For six years now, we’ve partnered with the Salvation Army to collect toys for families in need through our Magical Christmas Toy Drive. Last week, we packed up all of the toys from our toy vault, and sent them over to Salvation Army’s headquarters. Wednesday, those toys now got a new home.. under the Christmas trees of hundreds of families…
Friday is the final day of our Magical Christmas Toy Drive and we want to say a big thank you to everyone who donated. Motivated Movers picked up the toys and brought them to the Salvation Army’s Toy Distribution Warehouse Friday. Lt. Tonya Farrington says they’ll be serving 500 families and around 1000 kids. She says that wouldn’t be possible…
Two organizations are doing their parts to help hundreds of hungry families in the river region this holiday season. When we think of Christmas, many of us think of spending time with family… usually over a Christmas dinner, exchanging presents and looking back on the year: Counting our blessings. But for hundreds of families here locally, that’s not a reality….
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Christmas holiday season is a busy time of year for the Salvation Army in Selma. It’s when the charity does its biggest annual fundraiser — plus works to spread Christmas cheer to hundreds of needy children. The five week red kettle campaign raises money to help provide assistance to people in need in the…
It was 30 years ago this Christmas that the Denny’s Restaurant chain decided to end their long habit of being open 365 days a year, including Christmas. They wanted to let their employees be home with their families, so they decided to close on December 25 in 1988. One problem? Many of the locations, including in Alabama, didn’t have locks…
Now that Christmas is over, you may be wondering what to do with your leftover live Christmas tree. There are several cities that will take your tree to recycle it. In Montgomery, you can take your tree to one of the regular trash pickup points from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 30 or Saturday, January 6. The…
‘Tis the season for frantic gift buying. With just three days until Christmas, the foot traffic at The Shoppes at EastChase is steadily flowing. “It’s been great,” said Meredith Sparks, Owner, Eleven Eleven – Holiday Pop Up Shop. “We’ve been super busy. So excited to help all these last minute shoppers.” According to the annual survey by Prosper Insights &…
American Airlines says only a few hundred of its late December flights remain without pilots scheduled to fly the plane. An airline spokesman said Thursday that pilots were picking up extra flights and the airline had more on-call pilots in December than during other months. The pilots’ union had said that more than 15,000 flights lacked a captain, co-pilot or…
UPS is adding a new charge of under $1 for shipments to residential customers during peak delivery periods in November and December. United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it will add 27 cents for residential deliveries from Nov. 19 to Dec. 2 and Dec. 17-23. UPS will add a fee of between 81 cents and 97 cents to overnight, second-…
Two Salvation Army volunteers try to decide where the next cart of toys will go. The toys collected from the Alabama News Network’s Magical Christmas Toy Drive went to their new homes the Tuesday before Christmas. Hundreds of people lined up outside the Salvation Army’s distribution center on Eastern Boulevard to recieve the toys and food. Salvation Army Core Leader…
