale Mission has been serving meals to the community since […]
Good News Fridays: Help Keep The Encore Enrichment Center For Shelter Dogs Open
Here in East Alabama, there is a center that takes shelter dogs from several area animal shelters and trains them to prepare them for adoption or rescue. The center in the last […]
Good News Fridays: Sleep Experts Debunk 15 Sleep Myths
Is watching TV in bed a good thing? Is drinking booze before bed can help you sleep? Science Insider brought in two sleep scientists to talk about 15 common sleep myths. They […]
Good News Fridays: Mercedes-Benz x Matchbox: National STEM Day
Today is National STEM Day. Today is a day to encourage all young people to consider future careers in the STEM fields. The folks from Mercedes-Benz USA, who makes cars in Alabama, […]
Good News Fridays: More Innovation And Technology Startups Moving To Alabama
Post by Dennis Washington for Alabama NewsCenter Alabama has quickly established itself as an attractive home for founders wanting to launch and grow startups. The state’s momentum in helping technology and innovation […]
Good News Fridays: Smile-A-Mile Brings Sense Of Normalcy To Young Cancer Patients And Survivors
Smile-A-Mile offers children with cancer and their families support and resources throughout the year. However, the nonprofit is perhaps best known for its summer camps at Children’s Harbor on Lake Martin. Smile-A-Mile hosts seven camp […]
Good News Fridays: Last Minute Alabama Halloween Costumes
Are you still looking for your last minute Halloween costume, maybe a pumpkin head? And do you also live in Alabama? Good news, the folks from This Is Alabama came up with […]
Good News Fridays: How One Man With A Siren Lawnmower Builds Community
A person from Alabama continues to do good deeds. And he was recently featured on Great Big Story. The grass is always greener when you give back. Or so Rodney Smith Jr. […]
Good News Fridays: Alabama’s Dauphin Island Sea Lab Hosts Special-Needs Children
Post by Dennis Washington for Alabama NewsCenter Lindsay Davis lives 300 miles from Alabama’s Dauphin Island Sea Lab, but that isn’t deterring her from telling her schoolteacher where their class should go on […]
Good News Fridays: Six-Year-Old Jermaine Bell Surprised With Dream Walt Disney World Trip
I love stories like this! Six-year-old Jermaine Bell of Jacksonville, Fla., spent more than a year saving money for an upcoming birthday trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. However, Hurricane […]
