Perfect Game will be bringing amateur baseball to the Hoover Met Thursday through Sunday with its annual National Showcase event.The showcase was moved to Hoover after COVID-19 had shut down professional sports facilities across the country. It also is the first major event held in Hoover since mid-March and will mean major economic benefits for the Met and for the city’s … [Read more...]
Rotary Clubs Raise $7,500 for Emergency Repairs to Keep the Food Rolling From the Community Food Bank
Just when the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama was facing the extraordinary challenge to meet the growing needs for food assistance during the coronavirus crisis, one of its forklifts broke.Considering the food bank in a normal year gathers and distributes about 16 million pounds of food throughout its 12-county service area, and this year it looks like the food bank … [Read more...]
Mike Slive Foundation’s Virtual 5K Race Surpasses Initial Participation Goal
Organizers of the I’m With Mike Virtual 5K race set a goal of 500 participants representing all 50 states for the online event taking place June 19-21. It was announced yesterday that the organization has surpassed its goal and is not looking to top 600 participants. The goal of the event is to raise awareness of prostate cancer over Father’s Day weekend, with participants … [Read more...]
Need to Nosh? Jimmy John’s Will Donate $1 for Every Sandwich Sold During Father’s Day Weekend to Boys & Girls Clubs
Pay It Forward Alabama, launched earlier this year to help feed health care workers during the pandemic, is partnering with other groups to raise money during Father’s Day weekend for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama. One dollar from the sale of every sandwich at Jimmy John’s locations in Birmingham between June 19 and June 21 will be donated to the BGCCA, … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Welcomes New Head Coaches for Boys and Girls Basketball
Tyler Davis has been named Mountain Brook High School’s varsity boys basketball coach after serving 11 seasons as assistant coach in the program. Davis, who also has coached the junior varsity team, takes the place of Bucky McMillan, who left the school this year for a coaching job at Samford University. “Coach Davis is a wonderful person and already has a great working … [Read more...]