ArtBlink, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center’s annual gala, took place Feb. 20 at The Kirklin Clinic. The event was organized by Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board Gala Committee members Joel Welker, Rick Swagler, Mitzi S. Davis, Robert Carr, George Wheelock, Lessley Hynson, Alisa Belcher and Suzanne Wald. As guests entered The Kirklin Clinic on the first floor, … [Read more...]
Traditionally Tasty: St. Elias Church Opens Doors for Lebanese Food and Culture Festival
By Donna CorneliusSome churches have bake sales. Others have fellowship dinners. But there aren’t many church events that involve making 12,000 stuffed grape leaves. At St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in downtown Birmingham, volunteers have to cook enough food to feed the thousands who attend its annual Lebanese Food and Culture Festival. This year’s 18th annual … [Read more...]
Let the Sunshine In: Birmingham Start-Up Ready to Bring Solar Power to Homes, Businesses
By Sarah Kuper Brought together by business and then brought closer by friendship, Sam Yates and Rob Ozols have formed a company that may help change the way Alabamians power their lives. With backgrounds in engineering and law, Yates and Ozols are using skills from previous careers to pursue a passion for user-friendly energy sources. Yates and Ozols founded Vulcan Solar … [Read more...]
Sharing the Way: Second Annual Homeschoolers Fair Highlights Growing Community
By Sarah KuperThis past Valentine's Day, a group of educators organized one of the largest Valentine exchanges in the state. The party was thrown by Birmingham Homeschoolers and it was an opportunity for area home school families to get together, have fun and be creative. Kristy Trent is the coordinator for Birmingham Homeschoolers. She home-schools her four children … [Read more...]
SWAT Medicine: Mountain Brook EMTs Trained to Provide Care in a Crisis
By Sarah Kuper Nightly news reports are filled with stories of civilian shootings and domestic terrorism. While it seems a city like Mountain Brook would be safe from such violence, local EMTs want to be prepared if the unthinkable happens. Six Mountain Brook Fire Department EMTs have been trained to handle crisis events such as mass shootings and hostage situations, … [Read more...]