Hyundai is doing their part in assisting with COVID-19 response. The manufacturing company has announced they will donate face masks to Selma Public Schools. Hyundai says they will be donating 6,000 masks to the school system. There will be 5,000 disposable masks and 1,000 reusable masks. Hyundai team members will donate the mask to Selma school officials on Tuesday, September…
There is a fundraiser underway to help a former Montgomery police officer get the transportation he now needs, after a life changing accident. Officer Carlos Taylor was critically injured in an accident in 2017. Montgomery city and county leaders announced a fundraiser to help the family purchase a wheelchair accessible van. Since the accident, the only transportation for Carlos was…
Donated $1,200 from their stimulus payment to help pay students’ utility bills.Courtesy: Kent Chambers via CNN Teacher Kent Chambers says he’s fortunate to still be able to work during the coronavirus pandemic, so when he and his wife received their stimulus payment, they decided to help people who haven’t been as lucky. Chambers has taught math at Bob Jones High…
Tuesday, April 28, Jackson Hospital health workers received N100 masks to help protect against COVID-19. Larry Puckett Chevrolet and River Bank & Trust voluntarily purchased and donated 52 reusable masks. The hospital hopes to obtain more masks for its medical and cleaning staff throughout Montgomery. One out of every five COVID-19 cases require health care from Montgomery health professionals. They…
To show appreciation for the critical work Montgomery’s front line health providers are doing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in our home community, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) is donating 450 box lunches to three Montgomery-area health providers over the next two weeks. HMMA will donate box lunches to nurses, emergency room teams, and intensive care unit teams. 150…
Due to the statewide Stay-at-Home order, all Salvation Army shelters in Alabama will be operating 24/7. All social services will still be provided, by appointment, to practice a safe social distancing. Thrift stores will remain closed until the order is lifted. The Salvation Army of Montgomery currently has 19 residents. The shelter serves three meals a day and only has…
A local church is getting ready for an event this weekend that will benefit the homeless. River City United Methodist Church will host its Fourth Saturday Community-Wide Outreach Sunday morning. The event will include free hair cuts, counseling, and free health screenings to the homeless. Thanks to a large donation from Jim Massey Cleaners, 450 winter coats will also be…
University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is helping fund a new children’s center in Tuscaloosa. Officials announced Friday that Saban and his wife Terry are making a $1 million donation for what will become the Saban Center. Saban’s private foundation, Nick’s Kids, will donate another $250,000. The more than 100,000-square-foot complex will be located in the existing Tuscaloosa News…
Some people do not have all of the simple luxuries that many of us take for granted; that’s why Mercy House is stepping up to help. The Mercy House is located in the West Montgomery neighborhood of Washington Park. It has been serving the community for two years, but got its official open as a non-profit organization in early October….
Advocates of a state-supported private school scholarship program are concerned that donations could drop under proposed new IRS rules. The program, known as the Alabama Accountability Act, gives donors an income tax break for donations to groups that provide private school scholarships. Currently, donors get a dollar-for-dollar reduction on their state income tax bill, and can also claim a federal…
